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• Social psychology: sense-making in crises

  This free course provides an introduction to social psychology as second order sense-making. Social psychology’s task is, in turn, to make sense in a systematic way of such perceptual, affective and discursive acts which themselves aim at making sense of the subject, the other and the world. This course will be experiential, focusing on the ...

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• Music as therapy in nineteenth-century Scotland

  Discover how music was used to support mental wellbeing in a nineteenth-century Scottish asylum, where concerts, choirs and patient compositions helped create a sense of purpose and community. 

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• ThrustWSH water speed record hub

  In this hub you will find free learning resources related to the ThrustWSH (Water speed hydrofoil) water speed record project.

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• Current conversations about ageing

  As populations age, what does it really mean to grow older well? Listen to three podcasts exploring the changing experiences of later life, asking how connection, home and technology shape our ability to age on our own terms.

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• 25 years after never again: 9/11 and memorialisation

  25 years after the 9/11 attacks, how do we remember those who died? From memorials and museums to moments of silence, vigils and the reading of names, Erica Borgstrom explores the ways people come together to remember lives lost and make sense of mass death.

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• Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England)

  Refresh your knowledge and skills as a practice educator (PE) supporting social work students in England with this free course. Designed for qualified and registered social workers who have already undertaken their PEPS (Practice Educator Professional Standards) training, this course enables practitioners to engage in reflective practice and ...

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• Exploring Online Harm Against Women and Girls: Your Body, My Choice

  What are women’s experiences of online harms? This article explores the impact of technology-facilitated violence and online harms on women and introduces a short film on this subject: Your Body, My Choice.

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• Have you ever wanted to write?

  Everyone has a story worth telling. Whether you dream of writing a novel, memoir, travel journal, script or poem, this collection will spark your creativity, help you develop your writing skills, and support you to take the first steps towards bringing your ideas to life.

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• The unexpected places we choose to lay our dead to rest

  Watch this award-winning animation and question what you know about different cultural practices after someone dies.

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