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Health, Sports & Psychology
How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
The ability of intergroup contact to reduce prejudice is a well-researched area of psychology. However, as more and more contact takes place online, PhD student Julian Bond is working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Find out more about the world's busiest railway network - Mumbai in India.
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Education & Development
Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
In this article Dr Laura Tan gives a fresh mixed-race perspective on having twice the cultures, twice the workload… so it was only right that she had twice the celebration at graduation!
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Society, Politics & Law
Ecology and economy under the fig tree in South Asian Cities
Trees in South Asia are protected for their religious symbolism, so you’ll find them in crowded cities. Shonil Bhagwat looks at their natural and cultural heritage.
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Education & Development
Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
The pushy South Asian parent is a stereotype you may have seen depicted in films and on the television but is it true? Devendra Kodwani reflects on his own experience as a parent.
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Society, Politics & Law
A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians
The NHS was built on the labour of migrant workers from around the world. This article questions whether this can be called a ‘British institution’ given the constitutive role that migrants, including those from South Asia, played in fundamentally shaping the services offered by the NHS.
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Education & Development
A difficult conversation to have about racism
Natasha Rani talks about the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on her own experiences of racism.
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History & The Arts
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
Hilde Capparella explores the negative narrative created around Africa and African cultures by the West and how this lead to the demonisation of African Caribbean religions.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Can we be categorised by our DNA?
“Race is just a social construct!” You may have heard experts say this, but what does the science say? Can our DNA group us the way many imagine?
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Education & Development
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Born in a rural village in Nigeria, Julie Asumu gives us a personal account of her journey to England and her support for refugees and asylum seekers.
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Society, Politics & Law
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Lurraine Jones draws on the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Mark Duggan, the stereotype of the angry black woman and asks whether a more ethnically diverse police force would distil racism in the police force.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Check out these FREE resources collated by the Black student and Mental Health declarations working group set up as part of The Open University’s Access and Participation Plan.