Education & Development
Professional Doctorates projects
Wondering what our Professional Doctorate students from the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies do? Check out these case studies of their projects.
Miscellaneous
Find your motivation
Finding the motivation to study in the winter months can be tough. We've gathered some useful resources to help you banish the blues and supercharge your studies.
Education & Development
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
...skills such as problem-solving, redefining space and materials, communication with others involved in their play and negotiating skills to enable their creative vision. Creative connections are made while children play, stimulating opportunities for self-expression and building social relationships. Being creative is about exploring, not being afraid to make mistakes and...
OpenLearn Ireland
Culture and the manufacturing industry, 1983
...skills and obtained their skills abroad in England and Scotland and in the States, developing existing industries such as the tweed and the spinning here, promoting industries from outside the area that came in to give employment and that gives skills. It’s along those lines starting from a very weak base, trying to get marketable products, that is the exercise...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Understanding ADHD
...study this topic, it is helpful to reflect on any pre-existing perceptions and beliefs you may have about ADHD. These may come from personal experiences, previous study, or even media coverage. Spend a few minutes now noting down any thoughts that come to mind when you think about a person with ADHD. For example, are they male, female, young or old, and how do they...
Money & Business
Collective Creativity
...study of creativity have focused overwhelmingly on the individual as the main, and often only, contributor to creativity. This is despite the fact that the analysis of creative people and creative objects has demonstrated that most scientific and artistic innovations emerge from joint thinking, passionate conversations, and shared struggles amongst different people,...
Health, Sports & Psychology
The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
...Studies explain how we can think of three levels of engagement with nature: viewing nature (through window, book, television); being in the presence of nature (e.g. cycling through a park); active participation in nature (e.g. gardening, farming, trekking). Nature includes green spaces (vegetation) and ‘blue spaces’ referring to the visible surface waters of lakes,...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Are you a super recogniser?
...skill? Try our quiz to find out. ...Find out more about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications [Character with white shirt and blue shorts looks through a magnifying glass on a red background. Could you be a super recogniser?] Select the image above to take the quiz Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version...