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Health, Sports & Psychology
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Football, often hailed as the world’s game, continues to reflect broader societal dynamics particularly in matters of race, equity, and representation. In recent years, global attention has increasingly focused on the structural disparities faced by racially minoritised individuals within coaching and leadership roles, despite their dominance as...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
When a parent is imprisoned, children face confusion, stigma and distress. Increasingly, they must also navigate online crime reports about their loved one. New research from The Open University and Your Support Services explores how this media exposure impacts their wellbeing.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
There is an increasing prevalence of university students who need mental health support and university staff benefit from training on this topic. This course explores this phenomenon, drawing on an Open University study on how staff (tutors) can support students with a mental health condition, and considers both what staff and institutions can ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
PhotoFit Me
Would you make a good eyewitness? Photofit Me explores how we remember faces and challenges you to construct the face of a culprit or to recreate the face of a celebrity or even a friend! Test yourself with our interactive and see how good your face recognition abilities are.
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Education & Development
The Children's Research Centre Hub
The Open University's Children's Research Centre enables participation by children and young people - this collection of FREE resources explores some of their important work.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Simulation provides a safe space for learning and improvement, leading to better-prepared healthcare professionals and safer patient care environments. This free course will help you develop an understanding of digital simulation and how it can enhance learning and clinical practice, not only through simulation but also through debriefing. ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study
Balancing the demands of studying with family or employment responsibilities can be difficult. This interactive explores different challenges, including lack of understanding and support from family members and employers, time pressures, and dealing with the emotional side of navigating work, family and study. Based on the real-life experiences ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganism interactive
Veganism has been big news in recent years, and that trend looks set to continue. Explore the rise of veganism in this interactive, you will learn about how veganism relates to speciesism, the historical background to the vegan movement, and more.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
As AI becomes more embedded in sport, its role in coaching is growing. From tracking performance to predicting injury, its potential is vast but can it ever replicate the intuition, empathy and trust that define great coaching? This article explores the promises and pitfalls of AI in the future of sport.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Putting the child before the player
Football is the most popular team sport for children and young people in the UK and throughout much of the world. In this interactive, you will learn why children’s rights are fundamental to every young person’s experience of football.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Psychology around the world
Psychology around the world looks at some of the ways people think in similar and different ways depending on where they live and their culture. The course starts with some general questions of how similar and different people’s psychology might be in different times and places. This is then followed with some key examples: how people perceive ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Euro 2025 Championships
The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Championships will be held in Switzerland and will begin on 2 July. Take a look at our dedicated content to the tournament.