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A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969

...Writing in the popular magazine, MotorSport, journalist Denis Jenkinson wrote in response to the cancellation of the 1969 Belgium Grand Prix that: “I have always thought one of the enduring features of a Grand Prix driver was that he had guts and would accept a challenge that normal people like you and I would not be brave enough to face; now I’m not so sure if any of...
Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...writing: “There is or may be a hidden life within him which may be reached by harmony.” The writer James Webster recorded in 1842 that: “In many, the effect produced by the music upon their countenances and behaviour was often quite apparent.” Records include many stories of patients seemingly cured by music. Webster cites the example of a young girl, previously...
Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music
History & The Arts

Shaken and stirred? Blending the familiar and new in Bond’s music

...write for the series until 1987, though other composers contributed the odd entry. Marvin Hamlisch, for instance, provided a score influenced by 1970s disco for The Spy Who Loved Me, an extract from which can be seen in the second video in this OpenLearn free course extract. Remote Control In the 1990s and early 200s, David Arnold had assumed the bulk of the duties. His...
Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...that Anonymous was a woman “who made the ballads and the folksongs, crooning them to her children, beguiling her spinning with them, or the length of the winter’s night”. If we are to write woman into the history of humanity, we need to listen to Anonymous.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
From labelling to listening: How the conversation about mental health is changing
Health, Sports & Psychology

From labelling to listening: How the conversation about mental health is changing

...writing saying 'mania' 'I am not mad' 'depression' 'abuse'] There was a time in practice when we might meet the label before we met the person. In many pressurised mainstream services, we remember how people were commonly labelled as “a schizophrenic”, “a manic depressive”, “a self-harmer”, “a personality disorder” or even just “difficult”. This did...
Talking about loss: normalising grief with children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about loss: normalising grief with children

...write ideas on paper of things that make them feel better when they are sad. It could contain a favourite small toy or blanket, a sensory toy to handle, and a list of things they like to do to help cheer themselves up such as have a hug, or play outside. The teacher could model this by creating a grief box of their own, and speak about someone they know who has died, and...
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...writes: While the average person was getting on with life in Paris before last Friday’s terror bombings and shootings, Twitter threads in Arabic from the Middle East were urging for attacks to be launched upon coalition forces in their home countries. “Advance, advance – forward, forward” they said, regarding Paris. Iraqi forces had warned coalition countries one...
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...writing your proposal and ultimately when designing and conducting your research study. The Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (British Educational Research Association, 2018) identifies the key responsibilities you will have when you conduct your research, including the range of stakeholders that you will have responsibilities to, as follows: to your...