Practising with Care in Mind: A course for social care practitioners working with unaccompanied minors
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OU Arts & Social Sciences OU_Psychology&Counselling Kevin Shakesheff

With healthcare systems and informal carers typically stretched beyond capacity, death doulas can provide a means to fill the gap and provide personalised attention during this significant time. Find out more:
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Upcoming Event: Changing Attitudes to Ageing Event in Omagh Library
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Botanical surveys from 900ha of Windrush river #floodplainmeadows has been recorded on 42 farms & is now an Open Societal Challenge; this all plays a crucial role in building ecological resilience in this area
Kevin Shakesheff OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences Floodplain Meadows
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Street vendors in the tourist destinations of the Global South have to forge precarious livelihoods in public spaces. Part of the cultural fabric of their regions, this project captures video stories of their daily lives to explore what support they need👇
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Mainstream news plays a crucial role in our democratic society. But the consensus is that the UK’s media landscape is unbalanced, with a strong agenda-setting role played by hyper-partisan media sources. Can AI support automated analysis of online news?
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What if your latest research could be turned into a cartoon that anyone could understand?

We’re now accepting entries for a competition to do just that….

Deadline: Weds 3rd April, noon GMT BISA - British International Studies Association OU Arts & Social Sciences POLIS Religious Studies OU Open Societal Challenges

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Great collaboration with colleagues The Open University Open Societal Challenges OU Health, Wellbeing & Social Care OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies and BBC One BBC Morning Live

A truly wonderful challenge done by truly wonderful Super Snowdrops MSArgyll Age Scotland DougAtAgeScot perhaps something to add to #Take5toAgeWell OU Health, Wellbeing & Social Care OU Health, Wellbeing & Social Care Open Societal Challenges The OU in Wales The OU in Northern Ireland OU in Scotland

The OU and Milton Keynes Hospital PainPad team won Changemaker/Lightbulb Award at the MK STEM awards!

The PainPad is a new and efficient way for patients to conduct more frequent and accurate pain readings through the device.

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#floodplainmeadows can contribute to flood mitigation, water quality, food production, biodiversity, carbon storage & more. @floodplainmead have been working hard to ensure they are restored/protected in developing policy areas. Find out more 👇🌼🌱
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Indeed, a wonderful talk by Dr Declan Ryan PhD. Watch this space. We will be sharing the recording soon!
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Rural business face many challenges, inc a ‘rural premium’ of 10-20% more on everyday items, despite lower avg wages compared to urban counterparts. How can business support help small & micro rural businesses thrive?
Read more 👇
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Faculty of Business & Law, The Open University Kevin Shakesheff

Look forward to work on this from March 2024 onwards 🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏊🎾🏓⛹️🏑🤾‍♂️...

Over 3500 people in the UK received a life-saving transplant in 2023. But less than half of them will be physically active in 2024.
How can you best take care of this gift of life, and how does physical activity help post-transplant recovery
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A wonderful talk to join by Dr Declan Ryan PhD on sitting disease and how we can keep moving even when our mobility is impaired.
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Open Societal Challenges OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies The OU in Northern Ireland The OU in Wales OU in Scotland OU Health, Wellbeing & Social Care OU Arts & Social Sciences Faculty of STEM, The Open University OU eSTEeM OU Education, Childhood, Youth & Sport more details below!

Wrote this blog on our Westminster briefing on creative pedagogies for teaching history of religious diversity
Thanks Kathryn Wright David Porter Helen Snelson and other speakers. And to Open Societal Challenges and Culham St Gabriel's for sponsoring
RETOPEA - Religious Toleration and Peace
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OU researchers are highlighting the importance of social connectedness for those undergoing self-managed abortions in the UK.
Find out more in our latest blog 👇
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Carrie Purcell Lesley Hoggart Fiona Bloomer CRFR @OPenUniResearch OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies