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Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane
Society, Politics & Law

Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

...socially acceptable. In the latest review of the UK by the UN Human Rights Council, many concerns were raised about the effects of migration control. Policies are putting human rights out of reach for some in the UK. For example, some visas make employees dependent upon employers and unable to complain about abuse. Healthcare providers are being asked to police access....
The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...work of conversion, he started to study the local culture and beliefs but with ‘Christian Western eyes’. This tribe’s religious system was called Badimo, which in local language means ‘ancestors. During his work of conversion, Moffatt transmuted the concept of Badimo by renaming it as ‘devils’ (Comaroff, J., and Comaroff, J., 1991). Furthermore, in his report...
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...social care services. The more that we understand the stereotypes and prejudice that underpin ageism and age discrimination, the more that we can ensure that everybody is treated with respect, dignity and empowered within our communities. Your participation today is part of a much bigger movement, a movement to understand ageism and age discrimination and ensure that...
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...Social Sciences courses Background In the context of the growing ‘cost of living crisis’ in 2022, it’s unsurprising that trade union activity in Scotland has featured regularly in public discourse. Waste and recycling workers made headlines when they went on strike over pay and conditions in Glasgow during COP26 in November 2021; then in Edinburgh during the annual...
Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...Social Mobility. You make thousands of decisions every day, some are are trivial, and some are hard and could affect your future. Personal financial decisions (decisions related to your income, spending, savings or investing) are usually hard and could have a significant impact on your life. So what about young people? [A cartoon illustration of two young adults thinking...
Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...Social Sciences courses. Background During the First World War the railway network was a central part of the war effort. It was relied upon to transport medical supplies and military equipment, army personnel and horses, to the ports for export to the front. Women played a key role as they were charged with keeping the railways going, filling the gaps left by the 100,000...
A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...Social decline in the West of Ireland was not, however, just a local or regional problem. It was a national political issue. Although peripheral to modern social and economic development, the West was of central importance in the realm of Irish politics as the repository of cultural survival and rural ideals which were fundamental to Irish nationalism, statehood and...
Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits
Money & Business

Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits

...socially possible?...Has political resistance has lost its ability to confront political and economic power and achieve social change? Despite its best intentions, resistance has often become incorporated and neutered before it achieves its aims, as new forms of power absorb it and turn it towards their own ends. Since the Enlightenment, the opposing forces of power and...