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Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...studies starting only about three years ago. Long-term research is limited as women have been involved in professional contact sports for a much shorter time than men, so the impact of concussion is yet to be fully realised. However, there is one example of research conducted in 2020 when an Australian Rules player, Jacinta Barclay, committed suicide after a brief but...
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How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...studies are trying to understand why some patients have more severe symptoms than others. Unfortunately, there is currently no specific treatment for COVID-19; although many vaccines and antiviral drugs are in development or being repurposed, with some already being tested in clinical trials. For clarification, repurposed drugs are medicines that work for another disease...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...studies, and has been applied in both US and UK educational contexts. Issues related to race and racism are not unique to criminal justice systems, but, from a Critical Race Theory perspective, are woven throughout the very fabric of society and are pervasive in all social institutions. For more discussion of racial and class disparities in criminal justice system in the...
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Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...Studies. As a social anthropologist she is passionate about research, and has been conducting a research project on Olaudah Equiano’s life in Cambridge and his contribution to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. This project revealed fascinating insights into the social and working relationships between eighteenth-century free Black men in England, English...
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...study. [Wembledy stadium modern football] References 1. Long, S. (2016), ‘Manchester United’s legendary squad earned less than one quarter of Wayne Rooney’s annual salary’, The Evening Standard [online]. Accessed 11th March 2019. Available at:
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Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...not try our 3rd level module SD329 Signals and Perception: The Science of the Senses. This module can be studied as part of our degree in Health Sciences (Q71) as well as part of the Natural Sciences (Q64) and Open Degree. It is, however, strongly recommended that you do not attempt a third level Open University module without prior Open University study at a lower level....
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Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...studies estimating that there are potentially hundreds of millions of species of organisms. Humans, like other organisms, are dependent on this diversity, whether it is for direct resources as food and shelter or the various ecosystems services that sustain and enrich our existence (for example, services such as nutrient cycling and even recreation). When looking at the...
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Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...study on voluntary grave digging has been about a male only practice, many participants wanted to stress it exists in a wider context of community support to bereaved families. This is centred around the pre-funeral wake and wakehouse, where the deceased is present in an open coffin. The wakehouse is usually run, managed and provisioned, just by women. This article is...
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