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Cultural differences in mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cultural differences in mental health?

...OU's Jonathan Leach asks: Are mental health problems the same across the globe? ...[A mental health awareness rally at Periyar University, Salem, India, marking World Mental Health Day 2014] A mental health awareness rally at Periyar University, Salem, India, marking World Mental Health Day 2014 With most medical conditions it could be expected that, regardless of what...
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...becoming increasingly common in a globalised world. Although the concept is simple, time zone, culture and communication issues make this a challenging project to manage...How teams work: 1.1.1 Project teams in practice - In reality, few teams are exactly as described in the previous section and they are usually some hybrid or mixture of these basic forms. For example, an...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...student looking at laptop holding book doing research] We must, however, also look at the direct impact that our work has on the wider public. This is especially important for peer reviewed publications in the wider areas of health and social care, where the findings of some research studies may directly facilitate a behaviour change that might be beneficial to the...
Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia

...student Emily Coode tells us about her research into the heart problems in juvenile dementia, also called CLN3 - a rare disease. ...[Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green)] Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the...
European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...learning. So, what are you waiting for? Test your language skills How to learn a language Exploring English Language for work and travel What can learning languages do for you? Let more real Open University Language students tell you Why study language? Discover 9 reasons to learn a foreign language Try our language courses for free! Study with The Open University...
Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds
Education & Development

Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds

...student Karen Horsley describes her research on the stories and experiences of young children whose families have migrated to the UK made visible through documentary photography...[Photos from Karen Horsley] Although there is often a surprise at the idea of young children using cameras intentionally to communicate and tell visual stories, my study, and others before,...
Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...OU & Parks Trust YouTube Channel. Resources Vseteckova J (2020) Ageing Well Public Talk Series https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/the-ageing-well-public-talks Vseteckova J (2020) How to age well, while self-isolating https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/how-age-well-while-self-isolating Vseteckova J, (2020) ANIMATION -...
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...becoming positive changemakers. Transcript About this course and how it was made This short course was made with eight teenage boys taking part in an ACT Initiative and Belfast Boys’ Model School project: Adam, Ashton, Brandon, Dylan, Matty, Ryan, Stephen and William. It is based on a face-to-face course and workshops developed by William Mitchell, a Loyalist...