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History & The Arts
What's creative about creative writing?
Can creativity be taught? How far can you be creative when translating other people's work? Listen to translators, authors and creative writing teachers as they explore these and other questions of creativity.
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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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History & The Arts
Heaven: What might it be like?
What might heaven look like, sound like, feel like?
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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?
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Society, Politics & Law
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Should you ever change your identity in order to progress your career? Open University employee Sudesh Loi gives his views...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Dr Tom Witney spoke to 30 gay and bisexual men in relationships where one partner was HIV positive and the other HIV negative. Watch this animated video to see the participants' thoughts and relationships brought to life.
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Education & Development
Good Mock COP, Bad Mock COP
The Open University held a Mock COP26 event, inspiring future climate leaders from across Scotland in the Highlands and Moray.
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Nature & Environment
COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Some of the 27,000 children born during the two weeks of COP26 will be 71 years old on the 100th Anniversary of the Rio 1992 Earth Summit. As that generation retells the story of how the nations of the world worked together to eventually limit dangerous global heating, Glasgow’s COP26 will be worth a mention.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Everywhere around the world, the suicide rates amongst men outstrips that of women. The writer Will Storr hears some stories - and asks why.
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Education & Development
Skills to succeed in the workplace
Scottish football clubs have partnered with The Open University to provide a selection of free training courses to enhance your career prospects and opportunities.
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Education & Development
How can digital books support children’s learning?
E-books and interactive apps can ensure that all children expand their reading range but they must be high quality. Professor Natalia Kucirkova explains more...
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Education & Development
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
In January 2016, Sarah Reed, a woman with known mental health problems, was found dead in her cell at Holloway prison. She had been a victim of police violence a few years earlier. This article explores the injustice in the Criminal Justice System experienced by black women.