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Education & Development
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Looking at institutional racism, this article explores how this affects the criminal justice system and policing.
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Education & Development
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
How does policing in the US and the UK operate and how does this feed into debates around policing and racism?
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Education & Development
Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
This collection provides overview and historical context of (some of) the differences and similarities in policing in the USA and UK, particularly those related to race and systemic and institutional racism, and what’s being done about racism in the police.
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History & The Arts
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
What can you do to sharpen up your critical thinking? Mark Pinder and Paul-François Tremlett explain a few things to keep in mind when assessing other people’s arguments, and also when offering your own.
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History & The Arts
Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
Historically, there was a tendency to ascribe lesbianism to BAME women and ‘other’ nations. Anita Pilgrim draws on some examples in this article...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rhyw ac arolygon Natsal – sut rydych yn cymharu?
Yn ystod 2021, fel rhan o grant ymgysylltiad cyhoeddus sy'n cyfoethogi ymchwil gan Ymddiriedolaeth Wellcome, rydym yn datblygu sawl Adnodd Addysgol Agored. Yn benodol, Adnoddau Addysgol Agored sy'n deillio o'r Arolygon Cenedlaethol o Agweddau a Ffyrdd o Fyw Rhywiol (Natsal).
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?
During 2021, as part of a research enrichment public engagement grant from the Wellcome Trust, we are developing several Open Educational Resources (OERs). Specifically OERs derived from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
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Society, Politics & Law
Lesbianism and the criminal law of England and Wales
There has never been a specific criminal offence of lesbianism – but does that really mean that women have never been prosecuted for same-sex relationships? This article separates myth from reality.
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Society, Politics & Law
The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
This is an account of a dispute which took place in the Glasgow North East NHS Trust in the early 2000s, involving a group of women workers who would not normally have been viewed as among the most militant and determined of trade union members.
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Society, Politics & Law
Remembering Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall (3 February 1932 – 10 February 2014) was a cultural theorist and Professor of Sociology at The Open University from 1979-1997. We remember him with these articles and video clips.
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Education & Development
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Why is it important for White people to talk about Whiteness? Rod Earle, a senior lecturer in youth justice, explores this in relation to racism and criminology…
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Society, Politics & Law
Three Tort law cases you should know
From issues with your neighbour activities to Katie Hopkins getting in to deep legal water on Twitter, check out the stories of three extraordinary torts in these short animations on law.