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From the classroom to the Commonwealth games: Dr Julie McElroy’s story
Education & Development

From the classroom to the Commonwealth games: Dr Julie McElroy’s story

...mental health services were almost non existent, I turned to The Open University (OU) as a lifeline. Continuing to study gave me purpose, structure and hope and I went on to achieve a Merit in a Master of Law. My experience with the OU has been profoundly positive; its flexibility, accessibility and exceptional lecturers allowed me to thrive at a time when I needed it...
How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...health watchdog for England issued an amber health warning, advising people to take care in the hotter weather. But what does it mean for runners? Is it ever too hot to go for a run? With the recent high temperatures in parts of the UK soaring above 30℃, people may find themselves questioning the safety of running in the heat. Running in hotter temperatures though is...
Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...health and can they get into our food? Joanna Jesionkowska, a research student at The Open University, looks into this here...Find out more about The Open University's Environment qualifications. “Only One Earth” is the motto of 2022’s World Environment Day . It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to...
Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...mental health, 3(4), e50 Seo, H.S., Jeong, E., Sungwon, C., Kwon, Y., Park, H. & Kim, Inseong (2017) Neurotransmitters in Young People with Internet and Smartphone Addiction: A Comparison with Normal Controls and Changes after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. RSNA conference presentation in Neuroradiology (Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders):
Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...Wellbeing Education and Language Studies faculty, focusing on bereavement within racially minoritised groups, I’ve had the privilege of listening to many personal stories of loss, resilience and ‘healing’. The people behind these stories are diverse in their heritage, traditions, upbringing and generally how they deal with loss. Through those stories, I’ve learned...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...health, and well-being, and our relationships with others and the planet and our work – is urgently and globally political.’ Addressing the critics Critics of autoethnography often raise concerns about rigour and subjectivity. They ask: how can research grounded in personal experience be objective? How can it be generalisable? These questions reflect traditional ideas...
Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...Health v. Hellerstedt, which considers state restrictions on performing abortions. Four weeks later, the court will hear Zubik v. Burwell, a challenge to President Obama’s universal health care mandate. With only eight justices, there is a good possibility these and other cases will end with tie votes. In the 1868 decision Durant v. Essex Company, the court determined...
Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...health, in interacting and socialising, and in connecting and belonging in communities (Max-Neef, Elizalde & Hopenhayn, 1989, p. 33). A home is always embedded in a particular ecosystem and bioregion, as are we, and, while often not obvious, we live in a relationship with these systems. Our actions can improve their function and continuation – as regenerative action –...