New OU course will help athletes overcome the hurdles of retirement

Transitioning from sports to a post-retirement career can be challenging, as Olympian and rugby international Nigel Walker discovered. A new Open University course will help athletes change tackWhen Nigel Walker retired, his life felt rudderless. Although many retirees will be familiar with that feeling, Walker’s life change came earlier than most. The former rugby player and athlete retired from his sporting career aged 34 in February 1998, due to injury. He’d enjoyed success, repre