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History & The Arts
David Bowie faces the last taboo
David Bowie's later work showed him taking on the taboo of death with the vigour he'd used to break barriers of gender and identity, says Elizabeth Tilley.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Explore innovations in digital technologies within the health and social care sector in these free courses.
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Money & Business
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
This free course introduces basic ideas of probability. It focuses on dealing with uncertainty in a financial context and explores decision trees, a powerful decision-making technique, which can help you to simplify and formulate business decisions. The course also includes videos that introduce the key ideas and guide you through numerous ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Mental health: Tips for mates
What can you do if a friend is suffering? Our survivor has some suggestions. This advice was originally devised with young people in mind but is relevant for any age.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Mental health: Survivor suggestions
Advice for everyone from our mental health survivor
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The science of sperm
Mike Leahy - writing with Hilary McQueen - gets to grips with the numbers behind the man's part of the reproductive system - sperm.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Adolescence can be tough for young people, but it can be especially hard for teenagers who aren’t straight. Dr Mathijs Lucassen explains.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Positivity Portal
Get the best start to 2021 with advice from Open University academics and FREE courses on mental health, wellbeing, careers and money management.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Laurie Taylor and James Hardie-Bick discuss the paradox of extreme sportspeople seeking the buzz , but not wanting to show the fear.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Understanding research with children and young people
The course covers why it is important to include children and young people in research about their lives. It explores what it means to carry out research with children and young people. The course gives an insight into the fundamental rights of children and young people contained in the UNCRC, it provides a framework which can underpin all ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
This article explores experiences of children and young people’s death anxiety as a result of COVID-19, and the impact of the pandemic and death on staff working in care establishments, and how grief was reported in UK newspapers.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Pyliau o banig: beth ydyn nhw a beth allwch chi ei wneud amdanyn nhw
Mae “Pyliau o banig: beth ydyn nhw, a beth i'w wneud yn eu cylch” yn gwrs rhad ac am ddim a ddylai fod o gymorth i unrhyw un sy'n profi pyliau o banig neu banig, i'w teulu a'u ffrindiau, ac i unrhyw un sydd â diddordeb mwy cyffredinol mewn iechyd meddwl a’i driniaeth. Mae'r cwrs yn dechrau trwy archwilio diffiniadau ffurfiol o banig a phyliau o ...