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OU researchers launch new guide to support palliative and end of life care

13 July 2023

Researchers at The Open University have produced a new ‘Grab and Go Guide’ to help improve palliative and end of life care. The easy-to-follow guide draws from research into The Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action (2021-2026) and will enable those working in the sector to better […]

New research aims to revolutionise care for older people

17 May 2023

New research on social care and older people resulted in a toolkit designed by The Open University aimed at transforming the well-being of older people and staff in the care sector. It is based on an emerging understanding of ‘relational care’ an approach which represents a shift to a more multidirectional flow of care where […]

First cohort of Isle of Wight nurses graduate with the OU

13 December 2022

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has just celebrated its first cohort of registered nurse degree apprentices, who have completed their nursing qualifications in partnership with The Open University (OU). Like many other NHS organisations across the country, the Trust has found it challenging to recruit enough nursing professionals to fill vacancies. This new programme, […]

Female nurse pushing a patient in a wheelchair

Two-thirds of respondents claim enquiry-based learning helps their nursing practice, new OU report finds

22 November 2022

The Open University (OU) has released a new report in partnership with National Health Executive, which looks at the use of Enquiry-based learning (EBL) within nurse education. The innovative teaching style closes the theory-practice gap; a crucial step in the nursing profession. The report, Enquiry-based learning: Transforming nurse education explores the feedback from recent OU nursing […]

New BBC/ OU co-pro follows James Arthur’s mental health journey

9 November 2022

A new BBC and Open University co-production featuring multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, James Arthur will air on BBC Three at 9pm on Sunday 13 November. James Arthur: Out of Our Minds follows James at a crossroads in his life. After being propelled to stardom following his X Factor win in 2012, James experienced a decade of highs, […]

Presenter of the programme, Tommy Jessop

Tonight’s Panorama investigates deaths of people with a learning disability

7 October 2022

Tonight, a new OU/BBC programme, Panorama: Will the NHS Care for Me? airs on BBC1 at 20:00* and is available on BBC iPlayer. In this programme, co-produced by the BBC and the OU’s Broadcast and Partnerships team, Line of Duty actor and campaigner, Tommy Jessop investigates why people with a learning disability are more than […]

New BBC Bitesize series lifts the lid on lesser-known healthcare careers

1 September 2022

A new digital series on healthcare careers launches today (1 September) on BBC Bitesize and OU Connect. Co-produced by the BBC and The Open University (OU), the series of ten informative short films delves into the lesser-known roles in the healthcare sector through the eyes of those starting out in their careers and the people […]

OU student Emily Jackson outside her place of work

‘I want to make a difference to people’s lives’ says nurse apprentice Emily

8 August 2022

Emily Jackson always knew she wanted a career helping others. But it wasn’t until she witnessed the ‘amazing’ end of life care her grandad received from nurses that she found her vocation. Inspired to one day don her own nursing scrubs, Emily set out to retrain. At 25, she’s now part-way through her Registered Nurse […]

New BBC/ OU series explores the unheard voices of the AIDS crisis

24 June 2022

On Monday (27 June), an innovative three-part documentary series starts on BBC 2, which tells the story of the British AIDS crisis as it’s never been told before. Co-produced by the BBC and The Open University, AIDS: The Unheard Tapes begins 40 years ago when a mysterious disease first appeared in Britain’s gay community. A […]

OU/BBC production airs about Joe Wicks and his difficult childhood

13 May 2022

The nation’s favourite PE teacher Joe Wicks appeared on the small screen recently to show how the mental health of parents can affect their children. In Joe Wicks: facing my childhood, an Open University co-production with the BBC, he opens up about the effect his own parents’ mental health issues, which were not talked about […]

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