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‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain
Society, Politics & Law

‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain

...health and pollution control slowly killing us?...[social murder cartoon, society matters] When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that death results, we call that deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call this deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position...
Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...health and safety. While they have the right to expect you to pay for what you have eaten, they also have a responsibility to you for the food they have sold you. Activity 2 The importance of law Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Here you are going to read an extract about the importance of law. You may need a dictionary to look up some words if you are unsure of their...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont
Society, Politics & Law

Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont

...mental health issues, crying at the hands of two inspectors who were bullying and threatening to sack him. They then yelled at me to leave or face the sack too. I refused; tempers frayed – by this time we were all involved. Someone tried to calm the cleaner and I left and called control, insisting they come down to sort this out. They arrived 15 minutes later, took...
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...mental rather than verbal representation – is of someone believing that cinema tickets are half-price on Tuesdays. This is a belief about how things are. Things may be that way or they may not be that way; in either case, the believer is representing them as being that way to herself or to himself – once again in an intuitive sense of ‘represent’. This course...
Secret History of Sterilisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Secret History of Sterilisation

...mental deficiency’. In some countries, dark, forbidding institutions enforced sterilisations and actively prevented social and sexual activity among residents. But as we hear in this moving programme presented by Liz Tilley from The Open University, the reasons behind decisions to sterilise these women were complex and sometimes unexpected... A Secret History of...
A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. There is still a great deal we don’t know about the history of sex education. The research that has been done is largely about school sex education during the 20th century. School sex education is important, yet most of us learn little of what we know about sex from our schooling. We learn it from friends, from family...
Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...Health in Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a series of public talks titled ‘Ageing Well’. These 6 lectures are presented on a monthly basis and aim to facilitate your learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the...
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...wellbeing and development of the African Caribbean community in Manchester. They include the African and Caribbean Mental Health Services for people aged 16 and over, the Sickle Cell Centre and the Chrysalis Family Centre on the Alexandra Park Estate, to name a few. Julie Asumu, Chrysalis Centre Manager, described Elouise’s influence in this way: She is a woman with a...