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Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...research in an increasingly digital world. It introduces the methods of digital humanities and explains how research methods in the humanities can be combined with digital media and technologies. After completing the course, you will be able to analyse, understand and use digital content, to assess information technologies critically, and to integrate digitally-driven...
One minute methods - participant observer research
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - participant observer research

Discover how researchers live within the societies they are studying, sometimes for many years, to gain an insider’s perspective and to share similar experiences...Transcript.
Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...research with a PhD to uncover the untold stories of women in motorcycling? Lorna Stevens talks about her own experiences of competitive motorcycling and her motivations to pursue a PhD in this field. Getting into competitive motorcycle racing Women can get into motorcycling through the influence of fathers, brothers or partners who introduce them to the thrill of the...
Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research

...research related to carers and their relationship with physical activity. We have not identified any research study findings around carers and their relationship with physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not aware of any research currently being carried out in this field using journey mapping methodology. For all these reasons our proposed study is...
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

...research findings, especially now...The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us that it is very important, perhaps vitally important, to keep the public informed of the latest research findings. Public health is, in a sense, depending on the right information reaching the public in a timely manner. Traditionally, research findings have been disseminated via what is called the...
Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research

...research. Groundbreaking discoveries are being made, which help us to better understand ourselves and improve our healthcare. But does genetics research represent and benefit us all equally?...Transcript It’s an exciting time for genetics research. We are discovering more each day about how genetics shapes us and make us who we are. Large-scale biomedical research...
Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University

...research group at The Open University leads interdisciplinary research in reproductive choices, HIV/AIDS, sexuality & disability, the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT+) people and pregnancy & childbirth. This page brings together free resources that have been developed as part of our research, covering: HIV Sex and relationships Reproductive...
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...research on sexual differentiation is conducted and communicated has come under intense criticism from scholars in both the natural and social sciences. Cliodhna O’Connor describes how traditional gender stereotypes are projected onto scientific information and its subsequent reporting. But the dynamics of online spaces have also facilitated more nuanced debate about...