Acknowledgements

This free course was compiled by Sarah Mander and Neill Boddington. The authors of individual weeks are credited in the Acknowledgements for the relevant week.

Sarah and Neill would like to thank all those who have contributed content, critical reading and editing for this course as well as the Open University’s OpenLearn team who have brought it to fruition, especially the editor, Hannah Parish; Ana Collins, who designed the unique trigger warning icon; and Catherine Halliwell who assisted with quiz questions.

They are grateful to Charlotte Minton, an OU learner, for allowing the reproduction of her impressive artwork in Week 3. Thanks also to Michael Priestley and his colleagues at the Charlie Waller Trust; the authors appreciated your input and are honoured to have the Trust’s endorsement for this course.

Editors

Neill Boddington

Sarah Mander

Jacqueline Young

Authors

Jonathan Baldwin

Tania Barnett

Neill Boddington

Simone Bol

Craig Clancy

Alison Craig

Ben Hughes

Ian Macdonald

Sarah Mander

Linzi Morris

Jitka Vseteckova

Jacqueline Young

Critical readers

Kate Breeze

Catherine Carden

Julie Castleman

Sue Creed

Carolyn Cooke

Ola Fadoju

Helen Lee

Mychelle Pride

Michael Priestley

James Roy

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