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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...Social Care courses and qualifications. ‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem.’ These are the words my husband said a lot when he was battling MND. We also used to frequently say ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’. Indeed, during his illness we did everything we could to keep his spirits up after being told he had six months to two...
Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...interactions of which my fieldwork was a brief part. In London at the Occupy Democracy camp, my role was closer to that of an ‘activist researcher’. Initially I focused on the substantive content of the various speeches and debates that the protest enabled. However, by the morning of the second day, as Heritage Wardens supported by Police began circulating the fringes...
The learning design word wheel
Education & Development

The learning design word wheel

Are you creating a course? The Open University's Learning Design team have created a word wheel to help shape your planning...[The learning design word wheel] Click on the image above, to launch the interactive full screen.
Hound hub
History & The Arts

Hound hub

Love labradors? Potty about poodles? Explore the Hound hub to find out more about our furry friends...Dogs have made their mark in a number of subjects, from the Shakespearean stage to Animal-Computer Interaction.
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Family photos and what they mean
Society, Politics & Law

Family photos and what they mean

What can family photos tell us about households, gender roles and emerging technology? Professor Gillian Rose explores her research on family photography, and how this work interacts with her own experiences...Transcript
Maths for Energy Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Maths for Energy Science

Are you considering doing a science qualification but wondering if you have adequate maths skills? Test yourself in our interactive...[maths for energy landing image] Test you maths skills now by selecting the image above...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...interactive installation, The Citizenshop, is also part of the ‘Who Are We?’ project at Tate Exchange. Agnes asked Nele what kinds of issues The Citizenshop was meant to highlight...[Can you buy what the Citizenshop sells?] What can you buy? For Nele, one of the key objectives was to highlight the little known practice of acquiring citizenship ‘by investment’....
The biology of loving our pets
Science, Maths & Technology

The biology of loving our pets

...interacting with our pets. In fact, research has shown that individuals with PTSD had a big improvement in their symptoms when they started caring for a dog, partly due to an increase in oxytocin (combined with other psychosocial factors) (Brooks et al., 2018). Oxytocin is now being tested as a treatment for a range of mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression,...