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Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea appointed members of the DCMS College of Experts

Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea have been appointed members of the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) College of Experts to apply innovative scientific methods to support government policy.
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Unpaid carers providing more hours of care than ever, according to new Unpaid Care Dashboard

Unpaid carers are now providing more hours of care than ever, according to a new interactive digital dashboard, launched by the Centre for Care at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
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‘It All Starts With Play’ – New National Campaign and APPG on Play in England

Researchers from the School of Architecture and Landscape and School of Geography and Planning help launch Play England’s new national strategy at the House of Commons.
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Boosting productivity and wellbeing in the UK workplace

Researchers at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ, along with six further institutions in the UK, have contributed to an initiative to help boost productivity and wellbeing through supporting the growth of better management practices in the UK.
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A new resource for behavioural science - developing tools for understanding the relationship between behaviours

A team led by Professor Thomas Webb at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ’s Healthy Lifespan Institute and the Department of Psychology has been awarded £435k from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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A worrying picture: unpaid carers face intolerable pressures during pandemic

Research from the Sustainable Care programme at ºù«Ӱҵ, along with the University of Birmingham, revealed that unpaid carers were twice as likely to have used a food bank during the pandemic. 
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New research published to tackle loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority groups

A cross-faculty team from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ has collaborated with colleagues from Brunel and De Montfort Universities on a major new project focused on better understanding loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority groups.
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Nurseries forced to support families in poverty through coronavirus crisis, research shows

New research from The School of Education and Early Education has found that nursery staff are having to provide food and help families with benefit claims as the coronavirus pandemic impacts parents with young children.