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Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...et al., 2015). Whilst Lydia is not qualified to deliver sport and exercise psychology support to Travis she can still deliver what Heaney (2006) terms ‘frontline’ psychological support, which could involve social support e.g. listening to Travis talk about how the injury is making him feel. Here’s what Lois’s coach Wilma had to say: Case study: The perspective of...
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...et al., (2014) have shown readers benefit from being invited to participate in richly reciprocal and interactive reading communities, communities which include their teachers as readers. One of the challenges however, as our book highlights, is teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature. When 22% of 1200 primary phase teachers cannot or do not name a single...
Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...et al., 2021), led by Exeter University and involving myself and other Open University academics, suggests that this climate policy ‘game’ is beginning to look outdated. OK, so what’s changed? We identified three factors: Our understanding of the economic impacts of climate policy is developing. The traditional modelling approach, still widely used, assumes an...
How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...et al 2022. Recognising that sewage sludge application introduces microplastics into soil is crucial when addressing microplastic pollution. To mitigate the potential risks associated with microplastics from sewage sludge we need to focus on advanced treatment processes, explore alternative waste management options, and enact appropriate regulations. This will result in...
A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...et al., 2013). Professional bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2016, United Kingdom) have specific guidance on the use of social media and the majority of organisations have social media, Internet or social network policies (Ryan, 2016). It is important to be able to assess, make decisions and know when to escalate concerns when viewing online behaviours of...
What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...et al., 2020). [A male nurse at work] Unless a person has experienced nursing care first-hand (from an insider perspective), they are unlikely to know and properly understand the role and responsibilities and will draw from their (inaccurate) schema (from an outsider perspective). This means that they use false stereotypes to inform perceptions and decision-making. This...
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...et al., 2011). Figure 2 The footprint as a powerful image of treading on or occupying the Earth. A UK individual’s carbon footprint arises mainly from home energy use and personal travel, including flights, and from consumption of food, goods and services...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: 1.3 Individual and household carbon footprints - There are different...
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...et al. (2020) ‘The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars’, Sci Rep 10, 10941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67815-8 Stern, J.C. et al. (2015) ‘Evidence for indigenous nitrogen on Mars’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, no. 14, pp. 4245-4250. DOI:...