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Health, Sports & Psychology
Life or Death Decisions
Ever heard of advance care planning? Setting out what you’d want to happen to you if you became too unwell to make your own decisions doesn’t have to be morbid but can be incredibly helpful and give you peace of mind. Find out more in this interactive video simulation…
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Living psychology: animal minds
Does your pet cat or dog experience emotions the same way you do? Can non-human animals solve complex problems? To what extent do other species have minds that are like human minds? This free course, Living psychology: animal minds, explores these, and other, issues in the psychology of animal minds. Studying animal minds is of great importance ...
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Money & Business
Commercial awareness
Boost your commercial awareness with this free short course. Explore your organisation’s purpose, understand your role within it, and learn how different perspectives can enhance the value you create.
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Education & Development
Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Research from Australia suggests there are many reasons why children subjected to bullying don't ask their teachers to get involved. Kenneth Rigby shares some of the findings.
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Money & Business
Should I use a skills-based CV to smooth the gaps in my employment history?
If you've had breaks in your career, a skills-based CV might help present your abilities in the best light.
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Society, Politics & Law
The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
With prisons and the justice system in the headlines once more, Dr David Scott explores the issue of drug smuggling in UK prisons.
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Society, Politics & Law
International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Potential NHS staff from outside of European Economic Area (EEA) will shortly find it easier to secure permission to work in the UK. Yet doctors and nurses from the EEA may no longer have the right to do so. Dr Parvati Raghuram looks at how the NHS has depended on foreign workers since its creation.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The impact of technology on children's physical activity
This free course, The impact of technology on children's physical activity, explores the impact of technology on children’s physical activity levels. It examines the different types of technology that children have access to and the ways in which they engage with it. As part of this discussion this course looks at information from a range of ...
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History & The Arts
London's 1818 public health crisis
200 years ago today, the Morning Post shared a report into a health crisis gripping London - and how public health solutions offered a way out of the mess.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The psychology of World Cup fans
Sure, football is popular but it's never as popular as during a World Cup. Why is that? And does all this on-pitch conflict lead to countries hating each other a little bit more? Chris Stiff explores the psychology of people caught up in the men's World Cup.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special
You might have noticed that England have made the Semi Finals of the men's World Cup. With football writing 'HOME' on a big piece of cardboard and standing hopefully at the side of road with its thumb out, fight the big match nerves with some calming insights into the world of soccer.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
"Nursing is a fantastic career"
Staff Tutor for Nursing for The Open University, Michael Davidson, explains why he believes nursing can be a rewarding career choice for men and women.