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Education & Development
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
How should we, as a society, best respond to and prevent gang and knife crime and violent extremism?
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Society, Politics & Law
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Should you ever change your identity in order to progress your career? Open University employee Sudesh Loi gives his views...
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Education & Development
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
In January 2016, Sarah Reed, a woman with known mental health problems, was found dead in her cell at Holloway prison. She had been a victim of police violence a few years earlier. This article explores the injustice in the Criminal Justice System experienced by black women.
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History & The Arts
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
Dr Carol J. Brown-Leonardi delves into the largely unknown history of black settlers in the UK before and during the sixteenth century in this talk and accompanying article.
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Society, Politics & Law
Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class
What is intersectionality and why are race, gender, social class and intersectionality important to social research? This series of videos explores...
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History & The Arts
When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
Bertha Mason is described as the ‘insane’ ex-wife of Mr Rochester in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. What does the depiction of her tell us about views of mental illness, patriarchal society and ethnicity in the Victorian era? Siobhán Halliday explores in this personal reflection on race and colonialism as prompted by the novel.
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History & The Arts
Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
Were early studies in anthropology structured by white supremacy and what does the anthropology of religion look like today? Dr Paul-François Tremlett explores...
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Education & Development
How do children learn the concept of race?
‘Children don’t see colour’ is a phrase we often hear when discussing race – but is this true? Mel Green explores how children conceptualise the idea of race and respond to it.
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Education & Development
What is Indigenous Psychology?
Ecology and psychology are closely related. Dr Manfusa Shams explains the link in this article...
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Education & Development
Tessy Mbofung on cultural values and expectations and the need for more awareness of race
Tessy Mbofung explains the challenges of her strong African cultural values and holding on to them in another culture in this short video collection
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Education & Development
Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh on his experience at The Open University
Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh explains here the staffing changes he has noticed over the past ten years, working at the OU, and his highlights.
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Education & Development
Dr Anthony Gunter on representing modern Britain, the silent majority and change
In this short video Anthony observes that the OU has some way to go to be in a position to represent modern Britain and suggests changes that could be made.