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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...research has investigated the ways in which the brain, and other parts of the body, respond to the arts. Many art forms trigger both intellectual and multi-sensory responses, drawing on different areas of the brain. Many also invoke an emotional response, perhaps engaging with memories. Some art forms further include physical activity, such as dancing or singing, leading...
Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...Research shows that NAs have a significant and important part to play in healthcare teams but rarely is this widely noted (Thurgate & Griggs, 2023). It is our ethos at the Open University that everyone should be encouraging, empowering, enabling and ennobling the NA role to all stakeholders, including the public. [Nurse holding hands with a patient.] We believe it’s...
Darwin and Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Evolution

...Research on sparrows show how particular characteristics are linked to success at surviving in the wild, and the selective breeding of dogs for aesthetic purposes shows how humans can influence the evolution of other species. This material forms part of The Open University course S366 Evolution... Darwin and Evolution A short introduction to this album. Shared ancestries...
Islam in the West
History & The Arts

Islam in the West

...western readings of Islam are proving so influential in the Muslim community Freedom of speech A research scientist talks about her experiences after 9/11. Criticism of faith Why Muslims reacted to the satanic verses in the manner that they did. Dual loyalty of Muslims Tariq Ramadan on the issue of dual loyalty of Muslims, to the Muslim Imam and to the non-Muslim state....
Investigating Psychology Interactive
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating Psychology Interactive

...researchers. Note 1: some information given here about Hans Asperger and Asperger syndrome is now out of date. You can find more current information in Week 1 of our badged course Understanding autism. Note 2: the dates included in this interactive are relevant to a key moment in the individual's career and not necessarily their date of birth. Instructions View...
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...Research Center, a facility run by the US Department of Agriculture. When we visit, the kitchen staff are preparing dinner for people enrolled in a study. Plastic dinner trays are laid out with meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, brown bread, a chocolate-chip scone, vanilla yoghurt and a can of tomato juice. The staff weigh and bag each item, sometimes adding an extra...
The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...research and family life. Fifty years after his discovery of mauve, he was knighted for his contribution to the British chemical industry. His achievement was not just the discovery of the dye but its development and exploitation. Perkin showed that: Chemical research can give rise to useful and valuable materials. It’s possible to produce specialised chemicals on a...
Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...Research Fellow in AstrobiologyOU. His research focuses on the potential habitability of the deep oceans of the ice-covered moons of the outer solar system. He discussed his career path and work with Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education...‘Astrobiology’ isn’t a subject you can study at school. Can you tell me a little bit about your journey to astrobiology...