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Health, Sports & Psychology
I had cancer - now stop supporting just me
Jack Brodie, a former young person with cancer, recounts his experience. He discusses what it was like and what he hopes changes for other young people facing the disease in the future.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless
Simon Rea previews the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and looks at who are Team GB's best chances of winning medals.
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Nature & Environment
Climate change and alternative living: issues of adaptation and sustainability
Life on Earth is a collective force, generated from all living creatures, characterised by their diversities, differences and similarities.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Developing resilience in sport
In this free course, Developing resilience in sport, you will explore how the concept of resilience can support athletes on their athletic development journey. You will examine how resilience can act as a buffer to protect against the challenges that might be faced by athletes and coaches. The protective qualities of resilience make it an ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
My career goal: Social care
You can change lives by using your personal skills to aid those in need. Your communication skills, resilience and empathy are key assets when working in social care, a crucial societal structure that matters to everybody.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
My career goal: Health and science
Whether your interest is in pharmaceuticals, disease treatment or chemical research, you can help break new discoveries and improve our scientific understanding. This page has info on career options from food science to forensics, and working for the NHS.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Schools and parents all over the world need to change how they treat teenagers says The Open University's Honorary Associate in Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Introduction to adolescent mental health
This free course provides an introduction to adolescent mental health. The course is designed to encourage a greater understanding of mental health issues as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support young people.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted that Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the UK were at greater risk of death from the virus. Dr Jenny Douglas explores racial inequalities in healthcare over the past 25 years in this article and video.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
The concept of wellbeing is intended to be holistic and cover the entire life course and life events. However, when it comes to dying, wellbeing is usually not the first (or in top ten even) of words that people think about. People may be more familiar with thinking about ‘quality of life’, which if often linked to patient outcomes. In this ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
It is well established that work impacts on people’s wellbeing. People often presume and create a separation between their work life and their private life. However, life events like having a terminal diagnosis, which may be considered private, can impact a person’s work. In this article, we provide several tips for supporting people with a ...
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Education & Development
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
How should we, as a society, best respond to and prevent gang and knife crime and violent extremism?