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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sanctuary Tales: Fighting Speciesism One Animal at a Time
In this film about a Norfolk animal sanctuary, we meet some of the animals who live there and the people who care for them.
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Society, Politics & Law
I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem
For researchers, the Channel 4 show findings come as no surprise. Discover more in Lee Curley's analysis.
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Money & Business
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
This free short course addresses the key elements of designing a development intervention. Its approach to ‘doing development’ will be value led rather than technical. There is a wealth of material teaching a technical approach to development intervention. This course seeks to shift the balance back to a value based approach to doing development...
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Society, Politics & Law
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
In this short taster course, drawn from part 1 of the MA in International Relations (D818), you will be introduced to the idea of international division, focusing on territory. Divisions over territory have often lied at the heart of global problems like conflict, and in the following pages you will learn about the roots of some of the lines on ...
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Education & Development
The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal
We are delighted to welcome you to this learning portal created in partnership between The Open University (OU) and Children in Scotland.
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History & The Arts
World Day of Social Justice
20th February is the World Day of Social Justice. Find out more with our FREE resources...
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Education & Development
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Transgender and non-binary children and young people are more visible than ever – but their voices are not often heard.
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Languages
The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Tim Lomas explored the world's languages and discovered words for types of love with no English equivalent. He reckons there's at least fourteen flavours of love.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Everybody's looking for love
Having a learning disability doesn't mean you don't want the same things as other people when it comes to love - why would it?
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Society, Politics & Law
Sacred and secular: Silvio Ferrari
This video looks at the problems connected to religious freedom and the imbalanced protection of religion within the secular state.
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Education & Development
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
The site, a partnership between The Open University in Scotland and the Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP), brings together introductory level OpenLearn courses relevant to students studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Understanding PCSO powers
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) play a vital role in modern policing. They often serve as the primary point of contact for communities to report concerns and share information. In this free course, you’ll explore the powers that PCSOs in England and Wales use in their daily duties, their role in supporting response policing, and the ...