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Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...counselling services? Are these services available on specific days or at specific times? Are there online forums where learners can chat and support one another? Are these moderated, safe online spaces? (You may want to look back at Week 1, Section 4.3.) Discussion It is a good idea to bookmark, or keep a note of, relevant web pages or web links that you have identified...
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...Counselling here at The Open University. For many years now, I have worked with police detectives on the psychology of police suspect interviews. And this is a fascinating area, and one of the reasons I wanted to develop this course was to introduce learners to the psychology of police investigations and specifically, to spark your interest in how psychology can apply to...
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide’ commits an offence and may be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison. People assisting in suicide can also be charged with attempted murder under certain circumstances (Fox, McHale & Murphy, 1997). When assisted suicide is alleged, the evidence that is available about the beliefs and...
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...counsel, witnesses or parties, for words written or spoken in the ordinary course of any proceeding before any court or tribunal recognised by law. This was justified by three reasons: Encouraging free speech by removing the fear of being sued (see Taylor v SFOFootnote 15). Avoiding repeated litigation on the same issue (see Darker v CC W Midland PoliceFootnote 16)....
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...counselling and networking (Clutterbuck, 2014). In the following activity you will spend some time thinking about your own experiences of coaching and mentoring, and you will hear from our panel of learning and development practitioners about what they see as being the differences between coaching and mentoring. Activity 3: Coaching and mentoring Timing: Allow around 30...
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...counsel by the reactionary forces of the army and the church, corrupt journalists, and a decadent haute bourgeoisie. Above all this, is the figure of Karl Marx, surrounded by representatives of the peasantry, the working class, and the army, with the scroll quoting the Communist Manifesto, whilst pointing out left to a landscape depicting a utopian scene in which the...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...Counselling, Vol 4., pp 143-155. Jewitt, Katharine (2021): Build capacity to support new kinds of learning. The Open University. Poster. https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.17206937. Mishra P. and Koehler M. J. (2006) Technological pedagogical content knowledge: A framework for teacher knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017–1054. Moore, M. G. and Kearsley, G....
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...counselling and other talking treatments. You may also need help with other aspects of your life - for example, claiming benefits or dealing with housing problems. Often these different services are coordinated by a community mental health team (CMHT). CMHTs are usually based either at a hospital or a local community mental health centre. Some teams provide 24-hour...