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...study around carers and their relationship with physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic...Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 80% of 8,000 unpaid carers lacked the time to take part in their chosen type of physical activity due to their caring duties. The COVID-19 outbreak and the following period of self-isolation made it much harder for carers to get any...

...study online with a Western university. Having grown up in Britain with an English mother and Singaporean father, she strongly believes that celebrating differences – no matter what they are and how subtle they may appear – is something we should always foster, not fear. [illustration with map showing cultural identity ] What is cultural identity? Cultural identity...

...skills in a polyclinic setting A look at the various methods of assessment and consultation that two social workers in a mental health centre use and the skills they believe are needed in the role. Working in a South African psychiatric ward A social Worker at a psychiatric hospital talks about why she became a social worker. Working with mental health patients The...

Discover how researchers live within the societies they are studying, sometimes for many years, to gain an insider’s perspective and to share similar experiences...Transcript.

The Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and education of death, dying, loss, and grief across the life course and in diverse contexts.