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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. I have been working in the realms of everyday community creativity and diversity for a while now. When I began to experience symptoms 16 years ago, I found myself needing new strategies and knowledge in order to improve my experience of daily life. At first it did not occur to me to connect my creative...
What is it like being a young carer at university?
Education & Development

What is it like being a young carer at university?

...University. ...He talks about adjusting to university life and reflects on how this time is providing an opportunity to think about his future. [Brandon shares his experience of studying as a young carer] [Bangor University logo] This resource was provided by Bangor University and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...Open University in 2019. I am now an OU Alumni but have been continuing engaging in research-based projects with the OU after writing a participatory research proposal on bereavement for my final assessment in 2023. I experienced a significant bereavement in my early school years, after my mum died of a rare form of cancer in 1999. Since then, I have gone through a series...
Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...Open University Geography Department who looked at the West of Ireland in the early 1980s for an Open University course ‘Changing Britain, Changing world: geographical perspectives’. The course was studied by Open University students between 1985 and 1995. The collection of articles uses the course materials to give an overview of issues past and present in the West...
Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?
Languages

Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?

...education in the UK, 'modern languages' all too often means those of Northern Europe. Dr Jieun Kiaer argues that it's an attitude that's outdated...Modern languages are not merely European languages. Obvious as this may seem, it needs restating as I discovered when attending a Westminster Education Forum devoted to “The future of Modern Foreign Languages in Higher...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...education. Graduates tend to be social liberals, while those with few, if any, educational qualifications are inclined to be social conservatives. Age also matters too, with younger people tending to be more socially liberal. Pollsters in the UK have less experience of measuring this dimension of politics. They do not, for example, necessarily collect information on the...
Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Education & Development

Has media literacy become self-destructive?

...education approach, but I don’t remember how the topic of pregnancy came up. What I do remember is her telling me that she and her friends talked a lot about pregnancy and “diseases” she could get through sex. As I probed further, she matter-of-factly explained a variety of “facts” she had heard that were completely inaccurate. You couldn’t get pregnant until...