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More support needed for cancer patients and carers impacted by COVID-19
A report involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ shows that cancer patients and their carers have experienced many changes since the COVID-19 outbreak
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Festival of research and discovery comes to Â鶹´«Ã½
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is for the first time taking part in FUTURES2020 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020, as part of European Researchers’ Night
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Emergency care doctors not getting sufficient ‘down time’, new study shows
A national study involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ highlights how doctors’ ‘need for recovery’ was higher than anything recorded in similar previous studies
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Living near green space linked to lower rates of smoking and higher chances of quitting
Research led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has showed people living in areas with a high proportion of greenspace were 20% less likely to be current smokers than those in less green areas, and up to 12% more likely to have successfully quit smoking
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‘Put dementia on the agenda’ – Prime Minister endorses new guidance for town and parish councils
New guidance to help local councils and their communities become dementia friendly has been released – with the Prime Minister endorsing the work, which was co-authored by the Â鶹´«Ã½, as ‘excellent and practical’.
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Report sets out roadmap to enhance equality, diversity and inclusion within offshore renewable energy sector
Funded by the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the Â鶹´«Ã½, a new scoping report examines the current state of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in engineering
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½ are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
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International study develops ground-breaking method of making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil
Dr Lee Durndell, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, has played a key role in new research which has developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel
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University takes Techstars Startup Weekend online
The third Techstars Startup Weekend goes online to beat the pandemic
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University partners with pioneering company to develop new approach to marine surveying
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is working with pioneering technology company HydroSurv to develop a revolutionary means of gathering data about the marine environment
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University shortlisted for three accolades at the Green Gown Awards
The University is shortlisted three times in the 2020 Green Gown Awards,
