{"id":312,"date":"2014-06-30T21:30:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T21:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:37:55","slug":"about-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=312","title":{"rendered":"About this blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=5\" >sport and fitness team<\/a> at The Open University to share their insights and commentary\u00a0on sporting events, stories and topics from an academic perspective. The blog has been running since January 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The site is split into the following sections (access via the menu near the top of the page):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Home<\/em> &#8211; click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blog\/OU-sport\" >here<\/a> to view our latest blog posts<\/li>\n<li><em>About<\/em> &#8211; the page you are on now<\/li>\n<li><em>Free Learning<\/em> &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=1854\" >here<\/a> to access a wealth of free sport and fitness related courses and resources<\/li>\n<li><em>Research<\/em> &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=1147\" >here<\/a> to find out about the sport and fitness related research taking place at The Open University<\/li>\n<li><em>Study With Us<\/em> &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=216\" >here<\/a> to find out about our BSc (hons) Sport, Fitness and Coaching degree and other undergraduate sport and fitness courses<\/li>\n<li><em>Who Are we?<\/em> &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=5\" >here<\/a> to find out more about the sport and fitness academic team at The Open University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To keep up to date with the blog and other activities please follow us on Bluesky.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:55flweaosb5t7urf5d42eenx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lmk75tph5t24\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreia37rtmeuffvlegk3nnofzpdhm3gahbu4rnnp6trmiqdmg5kdktqm\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"light\">\n<p lang=\"en\">We have joined Bluesky!!! \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\nPlease follow us if you are interested in sport and fitness content from an academic perspective and joining our community of past\/present\/future students and people with a love of sport and exercise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:55flweaosb5t7urf5d42eenx\/post\/3lmk75tph5t24?ref_src=embed\" >[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Open University (OU) Sport &amp; Fitness Team (#TeamOUsport) (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:55flweaosb5t7urf5d42eenx?ref_src=embed\" >@ou-sport.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:55flweaosb5t7urf5d42eenx\/post\/3lmk75tph5t24?ref_src=embed\" >Apr 11, 2025 at 15:11<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To view the Open University Accessibility Statement click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/about\/main\/strategy-and-policies\/policies-and-statements\/website-accessibility-open-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is for the sport and fitness team at The Open University to share their insights and commentary\u00a0on sporting events, stories and topics from an academic perspective. 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