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OpenLearn Ireland
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
10th April 2018 marks 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement was made.
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Society, Politics & Law
Reading visual images
What does a picture or an image tell you? This free course, Reading visual images, is an introduction to analysing and interpreting photographs as social data. Who controls what the image is saying? You will look at how photographs provide visual evidence and how they can illustrate and support our ideas about society.
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Society, Politics & Law
Equity – law and idea
This free course, Equity – law and idea, gives you the opportunity to broaden your skills in and knowledge and understanding of legal principles. Beyond the confines of the Common Law of England and Wales Equity is rarely discussed or understood, but has long played a vital role in the social, economic, cultural and political life of the nation....
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Society, Politics & Law
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
We've been watching what happens to migrants risking their lives in the Med to reach Europe over the last two years. This update from the International Organization for Migration captures the situation now.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are selfies a terrible thing?
Is the rise of the selfie a sign of a culture collapsing into narcissism - or is there something positive in the trend of arm's length self portraiture?
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Society, Politics & Law
Gender, IT and economic growth
Does gender matter to the world's fastest growing economies? Parvati Raghuram explores how the labour driving many Rising Powers is gendered.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup
After the doping and hooligan scandals that have taken the shine off previous events, Vitaly Kazakov explains why Russia is hoping for better this time round.
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Society, Politics & Law
The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
Tomorrow FIFA's version of the World Cup kicks off in Russia. But the CONIFA cup has already been played for and won. Joel Rookwood explains more.
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Society, Politics & Law
Trump and Kim might get together, but the two Koreas are unlikely to reunite
Despite the vaguely positive noises from Singapore this morning, reunification of Korea is still a distant prospect, believes Niki Alsford.
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Society, Politics & Law
My Interest in Cities is Really an Interest in the Way People Live
How do cities bring places, relationships and networks together, and what sorts of politics do they create?
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Society, Politics & Law
Italy: What happens next?
The decision of Italy’s President, Sergio Mattarella, to veto the appointment of Paolo Savona as Italian finance minister has sent the country into a political crisis. Bob Hancké argues that although Mattarella was legally within his rights to do what he did, his actions not only raise questions about democratic legitimacy, but are almost ...
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Society, Politics & Law
The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
How will the law accommodate changing technology for driverless cars? Who is responsible if the vehicle crashes?