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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...community identified as salient include increased independence, mental health problems, drug, and alcohol misuse in the history or the life cycle of the higher education community. This community focused approach to understanding suicidal behaviour has the capacity to generate prevention strategies specific to particular communities which are ‘fit for purpose’ and...
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Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...community for humanitarian assistance, already at full stretch, could easily be overwhelmed,” the report warns. The risks of state failure could rise significantly, affecting many countries simultaneously, and even threatening those currently considered developed and stable. But the report is not relentlessly downbeat. “An honest assessment of risk is no reason for...
Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...communications get sorted out), and see additional fantastic pictures of the comet’s rugged surface. What we probably won’t see is a display of cometary fireworks from the Perseids. In the UK, at least, the prediction of a storm of shooting stars is almost inevitably the cue for a week of unbroken cloud. Still, if you are in the northern hemisphere, look to the...
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...community feeding towards this, not least led by the UN (e.g. MDG Report). [A panel discuss the development goals post-2015] The High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda Opening talks on Thursday 1 November 2012 with the United Nations High Level Panel - Indonesian President Yudhoyono, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberian President Johnson...
What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...community. The physical, social and academic attributes associated with learning the songs and actions within a group were very different to the learning they experienced in other areas of the curriculum that were more often didactic by nature. Many students said that performing kapa haka was a way to protect and maintain their identity as Māori. It also helped students...
Who will lead Britain out of the European Union
Society, Politics & Law

Who will lead Britain out of the European Union

...communicator and as a personality, he is unsurpassed on either side of the Brexit debate. However, he is also a highly divisive figure: just as he fires up and motivates those who like his ideas, so too does he rile and motivate those who oppose them. Elliott and Cummings could argue that there’s little point in getting your vote out, if you’re also getting the...
Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?
Society, Politics & Law

Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?

...communicating news about devolved politics and making it relevant for all UK audiences is a more challenging task. As May’s devolved elections draw closer, this survey clearly highlights the need for people to be more regularly exposed to UK news about Welsh political affairs. But with debates about the EU referendum looming large, news about Wales could slip even...
Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'
Education & Development

Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'

...community links and educational opportunities that aren’t available in official accommodation centres for asylum seekers in France, or indeed the UK. Most of the students on our course are keen to continue their formal education, but will have to wait for years either to find sufficient funds, get required residency status, or for those remaining in France, sufficient...