There are not many furniture items that can match a reclining chair for comfort. The purpose of recliners, which are furniture items intended to offer the utmost in relaxation, is that they are very…
New app boosts the mental well-being of beleaguered staff, and helps them to combat burnout and stress
ShinyMind is the only mental health and well-being app co-created, developed and tested in partnership with NHS employees at all levels. The new nursing version provides more than 150 resources, tools and exercises to support well-being. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Back in November 2020, we chatted to Hannah Mathias, e-learning manager at Cardiff and Vale College, where they’ve created a personalised learning bot for GCSE Maths and English.
Having dropped out of university because of loneliness and depression, Hayley Mulenda – a former speaker at Jisc’s annual Digifest event - says effective use of data analytics and greater diversity of academic staff are crucial in supporting students.
Jisc has been supporting seven research projects in learning analytics at UK universities over the past year. These have been in the areas of curriculum analytics, mental health and wellbeing and the evaluation of institutional learning analytics projects.Join us to hear the projects present their interesting findings.
Anxiety about the effects of social media on young people has risen to such an extreme that giving children smartphones is sometimes equated to handing them a gram of cocaine. The reality is much less alarming.
A close look at social media use shows that most young texters and Instagrammers are fine. Heavy use can lead to problems, but many early studies and news headlines have overstated dangers and omitted context.
Researchers are now examining these diverging viewpoints, looking for nuance and developing better methods for measuring whether social media and related technologies have any meaningful impact on mental health.
(1) To review the literature on the use of technology to provide emotional and social support to nurses; (2) to identify and evaluate gaps in the research; (3) to assess whether a systematic review would be valuable and (4) to make recommendations for future research.
Public Health England (PHE) encourages everyone to ‘be tick aware’.
Watch PHE’s tick awareness video to find out all about ticks and their public health importance.
Henry Aughterson on a study of longitudinal associations between short-term, repeated & sustained arts engagement and well-being outcomes in older adults.
Social support is also important for health, especially when recovering from an illness. A dog provides companionship and may be a way of getting to know other dog owners in the neighbourhood.
However, the studies do not prove that dog ownership has a direct effect on health, only that it seems to be linked to longer life. While people who enjoy the company of dogs may benefit from exercise and companionship, the study does not show that people who are happily social and active without dogs should get one.