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Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...health). Abortions are extremely common: some 73 million take place worldwide annually (Bearak et al., 2020) and, in 2021, there were 214,256 abortions in England and Wales (Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, 2023). Except for the work done by Fiona Bloomer and colleagues (2017, 2023), in the Northern Irish context, little is known about abortion in UK...
Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...mental health if you don't have the support you need. We've also put together this video series on our YouTube channel, exploring different ways of breaking bad news and the impact of how the news is delivered has upon the person hearing it. How do you tell someone that they're dying? And how will they respond to the news? Did you know death, dying and bereavement has...
Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...Mental health disorders in elite athletes and models of service provision. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 38, pp. 61−71. Vitali, F. and De Brandt, K. (2019). Enhancing athletes' employability before and after sport retirement: The role of competencies. In 15th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (pp. 130-130). University of Muenster. Wylleman, P. (2019)....
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...health and spiritual wellbeing, finance and economics, land tenure and community governance. The outer layer of the flower has the following 12 principles: Observe & Interact, Catch & Store Energy, Obtain a Yield, Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback, Use & Value Renewable Resources, Produce Zero Waste, Design from Patterns to Details, Integrate Rather than Segregate,...
Life after the Olympics: retirement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after the Olympics: retirement

...mental health challenges he has experienced in his life and in sharing these he has helped to overcome the stigma of athletes experiencing mental health conditions such as depression. Having learnt important lessons from his first retirement Phelps felt that he had ‘unfinished business’. His response to his imminent second retirement has been very positive: “‘I...
Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...mental health from the lack of knowledge and understanding of when and how they will leave the centre, either released in the community or removed from the UK. And although the government changed the name of “immigration detention centres” to “removal centres” in 2002 – suggesting detainees have imminent departures – the 222 befriended women in 2016-17 were...
Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...mental health). Changes can be positive or negative, expected or unexpected, planned or unplanned. The impact of the change can sometimes be experienced in contrast to the nature of the change itself: a positive change can have negative impacts, and vice versa. For example, a positive change such as business growth and expansion, or changes to a job description, can lead...
Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Education & Development

Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

The hub has been funded by The Department for the Economy to assist new students to prepare for and settle into their studies at universities, university colleges and further education colleges across Northern Ireland. The hub has a range of OpenLearn online materials to help with digital learning, study skills, wellbeing and subject-specific materials.