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Society, Politics & Law
The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
The mental health of legal professionals is a growing concern and cultural representations aren't helping. This article explores lawyers and the emphasis on their wellbeing.
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Society, Politics & Law
Geography Matters: A Collection
Want to find out more about Geography and Environmental Studies at The Open University?
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Nature & Environment
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Dr Phil Wheeler, Dr Nadia Dewhurst-Richman and Janice Ansine look at the benefits of trees, plus discuss the work of Treezilla.
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Society, Politics & Law
Is democracy a good thing?
Is democracy the best way to select who runs our country? Is it unequivocally a good thing? Professor Derek Matravers discusses Plato's argument against democracy.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
This free course, Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?, explores the extent to which a person's 'lifestyle' impacts on their health and wellbeing. It also examines how non-lifestyle related factors – in particular social, economic, cultural and political dimensions – influence a person's health.
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Money & Business
Introducing the voluntary sector
This free course, Introducing the voluntary sector, will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as ...
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Education & Development
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Prison abolitionists question the moral and political justifications of imprisonment and call for the radical reduction or elimination of the use of prisons as they are currently constituted. Abolitionists are concerned about the harmfulness that prison causes to those imprisoned, victims, families, prison staff and society at large. They are ...
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Education & Development
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Prison abolitionists question the moral and political justifications of imprisonment and call for the radical reduction or elimination of the use of prisons as they are currently constituted. Abolitionists are concerned about the harmfulness that prison causes to those imprisoned, victims, families, prison staff and society at large. They are ...
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Society, Politics & Law
What makes the legal system just?
If a legal system is to dispense justice, it must be just. How do you create that in the courts?
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Digital & Computing
Seeing the internet
How do we see the internet? Gillian Rose explores why some artists and campaigners think it's important that the internet is made more visible.
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Society, Politics & Law
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on 17th October and seeks to promote education about destitution in all countries and solutions for poverty.
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Society, Politics & Law
Modern slavery
This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection.