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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...family and friends, and rarely feeling lonely, are all associated with slower cognitive decline. Explore the free resources below for inspiration. We all need social connection to thrive throughout our life but are you getting enough social contact? Check out the link below, ‘My Social Diary’, to take a look at your social habits and what you can do to improve your...
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Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...family or caring commitments) or feel boring or ‘not right’ anymore. It may also feel like you have achieved all your work goals but are still unfulfilled. You are stuck: the normal way of doing your job isn’t working anymore, or you cannot get that next promotion. These situations then often lead to feelings of worry, stress and anxiety, and even hopelessness and...
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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...family to attend university, or from communities where higher education feels unfamiliar – the unwritten rules of university life can be harder to decode. These hidden expectations can influence how confident students feel in assessments, how likely they are to approach tutors for help, and how supported they feel when challenges arise. The good news is that small,...
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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...family. Only years later, through seeing the film Hidden Figures and then reading the book, did I understand how much information had been suppressed about the enormous input people from Black and Minority Backgrounds had on the moon landing. Kevin Costner taking an axe to the segregated toilet sign made for a very satisfying moment, but reading the book gave greater...
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How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...histories. In retrospect, it is somewhat bizarre that nobody in the golden era of antibiotics questioned why soil bacteria make medicines for human illnesses. The usual explanation was that soil bacteria are fiercely competitive, continually fighting for living space in the soil under our feet and that antibiotics are a happy side-effect of this ongoing microbial battle....
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Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...history has taken a court discussion this far. Most Republican identities do not want to endorse, much less campaign for, Trump. However, with the Republican Senate majority (the Senate must approve Supreme Court appointments) likely compromised by a messy campaign, the court message is a major gambit by Trump to rally the party behind him and remind it of the need for a...
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Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...History (with artist Julia Scheele) is a comic about what queer theory is and how it might be useful in people’s lives. Moving anticlockwise to the top left, I’ve also conducted my own research into self-help, which informs my wider project. For example, Ros Gill, Laura Harvey and I are writing an academic book based on our research on sex advice. The method for my...
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Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...history, it’s unclear as yet what longer-term part it might play in any trends beyond pink and black fashions. Crucially, if Hollywood and other national cinema industries are going to be ‘saved’, funders need to invest in creative talent and original ideas to attract audiences. It’s only when staff and audience needs are properly recognised that cinema can truly...
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