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Medicines and personalisation
In a series of articles, Dr Jitka Vseteckova and Sonal Mehta look at strategies to support pharmacotherapy while ageing. Here Sonal explores ways in which we can achieve person-centred care, available to all.
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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Dr Jitka Vseteckova tells us more about the public talks she's giving on the five pillars of ageing well and outlines some free related resources on OpenLearn.
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The real reason clowns scare us
With the release of Stephen King's 'It' and the terrifying character Pennywise we look back on this article, published last year, questioning why we are scared by the faces clowns pull.
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Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Just about every parent will have googled this question at some time or another. But how do you know whether your child really is 'normal'? Here are five things to consider…
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A Support Net: Can you help someone in need?
All of us will experience personal challenges, but could you make a positive impact on someone's life? Try our wellbeing interactive 'A Support Net' to see if you can help four people.
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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 course is for you. It addresses the problem of sports science research traditionally being male dominated and the assumption that if it works for men ...
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A collection: psychology research students' articles
Have you ever wondered what psychologists do? Discover some of the fascinating research our PhD students in the School of Psychology have been doing in these introductory articles.
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Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Dionysia Lali looks at developing evidence-based practice to support witnesses on the autistic spectrum when they give evidence to the police.
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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Ruth Collier-Large discusses her research project, which aims to give a platform to non-speaking autistic people, who may communicate independently online.
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The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation
Sue Nieland explains why you're never too old to be political.
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Migrant parenting
How do mothers and fathers from the former Czechoslovakia make sense of their roles as parents in the UK?
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The trouble with teaching physics
Do you find physics easy or hard to understand? Katherine Langford looks at reasons behind this.