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Are you ready for online study?
Digital & Computing

Are you ready for online study?

...work or family life, and access materials at any time. However, this flexibility can quickly become overwhelming when students are required to navigate digital platforms. Having a computer and an internet connection is not always enough to succeed in online study. Many students struggle not because they lack access to technology, but because they lack the digital skills...
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What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

...working closely with communities at ground level prefer to use the term FGC as a means of forging trusting respectful relationships, as it is argued that the women and girls concerned and their families may not always view themselves as having been ‘mutilated’. Some organisations/authors have thus merged both terms, creating the term Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting,...
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The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...work/keep-me-walking-people-living-dementia-and-outdoor-environments Leach J (2018) Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/health-studies/mental-health/green-care-contact-nature-can-improve-mental-health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393816/
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Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...Work and Early Years across two Universities, including: Megan Harrison: Mother of 3 with lived experience of postnatal depression, 7 years on I am still recovering with the help of family and professional services. Finding the light. References Biggs, L. J., Jephcott, B., Vanderwiel, K., Melgaard, I., Bott, S., Paderes, M., Borninkhof, J. & Birks, M. (2023) 'Pathways,...
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Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...worked well, and calls for a new approach: One fact is clear. Terrorist networks like IS and Al Qaeda base their recruitment strategy on the notion that a war is currently being waged against Islam. If the West defeats IS, depending on how any such ‘victory’ takes place and the actions surrounding it, another manifestation of the terrorist group or a new network...
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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...work hard and aim to come back even stronger.” Read at The Guardian: Tearful Lynsey Sharp says rule change makes racing Caster Semenya difficult The rule change Sharp refers to had already split opinion long before athletes had arrived in the stadium. Tests have shown than Caster has a higher level of testosterone than, on average, found in other competitors in the...
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Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...worked on the undergraduate courses Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116, Block 3: Nile Limits), Environment: sharing a dynamic planet (DST206) and Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context (DU311). Part 2 of Coping on the Coast will draw upon aspects of Dr Wadsley's research on 'Sounding Coastal Change', an AHRC-funded project...
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Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?
Society, Politics & Law

Syria: who's involved, and what do they want?

...working with Russia and Turkey to establish de-escalation zones in Syria, but recent Israeli air strikes and the looming threat of Western action against Assad bring in the very real spectre of direct clashes – with Iran, Hezbollah, Syria and Russia on one side, and Western and Israeli forces on the other. Turkey Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University At the end of their...
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