Nottingham Trent University BA (Hons) Social Work student Lauren Hunt talks about her experience of supporting Carnival Mad 15, an event which aims to raise awareness of mental health and
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Dr Jane Reeves of the Centre for Child Protection at the University of Kent has been commended by police for creating a tool to educate pupils on extremism and internet
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Psychologists at the University of Bath hope new research will raise awareness of the ways in which increasing numbers of people – from migrants and carers to students and lone
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A leading UK child protection expert has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Strathclyde. Alexis Jay OBE, independent chair of the Strathclyde-based Centre for Excellence for Looked
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Fast-tracking people through social work will not address the problems of recruitment and retention for the profession, according to a Plymouth University academic. Di Galpin, Academic lead in social work,
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New strengthened training standards for healthcare support workers in the Welsh NHS have been unveiled by the Minister for Health and Social Services Mark Drakeford. Healthcare support workers make up
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Experts in dementia studies from the University of Bradford have modernised Health Education England online dementia courses – ensuring the perspective and experience of people living with dementia and their
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Child protection expert and Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Alexis Jay, will deliver the 2015 Kilbrandon Lecture next month. In this year’s lecture, taking place on Thursday 19
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Creative activities, such as designing musical instruments, can improve the quality of life of people with dementia, according to researchers at Lancaster University. The ‘Ageing Playfully’ research project also found
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Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Reading, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize by The Leverhulme Trust. Worth £100,000, the Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise
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