WHO report on vulnerable refugees and migrants

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Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants. This has dire consequences for the probability that the […]

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Coventry University wins prestigious award for game-based learning

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Coventry University wins prestigious award for game-based learning: Exploring science through hopscotch and language through Jenga are just some of the inventive ideas that have earned a Coventry University game-based learning initiative a prestigious award. Led by Professor of Game Science Sylvester Arnab from the Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC), the initiative has won the Science of Learning award […]

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Pledges towards women’s empowerment and health

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WHO pledges extensive commitments towards women’s empowerment and health: The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity at the Generation Equality Forum, held last week in Paris. The WHO commitments focused on ending gender-based violence; advancing sexual and reproductive […]

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Boost to Health and Wellbeing Support of Students and Staff

The University of Greenwich is working with Goldman Sachs and the mental health charity Mind to boost the health and wellbeing support it provides to students and staff. The university is one of ten institutes across the country who are part of a new £1.5 million partnership which has launched  in London. The innovative scheme […]

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