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Online distance education is often the choice for students who are unable to go to a traditional university. As a result, it can be a good choice for women who are either starting a family or who a...lready have young children. Indeed, for some students, it is having children that motivates them to go back to education. That doesn’t mean it is easy, though, and sometimes the challenges of learning while parenting can be overwhelming. Drawing on the real-life experiences of student mums who they have interviewed, Sharon Mallon and Sam Murphy discuss some of the common issues that expectant and new mums may face, such as: * tiredness, sickness and negotiating medical appointments (or even hospital stays) while pregnant * trying to study with a new baby * negotiating study with a toddler. In this session we will identify some of the strategies that other students have reported helped them to work through the tough times.
Online distance education is often the choice for students who are unable to go to a traditional university. As a result, it can be a good choice for women who are either starting a family or who a...lready have young children. Indeed, for some students, it is having children that motivates them to go back to education. That doesn’t mean it is easy, though, and sometimes the challenges of learning while parenting can be overwhelming. Drawing on the real-life experiences of student mums who they have interviewed, Sharon Mallon and Sam Murphy discuss some of the common issues that expectant and new mums may face, such as: * tiredness, sickness and negotiating medical appointments (or even hospital stays) while pregnant * trying to study with a new baby * negotiating study with a toddler. In this session we will identify some of the strategies that other students have reported helped them to work through the tough times.
| Series: | Freshers Orientation; Series 2021 |
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| Episode | 15 |
| Recording date: | 01-02-2021 |
| Published: | 2021 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:16:15 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Sharon Mallon; Sam Murphy; H J |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: https://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/studying-children?event=%28re%29Freshers%20Orientation%20%E2%80%93%201%20February%202021 |
| Production number: | SHL00843 |
| Available to public: | yes |
