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Why an autistic meltdown or shutdown is not a ‘tantrum’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why an autistic meltdown or shutdown is not a ‘tantrum’

...change of plans, or masking their distress for an extended period of time, they may experience what is sometimes called an autistic meltdown or an autistic shutdown. Meltdowns can feel like very intense reactions that are outside of the autistic person’s control, where they may say or do things that are out of character (e.g., they might express their distress by...
5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...changes occur in the body during sepsis In sepsis, the body’s immune system becomes dangerously active, harming healthy cells. Changes to the lining of blood vessels and the release of chemicals from the immune system lead to many complex and rapid biological changes. Organs such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and brain can be affected during septic shock, due to...
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...Changes in sexual frequency Research carried out by the Natsal (National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles) COVID team1 found that in the four months following the UK’s first lockdown in March 2020 around half of the people in Britain perceived no change in how often they had partnered sex. However, this wasn’t the case for everyone and largely depends on the...
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...change driver behaviour...You never have to look hard to find recent reports of fatal vehicle crashes on UK roads. After devastating events such as a crash in West Yorkshire in July 2024, where four adults and two children were killed, media reports often focus on the need for better law enforcement and driver education. Safety campaigns can only work if people think the...
Predicting Volcanoes
Science, Maths & Technology

Predicting Volcanoes

...changes in gravity above Poás, and Hazel talks us through some experiments she will be undertaking in the future... Predicting Volcanoes The Open University's researcher in volcanoes, Hazel Rymer explains why the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is her favourite, and how evidence form previous experiments there has lead her to believe there may be an environmental crisis -...
How do we move towards racial equality?
Education & Development

How do we move towards racial equality?

...changes they would like to see to move towards racial equality in this collection of videos...At The Open University (OU) we are conscious of the need to talk about race, to recognise the challenges some colleagues face as well as creating opportunities for students to hear about perspectives on race. For this reason, we have created a suite of videos where colleagues...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...change? In a series of lively interviews, Professor Gerard Hastings of the Institute of Social Marketing, faces questions from members of ISM-Open (the Institute of Social Marketing at The Open University Business School) on issues such as the ethics of social marketing, branding and advertising, and the morality of shocking or scaring people into changing their behaviour...
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Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...changed over the last 50 years? What criteria do we use when classifying a novel as English? And is this definition organic enough to assimilate new works and different interpretations? Professor Terry Eagleton leads the discussion by explaining how perceptions of Englishness changed during the 20th century and we discover that as a result of authors such as Chinua...