Posts related to Health & wellbeing
Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: Unleashing social innovation through collaborative research
January 31 2025How can publicly funded research foster a sustainable and fairer food system?
Violence against Women and Girls: Accountability, Trust and Action
August 22 2024Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, with significant failures in the response to VAWG.
Will the Online Safety Act help protect children in the metaverse?
August 09 2024MDX and UEL researchers from the VIRRAC project raise concerns about the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act in protecting children in the virtual world known as the metaverse
How universities can drive the way to fossil-fuel free society
February 23 2024The world’s political leaders took an historic step forward at COP28 to confront climate breakdown but how can universities play an active role in ensuring these global-reaching changes actually happen?
World Mental Health Day: How to make positive changes to your wellbeing
October 09 2023Nicky Lambert, an expert on mental health, reveals how people can take several simple steps to improve their personal self-care
Safeguarding children in the metaverse
September 04 2023Top academic experts debated the challenges with addressing online safety in the metaverse
Zero tolerance for bullying in healthcare?
September 22 2022Roger Kline, MDX Research Fellow, argues tackling bullying and harassment in healthcare must remain a priority and equal more than well-meaning statements of planned action
Racism which impacts healthcare staff endangers patient care
November 22 2021As well as a moral issue, tackling racism affecting NHS staff is a crucial part of improving patient safety and care, says MDX Research Fellow Roger Kline
Unintended consequences: batch recruitment and improving diversity in nursing recruitment
October 15 2021Research Fellow Roger Kline reviews a paper looking at the impact of joint-evaluation methods in NHS recruitment on application success rates
No more tick boxes…
September 16 2021Roger Kline’s gives an introduction to his research on creating fairer sustainable outcomes for disabled, female and black and minority ethnic staff in the NHS