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Health, Sports & Psychology
I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
If you enjoyed our I-SPY series and want to dig deeper, find out more about the research on infidelity with Dr Andreas Vosser and Naomi Moller.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Professional relationships with young people
In some people's eyes the development of relationships is a good end in itself, as it is in relationships that we express our humanity. Young people with few good-quality relationships in their lives often find that entering into informal relationships with adults who respect, accept, like and really listen to them is a new life experience. ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
The term 'partnership' is used to describe a wide range of organisational arrangements and ways of working: from informal networking between individuals, to more formal partnership structures. In this free course, Partnerships and networks in work with young people, you will explore a range of meanings for the word 'partnership' and see that it ...
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Education & Development
Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
How food advertising and marketing can affect children and young people in the digital age
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Science and the Psychics - Quiz
Test your knowledge on psychic powers
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Science, Maths & Technology
Exploring anxiety
This free advanced level course, Exploring anxiety, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
Most people haven't heard of advance care plans or may avoid planning for end-of-life care. Dr Erica Borgstrom tells us why...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A reader's guide to Cold Comfort Farm
Something nasty in the woodshed, but there's something wonderful in Gibbon's novel.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Cultural differences in mental health?
The OU's Jonathan Leach asks: Are mental health problems the same across the globe?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Caring for adults
This course will help you to develop a better understanding of some of the key issues that relate to being a carer, whether in a paid or unpaid role.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The science behind why we drink alcohol
Alcohol: why do we drink it? Dr Claire Rostron, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Health and Chemical Sciences at The Open University, investigates.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What is biomedicine?
How did 'scientific medicine' come to be the dominant method of health studies in the western world?