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Melting ice on a Greenland glacier
Greenland's melting glaciers

Scientists will ‘listen’ to melting ice sheets as part of £81m programme to develop early warning system for climate tipping points

A major new study aims to revolutionise observation of meltwater runoff in Greenland, providing valuable data for climate, ice sheet and ocean models used to simulate climate tipping points.
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Announcing a new specialist centre for social care research

Dr Michaela Rogers, Professor Kate Hamblin and Professor Nathan Hughes have, in a partnership led by the University of York, been successful in securing funding for a new specialist centre for social care research.
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NIHR School for Social Care Research launch event

You are warmly invited to join us to find out more about upcoming School for Social Care Research plans, our timeline of project calls and other opportunities.

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Dr Louise Kay wins British Educational Research Journal Editors’ Choice Award 2024

Her paper was judged as theoretically and methodologically strong and interesting. Editors said 'it has a good potential to have an impact on policy/practice in early childhood education'.
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Students are most creative at lunchtime, study suggests

Lecturers may benefit from scheduling creative activities in the middle of the day, according to a new study which found students' creativity peaked at lunchtime.