WELS news

Recent study explores poverty’s impact on urban residents in low-income areas

On 25 October 2023, Dr Keetie Roelen – Senior Research Fellow and CSGD Co-Deputy Director, presented research findings in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from a recent study on the experiences of the urban poor of insecurity, inadequate assistance and area-based discrimination.

26th October 2023

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Research hub hosts workshop on poverty reduction policies and programmes

Ending poverty has always been a pressing issue, and the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified this crisis. The Sustainable Development Goal #1 to end poverty has been significantly derailed, and rising food and fuel prices, climate change, and conflicts have further escalated the situation.

9th October 2023

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Researchers’ Abstracts Accepted in Routledge’s Book on Creative Research

We are delighted to share that three early-career researchers from the Centre for the Study of Global Development – Dr Ayomide Oluseye, Elise Denis-Ramirez and Elizabeth Ascroft will be contributing to the book, ‘Creative Research on Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth’ published by Routledge.

4th October 2023

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New Children’s Research Centre report launched at Houses of Parliament

Not enough is being done across the UK to support parents, children and young people experiencing family imprisonment according to new research by The Open University’s Children’s Research Centre and Worcestershire charity YSS.

25th July 2023

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Two new courses on caring and supporting older people with learning disabilities

The Open University has launched two new courses exploring the support and care of older people with learning disabilities.

25th July 2023

A group of people outside the OU's Walton Hall: left to right: Oli Biard, Dr Eric Addae-Kyeremeh (Head of School ECYS), Dr Beatrice Inyangala, Andrew Law, Hellen Wamittah (Kenya Ministry of Education), Leo Liu (OU Business Development Unit)

Kenya Ministry of Education visits to discuss developing their digital education provision

The Principal Secretary in charge of higher education at the Ministry of Education in Kenya was recently welcomed to the OU’s Milton Keynes campus by colleagues from the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport (ECYS), the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) and the OU’s Business Development Unit. The aim of her visit was to develop understanding of the OU’s successful supported distance learning model and explore elements that could be applicable in delivering quality higher education at scale in Kenya.

19th July 2023

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'Grab and Go' Guide for palliative and end of life care launched

Researchers at the OU have created a grab and go guide to support providers of palliative and end of life care services. The guide centres around the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: a national framework for local action, a framework which presents an overarching vision, six ambitions and eight foundations to help local health and social care leaders build accessible, responsive, effective, and personal care at the end of life.

19th July 2023

Pictured Left to Right: Award winners Grace McAleer, Nathan Weir and Lois Gaffney

Success for OU students at RCN Nurse of the Year Awards

Open University Nursing students and alumni have picked up prestigious awards at Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Nurse of the Year awards.

4th July 2023

Meet the Tutors: Dr Mike Courtney

Dr Mike Courtney’s career began with a high-flying role as a commercial airline pilot. Yet academics would be where he’d earn his wings, eventually becoming an Associate Lecturer (Tutor) in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics. Discover his inspirational teaching style – an approach that recently saw him win a student-voted Tutor Award.

26th May 2023

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New research and toolkit to provide transformative approach to care launched by OU academics

A new toolkit to provide practitioners with the information they need to implement ‘relational care’ in practice with older people in a range of care settings has been launched by Dr Manik Gopinath and Professor Mary Larkin at an event hosted at the House of Lords on 17th May, attended by 120 delegates.