Criminology: Remembering Stephen Lawrence
Today marks an important date for racial equality. Today celebrates the life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered, at the age of 18, in an unprovoked racially motivated attack on the 22nd A...
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Active Travel: A Public Health Issue?
As a result of multifaceted benefits to be gained from regular cycling, several parties have called for the health sector to play a greater role in the promotion of active travel (AT). Accordingly, my...
3 Tips to Combat the Cost of Living Crisis
The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that real household disposable income in 2022/23 will fall more than any other year since records began (which was in 1956!). Inflation is currently 6.2% ...
Anger: A Hidden Public Health Issue
In 2008 the Mental Health Foundation identified a fundamental lack of discussion in the scientific literature related to anger, which they suggested was indicative of it not being considered ‘an emoti...
WORDLE: What makes this game so addictive?
‘FRAME’, ‘SKILL’ and ‘ULTRA’ are just a few examples of 5-letter words that have captivated the nation recently, as popular word game, Wordle has gone viral across the Atlantic with gamers t...
Discover your inner bookworm or writer this November
Autumn is the perfect season to celebrate all things reading. When the evenings are drawing in and the weather gets colder, why not curl up with your favourite book and spend time drifting into anothe...
The time is now to learn about Climate Change
It’s time for real climate action The recent COP 26 summit has united global leaders, environmental scientists and climate change experts from across the planet to inspire action and tackle climate c...
Could training our brain now, protect us psychologically in later life?
It’s National Train your Brain Day! As a Cognitive Neuroscientist I am interested in how the brain works, how we process information coming from the world, and how we learn. Our brains are malleable, ...
World Teacher’s Day: The profession of progress, achievement and pride
I never intended to go into teaching when I began my higher education journey. I studied English Language and Linguistics with a minor degree in Education Studies. In all honesty, the education studie...
Is it Worth Going to Uni?
Is it worth going to University? A huge question and there is no right or wrong answer. I was one of the lucky ones because I always knew what I wanted to do for a career. When I chose my options in y...
