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28/03/2013 - 12:02
How philosophy and psychotherapy meet in existential counselling
Philosophy and counselling may sound like unlikely bedfellows, but they have come together in a novel form of therapy called existential counselling. One of the leading exponents of the British school of existential counselling is Dr Darren Langdridge, head of the OU's department of Psychology. He's just published a new book, Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy. So what is existential...
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28/03/2013 - 11:52
The top 20 most wanted professions in the world
Around the world there are a number of professions in high demand. The BBC Business website has compiled a list of the top 20 most wanted professions internationally, and the countries that want them. The list includes psychologists, physiotherapists and chefs, and there are case studies. Is your profession there? Check it out on Global migrants: Which is the most wanted profession?
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22/03/2013 - 18:31
Learning and loving it
Joe Pasquale is a third of the way towards his Natural Science degree with the OU, and hoping to finish in the next two years. Catch up with Joe's progress in his interview in the Mirror. Photo courtesy of The Mirror
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18th July 2011
OU's first ever students visit Milton Keynes campus
The Open University celebrated the role of pioneers in its history on Tuesday 19 July with two events - a visit from some of the OU's first ever students and the official opening of the Jennie Lee Building at its Milton Keynes campus. Up to 250 of the OU’s first students visited the Walton Hall campus, some for the first time. Nothing like the OU existed before...
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14th July 2011
Join the audience for a recording of Click at OU Milton Keynes
Join the audience for a special recording of the flagship BBC radio programme Click on Monday 18 July at the OU's Milton Keynes campus. The BBC's Gareth Mitchell hosts a panel with the OU's Tony Hirst and Ray Corrigan in the final part of the OU and Digital Planet collaborative series on 'openness' in the Berrill Lecture Theatre. The show concludes a series of six...
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11th July 2011
OU professor champions more investment in innovation
Britain’s economy will fail to reach its potential unless Government commissions technological advances in the green sector that the private sector considers too risky, says a report from think tank Demos authored by OU Professor of the Economics of Innovation Mariana Mazzucato (pictured). The Entrepreneurial State published today (11 July) says that the...
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Employment issues for disabled students online forum 3-14 June
The Careers Advisory Service is holding a two week online forum on ‘Employment issues for disabled students’. Students with a disability will have the opportunity...
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Alumnus scoops prestigious business award
Chris Lima, Managing Director of Simon Hegele Logistics, has won the Institute of Directors regional Chairman’s Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility....
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