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Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...economic, political, social and health-related – ‘An Introduction to making political and social change’ gives you a grounding in some of the key citizenship skills and information you will need to intervene in the world as it changes around you. This free course explores how you can make change politically and socially, giving essential background information to...
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...economics of football - Read this article by Professor Stefan Szymanski of the University of Michigan, author, with Simon Kuper, of the book Soccernomics (2009). Open the article in a separate window or tab. He explores in more detail some of the ideas raised in the video and your discussion. As you read the article, look out for any ideas which were not raised in the...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...economic, gendered, generational and cultural inequalities. Some sociological approaches have long recognised that crime is not just a question of who breaks the law, but also about who makes the law and how it is enforced. Issues of power and inequality affect what types of actions are seen as illegal and what sort of people are more likely to be seen as offenders. Power...
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...economic instability, right through to everyday issues like the quality of street lighting or even where your cup of coffee comes from. Increasingly, many of these challenges are identified as having their causes in the nature of urbanisation itself. For most places, the challenges they face are mostly not entirely of their own making and are sometimes not of their making...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...economic decisions taken by the government? Does the law forbid all the sins of this world? Is it against the law to fail to honour one's mother or father? For an orthodox Muslim consuming alcohol is a sin, but it is hardly a crime codified by UK law. Is it always against the law to take another life? What about conduct in wartime or assisting euthanasia? The reason that...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...economic, political and cultural backgrounds these are also examined...This free course, Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century, examines the role that Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admission of women as doctors and the...
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...economically and politically dominated peoples anywhere’ first have to realise that they are in a disadvantaged and unfair position, and then they have to think it possible to change it. She also explains the reasons why it is not a matter of course that women are united in their struggle: … those [women] who have the most to lose from taking a stand, that is, women...
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...economic purposes, how it constructs identity and reality, and how its particular use in a specific interaction may lead to the success or failure of that interaction. In this way, this exploration provides an introduction to some areas of interest in the discipline of applied linguistics. The course defines what we mean by ‘language’ by contrasting ‘language’ and...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs