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Applying to university - your step-by-step guide
Education & Development

Applying to university - your step-by-step guide

...home. We'll explore the three stages of the application process and what needs to be done at each step: Research Apply Prepare Click below to get started. [Screengrab of Application Guide interactive with button that says 'Get started'] [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...Palgrave MacMillan, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses. Copyright © 2016, The Open University...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...Education and Language Studies/ The Open University/ Alder Hey Childrens hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital | Alder Hey in the Park /WellChild National UK Charity for Seriously Ill Children | WellChild 6 minute briefing: OU Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies/ The Open University/ Alder Hey Childrens hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital | Alder Hey in the Park...
An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward
Health, Sports & Psychology

An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward

...Open University's School of Health and Social Welfare explains why the drama was commissioned, and how it fits in with the aims of the course. He also gives an overview of the course and who it's aimed at, and talks about how he came to be involved in mental health education. This material forms part of K225, Diverse perspectives on mental health... An Untimely Death on...
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 1: Ethics, trust and academic community: why?: Introduction - In this first session, you will explore the ideas around ethics, trust and academic community, i.e. the ‘why’ behind the importance of producing your own work. The session has been divided into...
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...Open University professor John Zarnecki - a man who knows a thing or two about space, and has met an astonishing proportion of the people who have been there - for his response. It's fair to say Trevor Beattie might find himself being blasted into orbit slightly sooner than Richard Branson could manage: What arrant (utter, complete) arrogance to suggest that scientists...
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 3: Using biological keys for species identification: Introduction - It is important to know how many species there are, but it can be difficult to determine this number as species can be tricky to identify. Accurate identification is a necessary prerequisite for...
Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...open-ended methods. Without such an approach, there was no chance of my knowledge becoming something that stood outside the preconceptions with which I began. This started a long fascination with how we produce ‘situated’ knowledge (Haraway, 1988) from particular perspectives (or standpoints, as feminists might say). Recognising this involves attending to the...