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Full-time clinician supports Stirling student teachers to build mentally healthy classrooms
The University of Stirling has appointed a full-time clinician to help student teachers learn about and support mentally healthy classrooms and schools.
Policy changes needed if UK is to be age-friendly, say healthy ageing experts
Policy changes are needed at central and local government levels to ensure an age-friendly UK, say experts at the University of Stirling.
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See all articlesFull-time clinician supports Stirling student teachers to build mentally healthy classrooms
The University of Stirling has appointed a full-time clinician to help student teachers learn about and support mentally healthy classrooms and schools.
Policy changes needed if UK is to be age-friendly, say healthy ageing experts
Policy changes are needed at central and local government levels to ensure an age-friendly UK, say experts at the University of Stirling.
Healthy ageing expert and Stirling professor elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Judith Phillips OBE, a world-renowned University of Stirling gerontologist and expert in healthy ageing, has been elected a fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
Safer consumption and drug checking facilities key to addressing drug harms in Edinburgh, study finds
Safer drug consumption facilities (SDCF) and drug checking could be key to addressing drug harms in the city of Edinburgh, according to University of Stirling experts in substance use.
Schoolgirls at the centre of new University of Stirling study into card game bridge are making history
Three schoolgirls who are part of a new University of Stirling-led research study into the game of bridge are promoting its educational benefits – and making history along the way.
University of Stirling to promote better outcomes from water resources for Scottish businesses and communities
A team at the University of Stirling is embarking on an extensive study into how water resources in Scotland promote better outcomes for our economy, society and the environment, in a £5 million partnership project to last three years.
Why grey matters for these academic researchers with a difference
Like many older people during the COVID pandemic, they were in search of company and mental stimulation. Then came a chance for this group of retirees to tackle something none of them had tried before – academic research.
Study lays out options for Scotland’s first drug checking services
An extensive study led by the University of Stirling has laid out options and key considerations for Scotland’s first drug checking services.
Age-friendly businesses could revitalise Britain's high streets
Older people could be the financial shot in the arm needed for Britain’s high street, according to research commissioned by the University of Stirling.
Teacher education imperative for climate change and sustainability education
Teacher education is imperative to equip young people to live in a climate altered future, a new report has claimed.
