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Society, Politics & Law
Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
What links geography to anarchism? Dr Philip O’Sullivan finds the surprising connection lies with a Russian prince who died nearly 100 years ago.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart explore why veganism stimulates such aggressive responses.
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Society, Politics & Law
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
This free course will enable you to understand how arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences. Using extracts from a Radio 4 broadcast, you will look at the different viewpoints that are taken by the participants and analyse how the different arguments are being put together.
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Society, Politics & Law
Sounds of environmental change
What does environmental change sound like? Dr George Revill argues that sound can be a powerful way of conveying how places are transformed by climate change.
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Society, Politics & Law
What Human Rights Day means to me
Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo is a Visiting Research Fellow in The Open University's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership. He reflects on his own experiences to highlight the fact that human rights are real and not just abstract aspirations.
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Society, Politics & Law
Download your free 'The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland' newspaper
Find out all the breaking news in the university edition of the The Street newspaper.
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History & The Arts
Forth Road Bridge
Scotland's Forth Road Bridge may not be the most beautiful bridge over the Firth of Forth, but it is an incredible feat of engineering and is integral to the economy of the entire area. However, rust is threatening to destroy the cables that suspend the road. This free course uses video to explore the issues associated with the potential demise ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Discussions of volunteering in British health-care organisations rarely discuss the possible downside. But we need awkward outsiders.
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Nature & Environment
Environmental management and organisations
It is believed that environmental management requires action at all levels and by organisations of all types and sizes. However it is not always clear what we mean by environmental management and the role that organisations do and could play. This free course, explores the different interpretations and viewpoints involved by using system ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Dr Volker Patent looks at what we can learn from Brexit and how this reflects on those who represent us in Parliament and the processes by which they get there.
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Society, Politics & Law
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Migration has a major impact on local communities and in a series of videos, key figures from local councils and university professors discuss issues ranging from solidarity to challenges migrants face and multiculturalism.
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Society, Politics & Law
Boys will be boys?
What's being done to address concerns about young men’s behaviour and wellbeing?