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Economics and Public Health

WEBEconomics and Public Health. Members of the ESRC-funded Innovation for Cancer Care in Africa (ICCA) project team, Professor Smita Srinivas and Pritika Rao, highlight the …

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Take Five to Age Well

WEBThe ‘Take Five to Age Well’ programme demonstrates ways in which we can adopt new lifestyle factors to affect ageing. These include aspects where the arts can affect both …

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Introducing the Health and the Arts Research Group

WEBAuthor: Rosemary Golding. The Health and the Arts Research Group was set up in 2021 to bring together researchers from across the university with research interests in the …

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Music and Mental Health: historical perspectives

WEBAuthor: Rosemary Golding. How can music help improve mental health? The question is an important one for modern society, where alongside established forms of music therapy …

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People Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBHelen Barlow Research Fellow and Staff Tutor in Music. History of Musical Listening; music in military contexts; World War I. Naomi Barker Senior Lecturer in Music, Medicine and …

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Arts for Health, Milton Keynes Faculty of Arts and Social …

WEBWe’re writing today about a project in development; an evaluation project with charity Arts for Health Milton Keynes. Their work fits well with this research group. Not only are they …

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Resources & Publications Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBPublications. Barker, N. (2024) Music, Medicine and Religion at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Rome 1550–1750. Martlesham: Boydell. Golding, R. (2022). ‘ Music as Therapy for the ‘exceptionally wealthy’ at the Nineteenth-Century Ticehurst Asylum ’ in Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle online pp. 1-22. Golding, R. (2022).

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We need to talk about mental health

WEBMind - Mental health information and signposting - 0300 123 3393 www.mind.org.uk. Young Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk. Papyrus - 9am-midnight - preventing young suicide. …

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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBThe Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences offers 23 undergraduate degree courses, as well as a wide range of certificates, diplomas and postgraduate qualifications, across 14 …

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New MOOC: Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World

WEBA new online course Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World starts on FutureLearn on 6 February. This invites students to explore ancient life through primary evidence and to understand ancient theories by examining the body. Author Prof. Helen King has written a blog post about her experience of delivering the content in an interactive and

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Sociology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBSociology at the Open University has long been at the forefront of critical thinking, inflected by the cultural perspective. Its origins lay in the work of Stuart Hall, the cutting-edge …

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Dr Angela Sutton-Vane Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBVoluntary roles: I am Chair of the Crime and Punishment Collections Network - an Arts Council England subject specialist network supporting collections, museums, libraries and archives relating to courts, prisons, police, judiciary, forensic science, pathology and coroners. Dr Angela Sutton-Vane, Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Arts & Social

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Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain …

WEBThe role and place of the Arts in mental health and wellbeing forms an important part of modern practice and exploration, but also has an important history of its own. This …

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School of Psychology & Counselling

WEBThe School of Psychology & Counselling is Europe’s largest provider of university-level education in psychology. We offer undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research …

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Postgraduate Research Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBA PhD usually takes 3 years full-time and 6 years part-time, and represents a significant investment of time, resources and energy. Doctoral students in the School of …

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English and Creative Writing Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WEBWe will enable you to anticipate life the better by reading critically, writing effectively, thinking creatively and supporting your aspirations. Each of our programmes is designed to take you forward in life. Studying with us will open professional avenues, further career prospects, deepen insights and knowledge – enjoyably.

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Medieval and Early Modern History

WEBEarly modern history is a flourishing area of research in the History Department, with staff members working on a wide variety of overlapping themes in the religious, political, …

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History of Medicine Research Group

WEBThe history of medicine is a well established field of research in the History Department with two main areas of investigation: early modern medicine in Continental Europe and …

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