@SimonRea4

Author, sports scientist, lecturer and media fellow at The Open University. Interested in careers in sports science and employability.

 Oxford
simonreasportscience.co.uk
Joined May 2013
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JOIN OUR TEAM!! We currently have 2 vacancies to join our vibrant Sport & Fitness academic team: (1) Lecturer in Applied Sport & Exercise Science jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer… (2) Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Senior-L…
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Five surprisingly simple ways to optimise your diet bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/five-… via @bbcideas

Five tips for healthier eating

Want to eat a healthy diet, but confused where to start? The Open University’s Simon Rea shares a few key pointers.

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Episode 3 of our BBC/OU podcast series 'Women's Sport Matters' is out today. It explores the psychology of sport injury & features #TeamOUsport's @caheaney alongside @K_CroydenSmith, @kad_c & @_esmemorgan bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f8f0…

The Sports Desk - Women’s Sport Matters - Which Heals Quicker - The Body Or The Mind? - BBC Sounds

When it comes to sports injuries, which heals quicker, the body or the mind?

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The second episode of our BBC/OU Sports Desk 'Womens Sport Matters' is out today. The episode featuring #TeamOUsport's @open_jessica explores women's sports kit. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f7lh…

The Sports Desk - Women’s Sport Matters - Changing What We Wear - BBC Sounds

How does tailored sportswear empower women and improve athletic performance?

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Also a massive thank you 🫵🏾 to @daisiemayes @pippawoolven @SimonRea4 @ezross @thewellhq @fi_tomas_ for sharing your insight and personal experiences. #InternationalWomensDay #TheSportsDesk
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🩸🩸🩸WARNING 🩸🩸🩸 Of course we’re talking all things periods What do we know? What do we think we know? How do they affect sportswomen? Hear from @daisiemayes @pippawoolven @fi_tomas_ @SimonRea4 @ezross @thewellhq 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f7b8… – at Salford, England
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#InternationalWomensDay sees the launch of the OU/BBC Sports Desk Podcast Series 'Women's Sport Matters'. There will be 4 episodes in the series. The 1st explores the important issue of periods and sport and features #TeamOUsport's @SimonRea4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f7b8j…
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A hectic few weeks and an immense amount of hard work from @JonathanMcKeith but we’ve recorded 4️⃣ special podcasts for #BBCSportsDesk alongside @OpenUniversity ‘Women’s Sport Matters’💪🏼 From periods to sports bras, injuries to fitfluencers - dropping on #IWD2023 8th March 👧 – at Manchester, England
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Had a great time recording the first of four podcasts for BBC Sportsdesk. Titled ‘We are not all the same. Period. Over to you Jess Pinchbeck.
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Starting this evening, @ChrisGPackham meets other autistic people from across the UK, helping them to create short films to reveal what’s happening inside their minds in our latest BBC co-production. For exclusive additional content from the series, visit connect.open.ac.uk/
Chris Packham is stood looking into the camera in a wooden area, with one finger pointing to his temple. Text reads: "Inside our Autistic Minds tonight at 9pm on BBC Two. An OU/BBC Co-production."

ALT Chris Packham is stood looking into the camera in a wooden area, with one finger pointing to his temple. Text reads: "Inside our Autistic Minds tonight at 9pm on BBC Two. An OU/BBC Co-production."

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We created this series to promote a wider understanding of what it's like to be autistic to a neurotypical audience , it's quite an emotional watch . It airs on the 14th Feb at 9pm on @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer . @Autism @OpenUniversity
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What's your female sporting performance of the year to date? ❓ We're celebrating them all with our course, 'Supporting female performance in sport', but what do YOU think? Tag your favourite female sport star and say why you chose them below... 👇 ow.ly/jHnn50Ksgt3
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It's here!! Our new free course 'Supporting female performance in sport and fitness' is now available open.edu/openlearn/health-sp…

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

Do you support women’s performance in sport or fitness as a coach or parent? Are you a female athlete who wants to optimise your performance using recent research insights? If so, then this free ...

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⏳ COMING SOON: 'Supporting female performance in sport and fitness'. Following the success of #WEURO2022 (particularly the #Lionesses), there couldn't be a better time to launch this FREE course. Watch the trailer then find out more on the link below: ow.ly/nZII50KjOTz
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Tonight episode 2 of 'Freeze: Skating on the Edge' (BBC3 9pm) explores many of the challenges faced by elite athletes such as injury (particularly useful for #OUE235 students looking at the psychological aspects of sports injury) bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bjk0g…

BBC Three - Freeze, Skating on the Edge, Episode 2

Kristen is on a comeback mission after an injury threatened to end her career on the ice.

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Don't forget to tune onto the first episode of Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League on BBC2 tonight at 9pm on BBC2
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Emma Ross@ezross24 Aug 2021
Filming for #femaleathlete course we are developing for @OpenUniversity, @SimonRea4 has been such a fantastic ambassador and supporter of our work @thewellhq, it’s great to be working together on this!
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Four tips from elite sport you can use in everyday life bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/four-… via @bbcideas
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Great article from my colleague @dapofadoju
Open Uni Sport@OU_Sport23 Jun 2020
Great article by #TeamOUsport tutor @dapofadoju: Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK? open.edu/openlearn/health-sp… #BlackLivesMatterUK

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

In the current climate, it would be hard not to notice the social upheaval among the BAME population in the UK and USA. Be it the high proportion of deaths among the BAME community from contracting...

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In our next article exploring Women in Sport Tanya Martin asks 'are women leaders key to growing women's sport?' open.edu/openlearn/health-sp…
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Today in our #WomenInSport series Jan Graydon explores the impact of transgender women on women's sport open.edu/openlearn/health-sp…
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