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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...research and data collection on conditions such as anorexia and bulimia. Data analysis by the Guardian shows there is also a hidden epidemic among men and growing waiting times for children and young people seeking help. (Marsh, 2021) Discussion These two stories are concerned with issues around mental health. The general picture they present is one of a decline in young...
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Children and happiness
Education & Development

Children and happiness

...research on this topic. In the past psychologists have tended to focus on how disorders involving negative mood can be prevented rather than how happiness can be achieved. However, more recently psychologists, notably Professor Martin Seligman, have developed what they call ‘positive psychology’: the study of happiness and well-being. One somewhat surprising finding...
Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...research that you're engaged in. I believe you got a significant grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. I think the title of the project is “Listening to Climate Change”. I guess in a nutshell, what's that about and also does it inform anything that you're writing about in DD213? George: I think the answer to that is yes and yes! So in a nutshell, the...
Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...research with athletes who had retired or were close to retirement explored what athletes themselves felt they had to offer in terms of competencies they had developed during their career. The strongest they identified were goal orientation, dedication to success and collaboration. For some athletes, a natural career path is one that sees them remain in sport,...
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...research are developed and are applicable to future learning experiences. Interdisciplinary knowledge and application of different disciplines can lead to greater creativity. Worthwhile topics of research can fall in the ‘spaces’ between the traditional disciplines. Final thoughts Students studying more than one subject (or discipline) have a unique opportunity to...
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...research and education there are increasing opportunities for band 4 NAs to progress without requiring the degree Transfer to Nursing (top-up) programme to be a registered nurse. You may be interested in Sam’s story below where she chose to pursue a leadership related degree, now working in a band 6 role with potential to progress further. Many people do not wish to...
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...researchers at the Open University, and elsewhere, can now investigate the properties of more complex honeycomb designs, including designs based on aperiodic tilings. Most excitingly, honeycomb material based on the hat tile show zero sideways stretching when squeezed - a rare and useful trait shared with natural materials like cork. [A gif showing a square hat...
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...research sets out to describe the particularity of people’s experiences. DARREN: My own research has been mostly concerned with understanding the lived experience of sexual identities. A particularly interesting study that I conducted was concerned with understanding the expectations of young gay men for parenthood. As a gay man coming out some years ago, I recall...