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Recovery at the Rugby World Cup
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery at the Rugby World Cup

...opening match against South Africa. Consequently sports performers often employ recovery strategies to speed up and maximise their recovery between matches. Three commonly used strategies are cryotherapy, compression clothing and massage. Cryotherapy Cryotherapy can be defined as the lowering of tissue temperature in order to achieve a therapeutic objective (in this case...
A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news
Languages

A Clockwork Orange: ultraviolence, Russian spies and fake news

...Nixonian, “with no shred of optimism in it”. He concluded: “America prefers the other, more violent, ending. Who am I to say America is wrong? It’s all a matter of choice.” [The Conversation] Philip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...and references Collective loss and Community Resilience After September 11 by Anne Eyre in Making Sense of Death, Dying and Bereavement: An Anthology Edited by Sarah Earle, Caroline Bartholomew and Carol Komaromy, published by Sage & The Open University The grief industry: how much does crisis counselling help or hurt? by Jerome Groopman in The New Yorker 26 January, 2004...
A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world

...Open University talks to two researchers who have explored feminist movements in reproductive health which led to the emergence of the Reproductive Justice movement. They talk together about the issues that concerned feminist movements in different countries and cultures, and how those movements worked together to create a shared sense of reproductive rights that worked...
Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...opens up the possibilities of it being habitable for life. With missions due to visit the moon in the coming decade, it is an exciting time for astrobiologists. This article explores why Europa might be a target in the search for life, and what the potential might be of finding it there...You might have heard water referred to as a ‘universal solvent’ because of the...
Talking about loss: normalising grief with children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about loss: normalising grief with children

...open up a reflective space about death. One recommendation is ‘Badger’s Parting Gifts’ by Susan Varley, which is the story of a badger who dies from old age, and the tale of how his friends remember him through objects he left behind. This could be used to discuss with children about special objects or memories that remind them of a person who they have lost....
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...course, what Brundage and others were really worried about was men invading women’s sport. And that is still the case today. I have been accused of “really” being a man who wants to profit in women’s sport, and there are several morons on the letsrun message board who continue to insist that Semenya is a man. Hence, the notion that 21st century followers of sport...
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...Open University offers colleagues to fulfil public commitments. Emily’s advice to anyone thinking about becoming a magistrate? “Do it! You’re playing a big role in your community and a valuable role in the judiciary. If you find it doesn’t work for you or it’s not what you expected, you have the option to leave!” Find out more and search for magistrate...