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...of the creepiest sightings to be compiled. We may never understand quite how the activity has become as widespread as it has – but at least psychology can help us understand why the idea provokes a chill. Stephanie Lay, Postdoctoral researcher, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. More scary articles...

...University Press. Mackie, M. (2014) Wards in the Sky. The RAFs remarkable nursing service, Port Stroud, The History Press. McBryde, B. (1979) A Nurse’s war, London, Hogarth Press. McBryde, B. (1986) Quiet Heroines. Nurses of the Second World War, Saffron Walden, Cakebreads Publications. Nicholson, V. (2011) Millions like us. Women’s lives in war and peace 1939-1949,...

...Universities, colleges, councils, insurance companies, NHS Trusts, charities and train companies’ (Veganuary 2024 campaign report). What impact is Veganuary having? But does the growth of Veganuary itself translate into meaningful social change? Psychologist Chris Bryant argues that it does. For instance, he reports research that sales of vegan items in workplace...

...a range of social, emotional and intellectual needs. Given what we know now about the benefit of music on mental health, it’s no wonder doctors are making use of it again.[The Conversation] Rosemary Golding, Senior Lecturer in Music, The Open University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....

...to Stirling Moss in the early 1960s that he wear a crash helmet, instead of a cloth cap, his response that it would be a bit of a ‘cissy’ thing to do perhaps conveys the extent to which the sport has changed during the lifetime of the Open University. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course The future of driving Study with the OU...