Dr Kevin McSorley (OU) offers a critical inquiry into war and its sensate regimes.

As part of Refugee Week 2022, the Sanctuary Working Group at the OU is hosting three events. In the final session, Mara Menzies explores migration journeys through her award-winning show Blood and Gold.

As part of Refugee Week 2022, the Sanctuary Working Group at the OU is hosting three events, including a digital photographic exhibition of works by amateur and professional Swansea photographers.

As part of Refugee Week 2022, the Sanctuary Working Group at the OU is hosting three events, starting with a showing of the wonderful short film ‘No Friends but the Mountains’, composed of Kurdish voices and Welsh animation.

The Covid 19 crisis has generated new awareness of the significance of different forms of labour. In this talk, Professor Sophie Watson discusses, first, the notion of skill, then explores skills among a group that are not typically imagined as particularly skilled: market traders to illustrate that a job which seemingly anyone can do requires a complexity of know-how, if the trader is to be commercially successful.

After the successful seminar on War in Ukraine and forced displacement in Europe, The Sanctuary at The Open University Working Group are pleased to announce the second event in our Seminar Series on Displacement, Education, Integration. These seminars are open to all staff, students, and external guests.

Richard Heffernan discusses enabling electoral disenchantment to be expressed at an election.

The Festival of Ideas will explore our individual and collective visions and plans for strong communities in London. 

This conference aims to improve access to higher education and employment opportunities including the role of further education for forced migrants in Wales and beyond.

Dr Umut Erel, Senior Lecturer in Sociology is to highlight the role of research in strengthening solidarity between people with different experiences when she speaks at the Tate Modern.