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What does a day look like in the life of a mental health and wellbeing student? Well, the course is full time and I treat it like a job. I also have a Work Based Learning placement, a voluntary role a...
Growing up, I was very sporty and very active. I was in every team in school, boys and girls teams, and football was my main passion. That was the route I wanted to go down. Unfortunately, ...
Taking the leap If I could explain my feelings when starting at Wrexham University in a quote I would say: “I’ve learnt that home isn’t a place, it is a feeling.” &...
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We asked Physiotherapy student, Jill Plummer, to answer some questions about her experience of going on a placement as part of her degree. She talks about the support students receive on placement, as...
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Nick Hoose is the Senior Lecturer for Social Work here at Wrexham University. Nick qualified as a Social Worker in 2010 and went into a role working for a Youth Justice team in North Wales, where he s...
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For many of us, September brings with it a time of transition. You may be starting university for the first time, going into your final year or beginning postgraduate study. Or perhaps, you have a fri...
Nutrition and Dietetics is a great field to get into if you are wanting to expand on your interest in food, whilst also helping people of all ages improve their physical and mental health. You m...
What is a dietitian? A dietitian is a professional, qualified to assess, diagnose and treat nutritional problems. Dietitians work across multiple areas, to include hospitals, public health, care homes...
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...
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, ...
