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Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!

...becoming stronger and more competitive. The debut of Nottingham Forest Netball (alongside Birmingham Panthers) signals the sport’s increasing traction and, as investment continues, there’s potential for it to reach the same level of professionalism as Australia’s SSN. For example, Natasha Pavelin has chosen to stay in England and play for Nottingham Forest for this...
An American Classic: How Spam became a success
Money & Business

An American Classic: How Spam became a success

...become a sought-after product in many countries around the world, especially those that have faced economic hardship. Because it’s cheap, filling and has a long shelf life, it addresses a real need. As American as apple pie? But how did it become such a cultural icon? In a 2012 paper, marketing researchers Rajeev Batra, Aaron Ahuvia and Richard P. Bagozzi developed a...
Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...become a toxic space where female athletes are frequently targeted for their appearance, strength, or refusal to conform to traditional gender norms and expectations. These challenges, however, highlight the resilience and triumphs of women in sports, as they push back against gender inequality and break down barriers redefining what it is to be an athlete. How can we...
Where are you really from?
Education & Development

Where are you really from?

...become the assumed politically correct way of ascertaining someone’s ethnicity without appearing overtly racist or at the very least racialised in tone. Apparently, it’s just curiosity and, for the most part, that’s probably true, but does that make it okay? There are lots of things that I would love to ask people I meet but I know to hold back, if only from a...
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...become familiar with the different theoretical tools used in research, which will enable you to begin to interrogate research literature and the research process itself. ...In this free course, Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth, you will build on your understanding of how to evaluate research by thinking about a fundamental part of the...
Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...OU in Wales by emailing them emailing them. How Do I Know Which Subject Pathway to Choose? You may not be sure of where your interests lie, or you may already have some ideas. For this reason a series of short 'tasters' in different subject areas are available below. You can dip into whichever ones interest you and then progress to other units in your chosen area of...
War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...OU’s free online learning space. Our new online course, Heritage, whose heritage? (A180), gives a more fulsome introduction. The two total wars of the twentieth century are the subject of the course Total war and social change: Europe 1914-55 (AA312). We also offer an appealing starter course for budding family historians, which covers some of these questions: Start...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...OU courses including our Access courses. b. Essential Skills for Open University study. Scotland resources: courses focused on Scottish history, language and culture. Links to key OpenLearn Hubs – such as our Mental health and wellbeing hub. OpenLearn Create There are some extremely useful resources on OpenLearn Create which may support learners who need a gentler...