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November is Men's Health Awareness Month
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Everywhere around the world, the suicide rates amongst men outstrips that of women. The writer Will Storr hears some stories - and asks why.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Exercise and mental health
Each year thousands of pounds are spent on medications to treat conditions such as anxiety and depression. These medications often have negative side effects. Exercise is an alternative treatment that is low cost and has few side effects. In this free course, Exercise and mental health, we will look at the links between exercise and improved ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Being a boy
What is life like for boys today? In what follows, we explore aspects of contemporary boyhood, drawing on research conducted at The Open University and elsewhere.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
What can you do if you're not comfortable talking about mental health issues with your peers? Dr Jonathan Leach and Dr Mathijs Lucassen set out six ways of getting the support you need.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Developing anti-racist coaching practice in sport
This free course is designed to help empower coaches (either actively coaching or thinking of coaching in the future) and other people who hold supporting roles in sport settings to confidently and competently support ethnically diverse participants. Completing this course will help you to ensure that every participant you coach or support feels...
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Digital & Computing
Free tech tools to help you study
Explore our suite of resources on assistive technology, software and tools designed to help you set up your technology so it works for you and your studies.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What is care ethics?
Discover what ‘care ethics’ is and what it means for practitioners, carers, and anyone curious about care.
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History & The Arts
What does it mean to be Welsh?
Take a look beyond familiar ideas of Wales and Welsh identity.
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