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AgeTech Innovation Week: COVID-19 and AgeTech

January 14, 2022

Hannah R. Marston1, Andrew Sixsmith2, Joseph Coughlin3 and Sara Aghvami4 1Research Fellow at the Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, …

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Understanding Digital Skills & Confidence through the Lens of Older Adults from Low SES Communities: The Adapt Tech, Accessible Technology (ATAT) Project

November 10, 2021

Marston, H.R1,2, Morgan, D.J2,1, Wilson-Menzfeld, G3, & Gates, J3 1Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, Languages, …

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You Can Only Pass Go With A Digital Pass

June 14, 2021

Marston, H.R1,2, Morgan, D.J2,1, Wilson, G3, & Gates, J3 1Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, Languages, …

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Freedom is coming Dating Apps, Social Connections, Cheeky Snogs & Nooky

June 14, 2021

Marston, H.R1,2, Morgan, D.J2,1 1Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, Languages, The Open University, Milton Keynes, …

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Lockdown 2.0: Gunpowder Plot, Digital Christmas, Sex and Relationships

November 2, 2020

Hannah R. Marston1 & Deborah J. Morgan2 1Research Fellow, Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes, …

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THE DAY AFTER ‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ ?

June 27, 2020

THE DAY AFTER ‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ ? I love that film.  I am uneasily amused by the idea of being stuck …

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COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizens

March 18, 2020

Hannah R. Marston1, Charles Musselwhite2, & Robin Hadley3 1Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Hannah.Marston@open.ac.uk …

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Adult education – ‘a permanent national necessity’. For a caring democracy?

December 12, 2019

The report from the Centenary Commission on Adult Education, launched last month, has received some strong endorsements from a wide …

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Tweeting into the Millennium… Hints and Tips to Using Social Media

December 17, 2018

Social media is used by many of us as part of our daily lives – similar to checking our emails …

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