2,106 search results
The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...research on the domestic kitchen by McGuire et al (2014) shows how people aged 60 to 90 yrs experience problems with bending, reaching, reading dials and having a place to sit. This makes this hub of the home problematic. Some continually adapt their housing to make it more ‘homely’ but this depends on resources, skills and recognition of ageing needs by the retail...
View article The meaning of home in later life
Article 5 mins
Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...researched by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, wellbeing is about ‘how we are doing’ as individuals and communities. If considering wellbeing prompts a consideration of how someone is doing, this matters even if they have a terminal diagnosis or are dying. That is because the end of life is often a period of time which can extend from days to even over a year for...
View article Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Article 5 mins
Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Education & Development

Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students

...Research at The Open University shows that many Black STEM students experience isolation and a lack of connection to their academic community (Awan, 2025; MacBrayne et al., 2025). This is not a minor issue; it directly impacts confidence, engagement, and success. When students feel invisible or excluded from informal networks, their ability to thrive is compromised. If...
View article Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Article 5 mins
20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed
Languages

20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed

...Researchers began investigating new online practices and the vocabulary that grew up around them: the social implications of unfriending someone, for example, as well as the phenomenon of online trolling, and the precise meaning of Facebook’s enigmatic poke feature. [The History of English - Internet English (9/10)] Some of these terms have endured, others are all but...
View article 20 years in Linguistics: how the way we communicate has changed
Article 5 mins
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...researchers the coupled evolution of life and planet Earth, develops and uses Earth system models, and studies the prospects for early warning of climate tipping points. His work won the Times Higher Education Award for Research Project of the Year 2008. He has also received a Philip Leverhulme Prize 2004, a European Geosciences Union Outstanding Young Scientist Award...
View audio Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Audio 5 mins
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...research and exploit them. Environmental films: Getting the facts straight I think it’s working in a world where environmental issues are now debated alongside education and health and everything else, it’s not this niche new thing, it’s now an issue that most people are globally aware of, but it’s also got its detractors and its critics, so they’re always quick...
View video James Smith - Earth in Vision
Video 30 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...researchers who are studying what do we know about how people learn. The software engineers who are looking at what are the affordances of the technology, the human computer interaction experts who look at the interface between humans and computers, and the domain experts, the faculty who teach statistics, chemistry, philosophy. This is not just about online courseware....
View course An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...research, you do need to provide a reference to show that you are aware of complexity as well as to avoid plagiarism. Here are two examples. Would you describe this information as common knowledge? Example 4 Henry VIII of England ruled from 1509–1547: Yes/No Answer Yes Even if you didn’t know the dates of Henry VIII you would probably have no difficulty in finding...
View course Developing good academic practice
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs