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Advice on studying with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Advice on studying with a mental health condition

...declare a mental health condition at university? Are there any concerns when it comes to studying with a mental health problem? Open University student, Patrice Belton, sheds some light in these videos...What happens when you declare a mental health condition at university? Transcript What are some of the concerns around studying with a mental health condition? Transcript...
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...sources on Fry’s early visits to Newgate, we have become largely dependent on the account provided by her brother-in-law, penal reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton, which was published in 1818 and subsequently used by other campaigners and later hagiographers. Buxton describes the terrible scenes of poverty and debauchery that Elizabeth encountered; women, scantily dressed,...
What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love

...Open University's Open degree As we reach LGBTQ+ history month, there’s no better time to look back on the lessons we’ve learnt along the way – not least on our ability to bring about rapid social, cultural and legal changes via respectful debate, patience and listening to the views or our opponents. I’d also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge how, in...
Take your teaching online Badge icon
Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...open content; identify and use specialist sources of information; know about digital copyright and alternatives such as Creative Commons; edit, remix and repurpose digital media to meet learning needs; share digital content, presentations, resources etc. on appropriate digital sites and networks; develop and adapt digital resources according to user needs with an...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...Open University working in partnership with the EFL Trust, the educational arm of the English Football League. If you are fascinated by men's and women's football and interested in discovering more about business and management then this engaging and stimulating free course is for you. In the following video Eleanor Oldroyd from BBC Radio 5 Live explains a little more...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...Open University...Have you ever wondered about the reading tastes and habits of famous writers in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee, is the third tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource,...
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...openness and acceptance (Anderson, 2005). This TV advert is a step towards even more openness and acceptance. [Gareth Thomas rugby player] Gareth talks about how he hid his sexual identity and his feelings, however when an individual feels unaccepted and alienated from society problems can occur. Whilst in this advert he refers to his sexuality as being ‘so minor’, in...
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...open-air cinema to regular activities including walking, running and sailing. If you are into cycling, Dr Mike Dodd’s Red Way Nature Trail, provides suggestions for an 18 km, sight-seeing experience around Milton Keynes’s cycling red ways. If you are short on time but still keen for a lunch-time walk around Open University’s head quarters in Milton Keynes, then try...