The Open University has launched two free courses aimed at supporting professionals and families who care for older people with learning disabilities. Supporting older people with…
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Families with children across the UK are missing out on vital support to help them cope with the impact caused by having a parent in prison,…
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…
The FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Sport Diploma, which was developed with experts including academics from The Open University, to strengthen and professionalise safeguarding standards in football,…
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…
Paulette Johnson is a social work academic and The Open University’s academic Lead for Access Participation and Success. Here she shares how the OU is tackling…
Saving Lives in Leeds, a new BBC documentary, produced with the support of two OU academics, features the challenging work of doctors and surgeons at Leeds…
A new two-part BBC series Inside Our Autistic Minds has started giving a revealing look at what goes on in the mind of autistic adults with…
Two academics from The Open University used their specialist skills to advise the BBC programme makers on a second series of A Special School, which airs…
Research by Dr Natalie Canning, Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood and Co-Director of The Open University’s (OU) Children’s Research Centre has helped shape a new framework…