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Health, Sports & Psychology
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Occasionally, controversies arise that remind us of the link between sport and politics. It was once common for leading figures in the sporting world to declare that sport was, effectively, a politics-free zone. Sport was cast as the perpetual innocent party, liable to be corrupted by any connection with politics. However, it has become ...
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Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
How can the great outdoors help us to age well? It's all in understanding the ageing process, acceptance and the quest for purpose, say the experts.
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The gift of being a foster carer
What is our conception of fostering? This article explores the reality behind the myths and what fostering means for our communities.
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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Death is part of life and is something we all need to face, not only our own death but the deaths of those around us. Yet many of us are unprepared for this major event in our lives.
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The Science of Fear
Recoil at the number 13? Scream at spiders? At some point, we all get scared. But why, and how? This article explores the science behind fear.
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World Mental Health Day on OpenLearn
World Mental Health Day is on 10th October every year. Find out more about anxiety, depression, mindfulness, wellbeing and more with our FREE learning resources.
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Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
The ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing inequities in health within Black and minority ethnic communities in Wales, the UK and beyond.
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Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt
Y modd y mae COVID-19 wedi taflu goleuni ar anghydraddoldebau hirsefydlog mewn iechyd o fewn cymunedau Du a lleiafrifoedd ethnig yng Nghymru, y DU a thu hwnt.
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Carers face significant challenges combining work and education with caring responsibilities. The Open University helps get carers back into education and this article explains how much support is available.
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Money & Business
MSE’s Academy of Money
The Open University has joined forces with MoneySavingExpert (MSE) to produce this new free course to give you the skills and knowledge to master your finances. Packed with videos, audios, quizzes and activities the course covers all the key aspects of personal finance in six sessions of study that each take around two hours to complete.
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Medicines and personalisation
In a series of articles, Dr Jitka Vseteckova and Sonal Mehta look at strategies to support pharmacotherapy while ageing. Here Sonal explores ways in which we can achieve person-centred care, available to all.
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The real reason clowns scare us
With the release of Stephen King's 'It' and the terrifying character Pennywise we look back on this article, published last year, questioning why we are scared by the faces clowns pull.