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Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...course explores this phenomenon, drawing on an Open University study on how staff (tutors) can support students with a mental health condition, and considers both what staff and institutions can do to improve student mental wellbeing...There is an increasing prevalence of university students who need mental health support and university staff benefit from training on this...
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...course, Making sense of mental health problems, you will learn about how key perspectives in the field have made sense of mental health problems. By directly relating key perspectives to a case study, you will reflect on how the medical perspective, psychological perspective and social need perspective come to make sense of mental ill-health...Over the past century there...
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...course, Exploring depression, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on depression, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also begin to explore theoretical models, biological and psychological explanations, and look at a range of pharmacological and psychological...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...course, Exploring anxiety, serves as an introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the more contemporary and controversial findings within...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...course explores three key themes: employee engagement, employee involvement and collective aspects of employee relations...Engagement is a key buzzword in 21st century management. Strategic human resource management rests on the belief that people are the key to achieving competitive advantage. Employees need to be seen as assets to be developed, not costs to be...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...course looks at how teams ‘travel’ together on a journey of development. Those journeys are hardly ever smooth. The course encourages you to recognise difference and challenge amongst individuals in the team who are pulling in different directions. It will help you identify where such challenges can be embraced for the benefit of your team and your organisation...This...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...course introduces basic ideas of probability. It focuses on dealing with uncertainty in a financial context and explores decision trees, a powerful decision-making technique, which can help you to simplify and formulate business decisions. The course also includes videos that introduce the key ideas and guide you through numerous examples...This free course introduces...
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...course provides educators with an introduction to adult learners’ mental health. The course is designed to develop understanding of the impact mental health has on learning, as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support adult learners experiencing a range of mental health related challenges...This free course provides educators with an...