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Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...working-class education as a means of social control and improved efficiency. [The monitorial system in action, Interior of the Central School of the British and Foreign School Society, London, from Paul Monroe, A Cyclopedia of Education, New York, Macmillan, 1913.] Figure 6a: ‘The monitorial system in action’, Interior of the Central School of the British and Foreign...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...social outlet for women and men living with the condition and their partners (or other family members). Making music can also help people come to terms with the diagnosis and cope with their condition (Osman et al, 2014). In turn, music can provide comfort and help them maintain a sense of self as the condition progresses (Commission on Music and Dementia, 2018). However,...
Young people are not apathetic
Society, Politics & Law

Young people are not apathetic

...Social Policy and Criminology, reflects on political change within the UK and the global response to economic inequalities young people face...[A protester at the Occupy Wall Street protest, 2011.] A protester at the Occupy Wall Street protest, 2011. Global discontent Inequality is one of, if not the biggest, problems of our time. Unfettered global capitalism has given...
Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...social democratic solutions of the past up to the task of addressing today’s wage stagnation? Indeed, declining pay speaks to the need for fresh forms of national and international worker rights that link economic growth to higher pay. Thomas Kochan discusses these ideas in his article America doesn’t just ‘need a raise,’ we need a new national norm for wage...
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...social, community and work contexts. HIGHLIGHTEDREFERENT POWER Power comes from social standing. Community leaders can have power because people relate to them as reliable and/or inspirational. Trade union leaders can inspire workers to collectivise and take action. Other examples include celebrities and social media influencers. People can exert power from more than one...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...social life and the norms establish how people should behave, while institutional development is about changing the rules. Meanings help people make sense of their lives and values indicate what is good or bad, while institutional development brings in new values. The big players are individuals and organisations with the power to shape social life, while institutional...
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...working to share pragmatic solutions to social issues in London through events, projects and public forums. https://blamuk.org/ Black Thrive Black Thrive is a partnership between communities, statutory organisations, the voluntary, and private sector working to reduce the inequality and injustices experienced by Black people in mental health services in the London Borough...
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...social and cognitive stimulation) is a framework, which we have been exploring in our Ageing Well Public Talks series, which has now been running for five years. As part of The Open University and The Parks Trust Milton Keynes’ collaboration, we have been focussing on how greenspaces are crucial resources to help us into ageing well. It is well noted that greenspaces...