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Is citizenship nationality?
Society, Politics & Law

Is citizenship nationality?

...world have their nationality conferred on them by where they were born or their parentage. But what happens if we do question it?... Is citizenship nationality? You may think you have a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish refugee, and Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, about the stark realities....
TESSA: Being a Professional
Education & Development

TESSA: Being a Professional

...world numbering over 59 million. But what does being a professional mean for teachers? These dramas explore how two teachers acted in different situations (a school prize giving and in discussion with parents) and ask what are teachers' responsibilities? and where does education take place? The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the development of...
Mind the Medicine Gap
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mind the Medicine Gap

...world? Is it that the pharmaceutical companies are driven only by a profit motive? Is it because of failing infrastructure in developing countries? Or are there more subtle answers? In this feature Keren Bright of The Open University investigates the idea that the patent system is too blunt an instrument to serve the interests of both pharmaceutical companies and the poor...
Bill McKibben - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill McKibben - Stories of Change

...world on energy at some length about what got them interested in it and we probe solutions and problems a little more deeply. The idea is that they will remain on a special website with the Open University for scholars in the future, wondering, ‘What were they thinking about then?’ to look back at. If we can, can we start talking about the politics? You know, we see...
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...World War, and more than 2,000 times in nuclear tests. The scale of destruction brought about by these weapons, and the rapid increase in both the number and the power of nuclear weapons in the following years, has prompted deep fears about their potential future use. While the end of the Cold War offered brief relief from such anxieties, in recent years, more countries...
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...world of the airport is made and maintained. In particular, it investigates how the processes that constitute this world - queuing, check in, security clearance, moving around and so on - depend on relations between people and material objects...This free course, Passports: identity and airports, offers a sociological analysis of the modern airport. Using a lively mixture...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Concepts and theories in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Concepts and theories in international relations

...world in order to make it more understandable. However, concepts and theories fulfil different roles in IR, and there are also a variety of theories that approach the subject in different ways. [Described image] Figure 1 Mind mapping concepts and their relationships to one another In this course, you will start by covering the main differences between concepts and...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...world, and about his understanding using systems approaches...Transcript About Martin Martin remains one of the most long-standing Associate Lecturers at the OU. He started work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I...