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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

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Who wrote this course?

This course has been written by three authors, who are all specialists for the subject areas, in collaboration with Legal & General.

Wealth: Martin Upton
Photograph of Martin Upton. Martin is a Senior Lecturer in Finance and joined The Open University in July 2004. Previously he worked for seventeen years in the financial services industry, including twelve years as Treasurer of the Nationwide Building Society. You can find out more about Martin’s teaching and research on Martin’s OU Profile.
Careers: Ayesha Peeran
Photograph of Ayesha Peeran. Ayesha Peeran is a Careers and Employability Consultant at The Open University with extensive experience in career development and career management working with individuals and groups within higher, further, and adult education and companies. Currently Ayesha works with faculties in embedding employability and PDP, including managing careers and employability related projects to enhance student experience and improve student outcomes.
Wellbeing: Jitka Vseteckova
Photograph of Jitka Vseteckova. Jitka Vseteckova is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care. Jitka’s role is multi-faceted, covering research, teaching, supervision and external collaborations. This includes health policy and planning, public health, education and improvement of slkills – specifically in mental health professionals – and the development of evidence base in several areas of health and social care. You can find out more about Jitka’s teaching and research on Jitka’s OU Profile.
Legal & General
The Legal&General logo. Legal & General Retail have worked with The Open University to produce the Midlife MOT course. Their mission is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives. As one of the UK’s leading financial services groups they want to support people to make well-informed decisions. Midlife is a key point to review and plan for the future and they believe that this course will help across three key areas: wealth, work and wellbeing.

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