Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - interviews and focus groups
Discover how researchers use interviews and focus groups to get an in depth understanding of people’s experiences...Transcript.
Society, Politics & Law
Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
...research project on ‘Conspiracy and Democracy’ in CRASSH (the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) in Cambridge, where he is a Senior Research Fellow. John recalls “In 2013-2015 David Runciman and I ran a small project on Technology and Democracy which in 2020 led to the establishment of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy in...
Education & Development
Connecting unseen dots
...research being undertaken around interdisciplinarity in Welsh schools (Mathew) and ongoing research around STEAM education and Transdisciplinarity, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Arts (Carolyn). During the session we explored definitions of interdisciplinarity as activities which are a little like a stew – you can still identify some of the different...
Money & Business
Stories from our Black students
...research project into Black students’ experiences on a peer mentoring scheme, we interviewed four first-year students. During these interviews, they talked broadly about the challenges they faced in balancing their lives and their study at The Open University...Listen to their inspiring stories below. In these, they share how having a long-term vision of achieving a...
Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - sampling
Like the babies in Laura Schultz’s experiments, discover why researchers take care over the generalisations they make. ...Transcript.
Education & Development
What is Talk Factory?
...research, by looking up ‘Lucinda Kerawalla’ and requesting a copy of the papers in the Open Research Online repository Find out more about the Open University’s Children’s Research Centre, by visiting their website Have a look at the research carried out by children and young people If you are interested in learning more about the lives of young people, then you...
History & The Arts
Download your language survey kit
...research tool like this offers you the possibility of comparing your findings with those of other people at other times and places - a key feature in any large-scale research. It also helps you to keep focussed as you conduct the interview. Some people like to distribute the ‘spidergram’ in advance, so that all the interviewees have a chance to fill it in before the...
History & The Arts
Open Talks - Wales: Music Nation
...research interests lie in the relationships between music, theology and religious practice, and the history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely. [Dr Helen Barlow] Dr Helen Barlow Senior Research Fellow,...