WELS news

OU Professor of Literacy, Natalia Kucirkova, has been awarded a Jacobs Foundation Fellowship in recognition of her research into the impact of multimedia personalised stories for children.

Coronavirus and COVID-19 has unexpectedly placed nurses on the centre stage of health care services across the globe. Dr Rebecca Garcia reflects on the care of nursing staff during the pandemic.

Professor Kwame Akyeampong, School of ECYS, has joined the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel to share his international research and expertise on education systems in Africa.

Dr Michael Boampong has received £10,000 from the OU’s COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme to research the impact of COVID-19 on young Black Britons.

An OU team has worked with sexual health and wellbeing charity, Brook, to support RSE planning in schools.

Delivering healthcare in a forensic hospital, BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) student, Laury has harnessed her background as a journalist to launch a series of innovative projects to support the service users she works with.

Award-winning OU/BBC co-production ‘Hospital’ returns for a sixth series, filmed at London’s Royal Free Trust hospitals as staff and patients grapple with the extraordinary challenge of operating within the new COVID landscape.

Extensive work to develop support for student carers at The Open University has been acknowledged with a Going Higher for Student Carers Recognition Award.

The latest addition to The Open University’s selection of nursing programmes has received approval from the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and provides a direct-entry route for individuals in London and the South West region looking to kick-start their nursing career.

As we slowly look towards the post-pandemic future, NHS employers and staff must give genuine, considered thought to protecting and strengthening for the years ahead. Acknowledging the importance of flexible, continuous, high-level education such as Advanced Clinical Practice and Non-Medical Prescribing, may be as important a step as any.