Health and wellbeing

The following set of links give an introduction to our offer in this curriculum area and are not exhaustive. They are organised into two sections: courses, modules and qualifications, and free materials on OpenLearn. 

Courses, modules and qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma in mental health science
• Teacher development: embedding mental health in the curriculum

Free OpenLearn materials

Subject knowledge

• Exercise and mental health
• Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
• Nutrition: proteins
• Nutrition: vitamins and minerals
• The science of nutrition and healthy eating
• Understanding autism
• Wellbeing and mental health collection (collated by colleagues in Wales but with cross-nation relevance)
• Working with young people in sport and exercise 

Subject pedagogy 

• Active, healthy lifestyles (aimed at PE teachers)
• Children and young people: food and food marketing
• Professional relationships with young people
• Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing
• Young people’s wellbeing (including factors such as obesity, binge drinking and depression)