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Society, Politics & Law
Left behind?
Dick Skellington reflects on being left-handed in a right-handed world.
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Society, Politics & Law
Understanding Milton Keynes
Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach when it was designed. Watch our feature-length videos.
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Society, Politics & Law
A woman's place is in the Union - a film by the EIS
In 2018 the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) began archiving the contributions of former women activists who played a key role in the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s
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Society, Politics & Law
Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
The countries that contribute the least to climate change are facing the greatest financing difficulties in addressing its impacts. What do we know about how climate change will affect the macroeconomy?
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Society, Politics & Law
Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
For International Women's Day 2021, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) recorded the experiences of women during Covid-19
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Education & Development
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
This free course was made in the summer of 2021 in the aftermath of street disturbances in working class areas of Northern Ireland. It was produced with young people from Belfast and local community activists, for young people aged 14+. The course aims to help young people think about what community means to them; to identify issues they are...
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Society, Politics & Law
The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
In October 2018, the Trade Union Movement across the world celebrated with the women of Glasgow. Mags McCarthy looks at the background to their victory, a fight for equal pay that will continue to reverberate for years to come and be recorded in history as a great triumph for workers
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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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Society, Politics & Law
‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
What's it like to be a migrant nurse in the NHS? This article explores racism towards migrant workers in the Scottish NHS and one nurse's stand against the exploitation they experienced.
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Society, Politics & Law
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Is the idea of integrated education in Northern Ireland a vehicle for social cohesion, or for perpetuating community divisions?
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Digital & Computing
Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Using a hands free phone while driving is as dangerous as holding a phone - and yet they're marketed as a desirable extra. Dr Gemma Briggs wonders why.
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Society, Politics & Law
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
In 2001 Glasgow City Council decided to close the Govanhill Baths. This article describes the longest continuous occupation of a civic building in British history and the result of the occupation.