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Health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Health and wellbeing

...education The range of factors affecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing and the different strategies that can be used to support children and young people The range of factors which influence the mind and behaviour The term motivation and factors that affect motivation within Sport and Fitness [Banner for Making your learning count – Example study pathways...
Bodies in transition – children starting school
Education & Development

Bodies in transition – children starting school

...educators and teaching staff. I explored the perspectives of six children using three different methods. I observed them in their first few weeks in school as they experienced events such as their first lunchtime and their first assembly. Once they were full time in school, I had a Draw and Talk session, where I asked them to draw me something about school and I recorded...
What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Education & Development

What is the Neurodiversity Hub?

...education harder. This is one of the reasons we have developed this hub of resources to help you understand more about the differences in how people think and better understand the impact this has upon their lives. If you are neurodivergent yourself, you will also find a range of resources to help support you, from study tips to accessible articles that might be useful...
What's creative about creative writing?
History & The Arts

What's creative about creative writing?

...educators and translators looks at what creativity means in the context of ‘creative writing’. We hear leading figures from the world of literature consider questions such as: Can creativity be taught? In what ways is translation creative? What part do culture and collaboration play in the creative process? Jump to: Andrew Cowan on creativity and creative writing Toby...
Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...educational interactives, videos and ebooks supporting students with university decision making, by giving them a taste of a particular subject helping teachers and teaching assistants upskill for the classroom or in online learning If you are a teacher and you wish to enrol students who are younger than 13 on one of our courses, please email us at openlearn@open.ac.uk...
Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...education. This material forms part of The Open University course K225 Diverse perspectives on mental health... Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health A short introduction to this album. Mental Health on Orkney Service users and practitioners discuss the constraints imposed on mental health care by the remote, dispersed nature of the Orkney Islands. Impact of 'The...
Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?

...technology like portable ultrasound kits. The care of the wounded and sick has been protected since the very first Geneva Convention of 1864, but the Syrian conflict has seen the rule book torn up, with attacks on healthcare reshaping conflict and humanitarian response. The story behind one SAMS hospital highlights the shocking “new normal” in twenty-first-century...
Hacking under your skin?
Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

...technology permanently placed inside a living person. In this case, the device was an unnamed neurostimulator used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s Disease as well as chronic pain. Although these devices are placed within the body, they can be reprogrammed using wireless connections. The protocols which govern how data is exchanged between the implant and its...