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Sexual Citizenship and Social Change
26th March 2024Examining the use and abuse of critique in contemporary sexuality scholarship and associated activism, Professor Darren Langdridge implicates a particular form of critique that is detached, unfettered, and set loose from the usual anchor of tradition.
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‘Forensics: The Real CSI’ returns for fourth series with Dr Jim Turner as academic consultant
14th March 2024The fourth series of OU/BBC co-production Forensics: The Real CSI returns with Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology Dr Jim Turner as academic consultant
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Looking back to last year’s Open Psychology Research Centre Event
21st February 2024In 2023, the Centre’s International Advisory Board visited the OU over July 10th-11th. The next Centre Advisory Board meeting takes place on 15th May 2024.
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WATCH - The problem of borderline disorder
14th February 2024On 5 December 2024, Dr David Jones of The OU's Psychology & Counselling School, held a fascinating online talk with students, on the subject of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
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Psychology academics in £7.7million OU project to protect women and girls online
12th February 2024A team from The Open University, including OU Psychology, has been awarded £7.7million to create a new centre for combating online violence against women and girls, to open later this year.
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Open Psychology Research Centre publishes third annual review
26th January 2024The Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) has published an annual review on its third year (2022-2023).
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Research asks - can we design places to combat loneliness?
9th January 2024Why the built environment? There is evidence that the kinds of buildings and neighbourhoods people live in can help to shape people’s psychological wellb''eing. For this reason, the research team were curious as to whether there was evidence that the built environment specifically affects how lonely people feel.
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Skill upgrade for counsellors with new OU short courses
9th January 2024Four 25-hour short online courses especially for professionals in Psychotherapy and Counselling have been launched.
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WATCH: Psychology talk on how we respond to disasters
27th November 2023Professor Peter Hegarty (Co-Director of the Open Psychology Research Centre at The OU) hosted a talk with guest speaker Dr Evangelos Ntontis of The OU’s Psychology & Counselling Dept. Dr Ntontis was talking to undergraduates via The OU’s ColLab, and his subject was human behaviour during disasters and crises.
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£650k funding secured for OU trust in forensic science psychology project
22nd November 2023The Open University (OU) has secured a funding grant worth £657,922 for a project investigating trust in forensic science.
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