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Learning links around the world thanks to OU and FutureLearn

Learning links around the world thanks to OU and FutureLearn

A free course to help teachers and instructors move learning online during the pandemic has attracted a huge following around the globe on The Open University’s part-owned FutureLearn site. How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students is a three-week course that is attracting massive audiences and great engagement from all across the world, united […]

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OU partners with The Young Foundation to launch coronavirus citizen science project

OU partners with The Young Foundation to launch coronavirus citizen science project

The Open University has partnered with UKRI accredited Independent Research Organisation, The Young Foundation to launch a landmark new project to capture the social impact of coronavirus on individuals and communities across the UK. Delivered on the OU’s citizen science platform, nQuire the project aims to understand how this generation-defining moment impacts the future of […]

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OU academics cast doubt over accuracy of fertility and pregnancy planning apps

OU academics cast doubt over accuracy of fertility and pregnancy planning apps

New findings, published by Open University academics suggest there are gaps in the reliability of popular apps used by many to estimate fertility and for pregnancy planning. Academics from the OU have put together an evidence review looking at menstruation and fertility apps. Published today in the BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health journal, the findings […]

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Wealth of tips to help students study online

As the Coronavirus lockdown means students are spending less time in tutorials and lectures and more time logging on online, there’s a growing need to make the best of an unfamiliar study situation. Luckily help is at hand, from our tutors and indeed OU students – used to learning remotely – who are willing to […]

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Teaching your children – a chance to reconnect and rediscover

Teaching your children – a chance to reconnect and rediscover

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has radically altered the formal bricks and mortar environment of school education that much of the UK’s children were used to. Whether we call it home schooling, home education or home learning, this new realm is fresh and challenging territory for many parents. Drawing on her expertise in home education, Dr Amber Fensham-Smith, […]

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OU partners with Brook to deliver online course to support abortion education in schools

OU partners with Brook to deliver online course to support abortion education in schools

The Open University (OU) has partnered with sexual health and wellbeing experts, Brook to deliver an online course to support teachers in providing abortion education in schools. Designed to improve the knowledge and confidence of those teaching about pregnancy decision-making and abortion to young people aged 13+, the free course has been shaped by research […]

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Advice on supporting your child during self-isolation

Advice on supporting your child during self-isolation

John Oates, Professor of Developmental Psychology at The Open University, writes about how to cope with children being at home during this period of self-isolation, with advice and helpful suggestions on supporting them through this difficult and confusing time. It probably came as a shock hearing that schools will be closing, on top of all […]

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World Social Work Day – focus on OU’s new Social Worker Degree Apprenticeship

World Social Work Day – focus on OU’s new Social Worker Degree Apprenticeship

Today (17 March) is World Social Work Day, a day to raise awareness of social work as a career path and recognise the incredible contribution that this sector make to our community. The Open University has a range of courses available to support and train social workers, including the Social Work Degree (SWD) Apprenticeship, which […]

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How to recover from burnout and chronic work stress – according to a psychologist

How to recover from burnout and chronic work stress – according to a psychologist

Rajvinder Samra, Lecturer in Health, The Open University writes for The Conversation about how to recover from burnout and chronic work stress. It’s pretty likely you’ve heard of burnout – and you may have even experienced it. Caused by chronic work stress, it’s characterised by signs such as emotional exhaustion, lack of energy, and loss […]

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International Women’s Day – spotlight on the International Development Office

International Women’s Day – spotlight on the International Development Office

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a chance for us to celebrate, support and champion the work of women from across the world. With this year’s theme of ‘an equal world is an enabled world’, it’s a perfect opportunity to highlight the fantastic women-led projects of The Open University’s International Development Office. Celebrating its 20th […]

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