Course: Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality

Welcome to the course! Poverty and inequality are key challenges facing governments owing to the impact they have on individuals throughout their life. What can we do about this? Over …

For the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, poverty is simply when your resources are well below your minimum needs. But what do we mean by minimum needs? Are our minimum needs simply …

One of the key difficulties in solving a social problem is identifying it. What strikes you from Dans video? Share thoughts with your fellow learners.

Here, Rachel explores the ways in which individuals might get involved in tackling social problems. How can we solve the problems that we have looked at so far?

In this final video for the course, Dan draws together some conclusions and sets you a challenge… It’s easy to criticise politicians, but decisions are tricky. There is never enough …

It is one thing to look at the numbers and know what the data tells us about poverty… but these numbers represent people. How does poverty affect those who experience …

When we think of poverty we often think of hunger. While this persists in the UK, the poverty debate has evolved. For much of the world though, the vary basics …

Poverty is not spread out evenly. Certain places have higher levels of poverty and deprivation. In some cities deprivation sits right next door to luxury. This video considers how poverty …

Why are those in poverty most likely to experience crime? This video explores the link between poverty, committing crime, and being a victim of crime. Is there anything from Rachel’s …

For all the world has changed, and structures of welfare support have emerged, we face a simple fact: poverty still exists. Today, children still go hungry, houses are too cold …

Now we look to move beyond poverty and inequality to consider other social issues such as environmental change, crime, health, and the world of work. We will see, however, that …

Education is seen as a key tool in tackling inequality, but why is this? Is education really the ‘silver bullet’? What do you think is the role of education in …

Just as inequality is an issue within the UK, so it is in other countries. Perhaps more stark is the inequality we see if we consider the world as-a-whole. After …

Poverty does not fall equally. Some parts of the UK have higher rates of poverty and some groups of people are more likely to experience poverty than others. This video …

This week we will be looking at inequality. What do we mean by this? This video from Dan introduces the concept and some key debates before we start getting into …