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After Manchester: Pause, and carry on
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Pause, and carry on

...Social Scene gig, Manchester Albert Halls, 23-05-17] The evening after the attack, Manchester's musical life resumed defiantly - Broken Social Scene kicked off their set with a guest appearance by city legend Johnny Marr. But resuming normal life doesn't mean ducking hard questions. After the horror of the Manchester Arena attack, the 2017 general election campaign has...
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Article 5 mins
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...social divisions and work against integration in Northern Ireland hurt deeply. But as the DUP and most parties in the Assembly have embraced the language of a shared future, and see the economic benefits of reduced duplication involved with parallel education sectors, as the largest provider the Catholic hierarchy can be seen as vulnerable to the old accusations that by...
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Article 15 mins
Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...Social scientists would caution against generalisations which, at least, are unhelpful and, at worst, harmful. Evidence on social behaviour following other mass death events suggests that some people need the support of others while, in contrast, for some the experience of such loss can be isolating. In her work on traumatic death, mass death and disaster, the sociologist...
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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...social, economic, political, and environmental issues of this time. It will highlight the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and outline key global development issues such as migration, socio-economic security, technological innovation and environmental sustainability. You’ll be introduced to a conceptual framework called PASH (power, agency, scale and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
No place like home: Prisons and homelessness
Society, Politics & Law

No place like home: Prisons and homelessness

...work, privacy, decent food, or shelter and are often without good health. For many homeless people, life in prison is likely to exacerbate already existing personal troubles and health problems and does very little to address the existential crises generated by being without a home in wider society. Home is a place of intimacy, familiarity and meaning. It is a place of...
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Article 5 mins
Do we really listen to children and young people?
Education & Development

Do we really listen to children and young people?

...working groups, like Ellie Jones who we have interviewed about her experiences with the Diana Award. In addition, children and young people can design and carry out their own research as a way of informing local community and national policy and practice. Our research at the Open University’s Children’s Research Centre focuses on different aspects of participation in...
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Article 5 mins
Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...work was greeted with critical acclaim. Morrissey won the Patrick Kavanagh Award for an unpublished manuscript at the age of 18, making her the youngest poet ever to do so. Three of her first four collections were shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, which she eventually won with Parallax. She is also recipient of the Irish Times Poetry Now Prize and the Foreword Poetry...
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A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world

...worked together to create a shared sense of reproductive rights that worked across the globe... Episode 1 Transcript Episode 2 Transcript Reproductive Justice is both a social justice movement and a framework for thinking about, commenting upon and analysing reproductive rights and the practical ability to exercise these rights. It is used in different ways by different...
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