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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published on the 19th July. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates that in South-East Asia alone “as much as 15% to...
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Article 10 mins
Jury Hub Conversation: Hannah Fawcett, Matt Brooks, Hayley Ness
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Hannah Fawcett, Matt Brooks, Hayley Ness

...health, and forensic psychology. His Ph.D. research focused on positive psychological change after traumatic and stressful life events, known as posttraumatic growth, which is his core research area. He is a member of the MMU Health Psychology and Communities Research Centre, the Stress, Health and Performance Cluster in the Faculty of Health and Education, and the Life...
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Video 55 mins
How to provide a trauma-informed police response to victims of rape and serious sexual offences
Society, Politics & Law

How to provide a trauma-informed police response to victims of rape and serious sexual offences

...wellbeing of RASSO officers and investigators, found shortcomings with FRO training and support. Resourcing issues, compounded by officer inexperience or a lack of upskilling, can impact on the victim’s experience of receiving a trauma-informed (TI) response. This article will consider the issues facing FROs as the first point of police contact, whether the training...
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Article 5 mins
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...mental health problems found that extremely stressful. And then at the end of it you might be told, well you are categorised as having 20 per cent disability, so you get a small pension to supplement your earnings. And so there was a pension system but men felt that it was complicated, it was stressful, and it was also paltry. Whilst it was possible to be shell shocked...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods

...health advocates and other health promoting organisations recommend that items with artificial sweeteners should not be part of children’s ‘advertised diet’. This includes the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe that has developed a set of guidelines for assessing foods that should or should not be advertised to children. Why is this – isn’t...
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Article 5 mins
How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...health impairments. Many respondents managing mental health problems, medication, hospital visits and declining mobility viewed part-time study as a lifeline. Only 15% reported getting support from their employers for their studies. Almost all admitted they would prefer to be studying full-time, feeling they had missed out. But they could not imagine being able to afford...
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Article 5 mins
Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...mental health services post-pandemic because she knows that so many people are currently struggling. In concluding her story, she notes alongside the difficulties workers have encountered during the pandemic the crisis has also exposed the “problems of providing care for profit." [Image showing statement. Caring is work, helping is work, cooking is work, cleaning is...
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Article 5 mins
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...health care and job prospects. Such changes lead to feelings of insecurity and fear about the future. Meanwhile, the rich are seen to become richer with the poorest struggling to make ends meet. Successive US governments have failed to address this. Instead of investing in industry, education, health care and addressing the issues in deprived communities, campaigning...
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Article 10 mins