At the start of this course, we are encouraging you to consider in what ways you feel yourself to be a ‘global citizen’. Before we go deeper into the many …
There is no unified agreement around the world, or even within Europe, on when or why a person can become a citizen of a nation. But, what do you think …
Who should be entitled to political rights in any given society? It is often the case that only citizens of a country can vote in its local, regional and national …
There are many different areas of life that beliefs or rules around freedom of speech will impact. This can range from speakers being banned from speaking at universities because of …
In the previous video, Jacqueline mentioned some of the key legal and societal frameworks that underpin the idea of freedom of speech or expression in many states around the world …
On 7 April 1988, Albert ‘Albie’ Sachs (born 1935) lost his right arm and the sight in one eye in an assassination attempt on his life by agents of apartheid …
In the video in the last step, you heard Rachel and Jo talk about the effect climate change has on our environment. As they outlined, one of the main causes …
As we have just seen, technology and the sharing of technology can be a difficult and often controversial subject. Whether or not you see the development of the atomic bomb …
As we have just been exploring, the data suggest that there is still some way to go before the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 3, for ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’, is …
The Spanish have a lovely saying, el mundo es un pañuelo or ‘the world is a handkerchief’, to describe those moments when we find unexpected similarities or friends in common …
We just heard Theresia say that achieving the global goal of equal human rights for all is often difficult when social, cultural and economic situations are so diverse at local …
As we have seen, the notion of ‘language’ is central to the enterprise of nation-building, which in turn greatly affects the way we see ourselves as citizens of a nation …
It’s now possible to share information in more accessible and quicker forms than ever before. But, how far has this affected the way we see national sovereignty, or how and …
During this course, we will often return to the tensions that exist between the ‘local’ and the ‘global’. In this step, we want to give you a snapshot of where …