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From Awareness to Action: Understanding Digital Gender-Based Violence

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Sharing Families’ Experiences of Housing Insecurity

A new, freely available digital resource has been launched to share families’ lived experiences of housing insecurity.
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University launches first ever Health Apprenticeship Employer Conference

Senior leaders and professional development/apprenticeship team from the NHS and other healthcare organisations are invited to join our inaugural Health Apprenticeship Employer Conference on Wednesday 12 November.
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World Communication Event workshops: communication and creativity across boundaries

The Faculty of Health invites year 10 to 13 students to a series of interactive workshops on Thursday 6 November 2025 to celebrate the vital role of communication in all its forms.
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HCS PhD students have an intensive two days of research activities

PhD students from Human Communication Sciences had an intensive two days of research activity as they held their annual series of PhD conference events on 2nd and 3rd July 2018.
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Bridging the gap between human and animal communication

A recent paper by Professor Ray Wilkinson from HCS and colleagues from the University York and Max Planck Institutes in Germany and the Netherlands has received wide coverage in the media.
Orthoptics researchers

Advancing Healthcare Awards Shortlist 2018

Congratulations to Dr Helen Griffiths and Fatima Ali Ahmed who have reached the finals of the AHA awards UK 2018.
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Research strategic alliance with the Royal College of Nursing

The School of Nursing & Midwifery and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is delighted to announce the formation of a five-year research strategic alliance.

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Crossing the generations - Pop up café enhancing student learning

On the morning of Tuesday 14th November 2017 the School of Nursing and Midwifery held its first Dementia Café.