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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...writing to all University Vice-Chancellors in the UK telling them that he expected them to make students’ mental health a key priority. So why should students be particularly vulnerable to mental health problems? Seemingly students should be able to feel good about themselves as they have achieved a place at university and have access to all the social and educational...
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Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...write, a dozen tents, three marquees and two tripods are still standing, and a group of over twenty Climate Camp activists and local residents are discussing staying on…. The local angle When the 2011 Climate Camp set up, East Sussex County Council expressed concern about the activists taking over the site, because the old St Anne's school building was considered a...
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Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...writing off past relationships as a mistake or failure, couples were able to draw on lessons learned to enrich their lives today. Mums and dads Being spontaneous and putting time into one’s relationship can be harder when children come along and the survey found parenthood shapes relationship quality more than any other factor. Among survey respondents, who came from...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...writes Dr Natalie Starkey...[Rosetta and Philae at the comet] With only a week to go before the Rosetta spacecraft drops its Philae lander onto the surface of comet 67P, I wonder whether there will be another space mission in my lifetime that is so inspiring. Part of what has been so impressive is the length of time this mission has taken to finally get to the comet –...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public

...writes about these issues facing new stockmarkets in his article “China’s Nasdaq fails to get off the ground as venture capitalists look to the US” Globalization has also helped to usher in and introduce new ways for “going public”. Conventionally, the decision of whether or not to become an IPO is thought to be exceedingly rational – will it increase profits...
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20 things you might not know about Belfast
History & The Arts

20 things you might not know about Belfast

...write Gulliver's Travels. 16. The Albert Clock is Ireland's Leaning Tower of Pisa. It leans 1.25m to the left The construction was completed in 1869. In 2002, the clock's foundations were strengthened - but the inclination remains. 17. Oscar Wilde's favourite Belfast building is now a Marks & Spencer In 1884, a report on a speech given by Oscar Wilde praises the warehouse...
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We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
History & The Arts

We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover

...light of reality television. Even as an adult, the irreverent humour, Dahl’s clever rhyming couplets and Blake’s illustrations are still captivating to me. Ultimately, I think, readers should be talking about the book, not its cover. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Inspired by Roald Dahl? Try out creative writing...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...writing as a means of sharing experiences, raising public awareness, and enabling asylum seekers and refugees to develop their skills and be appreciated as imaginative individuals. Downloads are mostly free at www.lulu.com. Several books featuring poems and stories by refugees from dozens of countries, alongside work by local writers in solidarity. Most recently, as part...
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