A woman whose charity work helped more than 500,000 Afghan children has been given an honorary degree at her daughter’s graduation ceremony. Dr Sarah Fane set up Afghan Connection in
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Scotland’s colleges are hoping a new online course will help boost the number of people working in the social care sector. There will be 1,800 funded spaces for the new
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Only children are more likely to care for their ageing parents than those with siblings but cope with the pressures just as well, research suggests. Adults without brothers and sisters
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Two UK metropolitan areas have made significant progress in tackling street homelessness but a move away from a “one-size-fits-all” approach is needed to tackle the problem globally, according to a
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Spending more than a week in bed with Covid may be linked to an increase in the risk of long term damage to mental health, new research suggests. The study
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University researchers have launched the UK’s largest study on the health benefits of community groups and organisations. Led by academics at Glasgow Caledonian University, researchers across the country will look
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People who catch Covid-19 are more likely to go on to suffer depression and anxiety, a study has suggested. Experts said the research backs up previous findings but has a
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Lockdown saw abusers weaponise government restrictions and the fear of contracting Covid-19 to torment and control their victims, new research has revealed. During the police-enforced coronavirus rules, a study by
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Money is to be given to health and social care students to help them complete their studies and go into the sector, the Welsh Government has announced. The £1.8 million
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Samaritans has launched a hub at a university for the first time ever. The hub at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge (pictured) will be manned by students who will
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