Clive Emsley, pioneering historian, and enthusiastic wine connoisseur, born 4 August 1944; died 5 October 2020. We in FASS wish him the fondest of farewells.
Beyond the Now is a new social art practice collaboration providing a platform for art that responds to the COVID-19 crisis. Led by Art Historian Dr Kim Charnley, the first season launches today.
OU Research is behind a newly-launched relationship app designed to tackle the fact that two-thirds of us don’t talk about our relationships with anyone.
An Open University COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting a series of writing workshops with health care workers in acute care and palliative care in collaboration with the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The plan is that this research will lead to the production of a new Creative Writing Handbook for COVID-19 frontline workers.
With more than 200 million suicide attempts annually, many of us will be affected by suicide. On World Suicide Prevention Day, we speak to award-winning Psychologist, Dr. David Morrison, co-author of ‘Trauma and suicide', a section from FASS module D241 – Exploring Mental Health and Counselling.
Festivals Research and COVID-19: Virtual Community, Activism, Spirituality, an online conference hosted by the school of Religious Studies at The Open University will take place on Tuesday September 15th
OU Research from the Centre for Policing and Research has impacted the Royal Foundation’s decision to fund grants to mental health charities supporting emergency responders.
The report, led by FASS academic Dr Keir Irwin-Rogers, OU Lecturer in Criminology, calls for long-term, sustained financial support for the UK’s 18 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs).