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Children’s Mental Health Week: Promoting young people’s mental health

School of Health and Society

To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (6-12 February 2023) Professor Vanessa Heaslip from the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× explores how the effects of social media and the coronavirus pandemic have influenced anxiety levels in children and young people, and...

Children's Mental Health Week 2023
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Expert comment: industrial strike action

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

On the biggest day of industrial strikes in a decade, Dr Jonathan Lord, Senior Lecturer in Human Resources Management and Employment Law at º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School, shared his thoughts. He commented on what the government needs to...

Strikes
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Expert comment: Bank of England lifts interest rates to 14 year high

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

Yesterday Bank of England announced a further lift in the interest rate for the tenth consecutive time, taking it to a 14 year high of 4%. Here, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School Economist, Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman shares his thoughts:

Increasing coin stacks with lettering to indicate raising interest rates
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Politics student addresses influential European Union committee

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

A º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student has addressed an influential body of the European Union (EU) on its Youth Action Plan and how it can better support young people to build a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future.

Mohamud Jama at the EU-ACP Committee via Zoom
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School names Jeanette Gamble first Honorary International Industry Fellow

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School has appointed Jeanette Gamble, Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Enterprise Technology and Services organisation and head of Data and Analytics Infrastructure Technology and Web Services, as its first...

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× research group rated as top experts in the UK

Research

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ×FASD team based in the School of Health and Society at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has been ranked as the research group with the most expertise on foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in the UK.

º£½ÇÂÒÂ×FASD team stood next to the Ambition sign on Peel Park campus, º£½ÇÂÒÂ×
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In memory of º£½ÇÂÒÂ× graduate Nicolette Peel MBE

School of Health and Society

Tragically, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× graduate Nicolette Peel passed away on Tuesday 31 January after living with cancer for a number of years.

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Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× to publish his 10th book

School of Health and Society

Dr Stuart Porter, Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×, is about to add another title to an established list of publications. 'The Student Physiotherapist's Companion: A Case-Based Test-Your-Knowledge Guide' will mark the 10th title...

Dr Stuart Porter portrait
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Expert comment: Chancellor's plans for UK economic growth

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

In response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's speech, focusing on his plans for UK economic growth including cutting inflation as opposed to cutting taxes, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School Lecturer in Economics, Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, shares his thoughts.

UK economy
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Top up degree programme reaches major milestone

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

An innovative training solution from Siemens and º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has achieved a major milestone by upskilling its 100th engineer. The one year ‘top up’ degree programme gives young and experienced engineers a BEng Hons (Bachelor of Engineering)...

Siemens graduates
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