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DMU marked its 25th anniversary as a university with a Gold ranking in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the highest standard possible, indicating the outstanding learning and teaching on offer.
This Gold award demonstrates the added value and extraordinary real-world impact that our attention to strong teaching and learning has on our students.
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Our global review of research into the link between financial crises and mental health highlights three key challenges: stigma, stress and social roles
Queen Elizabeth II managed to claw back popular support after the PR disasters around her handing of Diana’s divorce from Prince Charles and her response when she died.
Colouring works in a similar way as mindfulness by helping people stay focused on the present moment.
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Homelessness charity Shelter stages a protest in Westminster, highlighting the slow progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill, which promised to abolish Section 21 eviction notices.
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Without state investment, strategic consideration and political support, the lessons learned since the start of the pandemic on the importance to society of a place to call home will be lost.
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4 – Robert Thew and Henry Fuseli (1796).
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There is an interesting new story emerging about the lengths of speeches in early modern plays. In the space of five years there was a dramatic shift in style – and it wasn’t just Shakespeare.
Sikh men wearing the dastaar/turban in temple.
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The Sikh men we spoke to explained how wearing the turban signalled their observance to Sikhism and the life choices this entails, such as the protection of and service to others.
The common law and civil law systems are quite distinct in legal practices, principles and procedures. How government manages the difference has implications for the Cameroon Anglophone crisis.
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Common law et droit civil sont différents en termes de pratiques et de procédures juridiques. La façon dont le gouvernement gère cela a des implications sur la crise anglophone au Cameroun.
La fertilité masculine est quasiment divisée par deux après 40 ans.
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Le fait est connu pour les femmes : la fertilité baisse avec les années. Il l’est moins pour les hommes. Pourtant l’impact de l’âge, s’il se manifeste différemment, est tout aussi réel… Petit rappel.
A group of recent university graduates in Nigeria.
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