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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...children’s involvement in a range of sports activities. Sport can bring about so many positive developments and watching my son play rugby this season I have seen improvements not only in his physical skill level but also his psychological and social skills. For example, his decision making, concentration and attitude have all developed. Similarly, his confidence, and...
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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...research and adaptation team. He stressed the importance of participation of the indigenous people and communities that have shared their stories of popular tradition. When asked about the reception of the project, Gabriela shared with us the following: En general, las comunidades con las que nos hemos acercado lo han recibido con emoción, por ver en un video parte de su...
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...children, mental health, drug-taking and the release of prisoners being kept indeterminately for “public protection” that could be progressive, but only if interventions operate outside from the criminal law. The age of criminal responsibility should be raised as soon as possible from 10 to 16 years and diversion schemes introduced which keep young people out of the...
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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...research about end-of-life care in England over the last 10 years has indicated that this is both impossible and also undesirable, especially if people think their deaths should reflect a notion of their individuality. But there are certain cultural scripts for how we societally evaluate some deaths as being relatively good, and these can vary between cultures. And...
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Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...children and their grandchildren and so on, I don’t understand why they won’t let us deal with these serious problems. If you want to make a programme about child abuse, you wouldn’t pretend it was something else, you wouldn’t feel you had to slide it in around the side. Why do we feel this with the environment; why do we even talk about it as ‘the e word’? I...
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Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...children in nurseries, but many others had to call upon family members and friends as sources of additional help. As the pandemic took hold and more restrictions were introduced, including new limits on numbers allowed to meet indoors and on household mixing, women workers without nursery provision found it increasingly different to draw on these sources of informal...
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Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...research on pain suggests that results aren’t all about physical conditioning. Unconscious processes involved in the body’s regulation of pain, and therefore performance, are influenced by the value that the athlete puts on the prize and on whether they perceive the environment as conducive and supportive for recovery. Other people may be the single most important...
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Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...Research in practice Finding and filling the gaps Sustainability and citizenship Equity, diversity and inclusion Practitioner development Mentoring and approaches to professional learning Learning as a journey The sessions were led by Open University academic and external engagement staff and explored the themes and topics in a highly interactive, innovative and open way....
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