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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

...Open University's Nursing and Healthcare courses and qualifications. Who are nursing associates? Firstly, and most importantly, nursing associates (NAs) should not be viewed as a ‘cheap nurse’ – they bring essential knowledge and skills to a healthcare team. When valued and deployed effectively, they facilitate high quality patient care. The nursing associate (NA)...
FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...education and prevention strategies over the decade. Data can also be gathered from referrals to safeguarding teams about girls at risk and from the record of the numbers of women and girls with FGM who accessed healthcare services. As useful as this type of data is it does not capture all girls and women living with or at risk of FGM in a country who are not referred to...
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...Open University and Your Support Services explores how this media exposure impacts their wellbeing...The far-reaching impact on children and ‘left behind’ parents/carers when a family member is imprisoned are well documented (Minson, 2019). Parental imprisonment is recognised as a potential risk factor for many adverse outcomes for children, including anti-social...
The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...Open University, in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts, The University of Warwick and Loughborough University organized a free six-day cross-platform event, spanning the visual arts, film, photography, design, architecture, the spoken and written word as well as live and digital art as part of Tate Exchange Programme. The event took over a year to produce and was...
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...resource complements the Becoming an ethical researcher OpenLearn course and connects with The Open University website Our voices: research ‘about’, ‘with’ and ‘by’ children and young people. @@PLUGINFILE@@/FINAL%20-7db.mp4 Transcript IMAGE ATTRIBUTION Special thanks to Flat Icon for the following: Happy-face: Icon created by th studio Thumbs-up-hand: icon...
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...Open Internet Order, policymakers must ensure we all benefit – not just a select few companies or industries. They must treat the internet as a public resource and a public trust whose security and stability are not to be subverted to the service of private special interests. As customers and users, when evaluating new technologies, systems, products and services, we...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...Open University. Lala Manners As a teacher, trainer, educator, consultant, researcher, author and broadcaster, Lala Manners has enjoyed a long and varied career in the field of early years movement studies and physical development. Ben Langdown As well as being a lecturer in Sports Coaching at The Open University, Ben Langdown is also a strength and conditioning coach to...
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...education systems. ...[Ms Yang from the BBC Chinese school series with her colleagues and class] I was extremely nervous at the time when the exam results were about to be revealed. I sat on the stage, with my head in my hand, waiting for the moment of truth. Fifty of my students were sitting in front of me, plus their parents, grandparents, and teachers at Bohunt, the...