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...students, in a world distorted by violence and insecurity. However, as well as having the capacity to act as a place of safety for refugees, universities are complicit in oppression and exploitation. This matters particularly because this involvement is not historic. Colonialism – which can be thought of as control over power, identity and knowledge – is not a thing...

...OU has long promoted learning from one another and recognised that change for individuals and communities happens when people speak out and work together. That idea about change existed long before the Open University. But how was it transmitted? This banner, recently found in the village hall in Fringford, Oxfordshire, can be used to help us find out. This banner was...

...becomes a tax on gender. It is a form of discrimination based on a natural biological process authorised by a primarily male government from 40 years ago. Men just voted to keep a tax on women. Yet another reason why we need a more gender-balanced parliament. #tampontax — Rainbow Murray (@RainbowMurray) October 26, 2015 Campaigners highlight that exotic meats (such as...

...becoming a mother; I also wrote about mothering, lone mothering, ‘new’ families, and the cultures of everyday life in Britain, exploring changes in my own life and the environment I was living in, curious to learn from others about their lives and choices. The social divisions of class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality, and the challenges of changing them when...