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Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI
Education & Development

Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI

...manage word counts and organise ideas. One student compared AI to ‘someone you can bounce ideas off,’ while another described it as a tool that helps turn confusion into understanding. Others used it to gain feedback on draft work without asking it to rewrite their assignments. These accounts suggest that, for many learners, GenAI is less about replacing thinking and...
Getting to the heart of it: investigating side effects of anti-cancer treatments
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting to the heart of it: investigating side effects of anti-cancer treatments

...managed in the clinic? In the clinic, cardiotoxicity is managed by modifying treatment regimens, promoting regular exercise and a healthy diet, and by closely monitoring individuals that may be at risk of developing treatment-related cardiotoxicity. Patients can be monitored through blood tests to detect biomarkers of abnormal heart function, and through assessing how...
Talking about loss: normalising grief with children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about loss: normalising grief with children

...manage complex emotions. This builds emotional literacy, and supports children to navigate life’s challenges with awareness and resilience. Learning about grief also allows children to support others who are experiencing loss, fostering kindness, empathy, and stronger peer relationships. Ultimately, for all of us as humans, experiences of change, loss, and grief are...
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Introduction - Legally in the UK, the term ‘Social Worker’ has been a protected title since 2005. Anyone using this title must be registered with their relevant UK nation-specific regulatory body and it is an offence to use the title of social worker without being qualified and registered. However, while it is certainly useful that the professional title is legally...
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the more contemporary and controversial findings within the field...This free advanced level...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England)

...Introduction - Welcome to Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England), a course designed to support practice educators (PEs) in England. Designed for PEs with lapsed currency, this course will enable you to update your knowledge and skills in supporting and assessing social work students and apprentices in their practice placements. You should...
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Introduction - Since around 1990 China’s growth has seen the country transform itself. Watch the following video with course author and OU academic Giles Mohan. GILES MOHAN This course is all about how Africa can get the most out of the natural resources that it produces. In this case, we're really looking at oil and what linkages you can develop from that oil that can...
Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...introduction in 1998-1999. Importantly these include additional welfare and tax related provisions. These are of course controversial areas, as is the wider discussion of poverty and inequality. We are reminded by this that devolution is a process and that there are tools available to Scotland now that can be utilised in the fight against poverty. It remains to be seen if...