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Publication date: 26 November 2024
Combining daycare for children and elders benefits all generations
We live in a society where care of young and old is increasingly segregated , with very limited opportunity for the two age groups to interact. If we just thought a little more socially, however, these “book end generations” could become great resources for each other – all we need to do is put them in the same place. This article by Catrin Hedd Jones , Lecturer in Dementia Studies, School of Healthcare Sciences was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article . Catrin Hedd Jones , Bangor University
Publication date: 4 January 2017
Schools to share in over £90m to help disadvantaged learners
Schools across Wales are to share in over £90m in 2018-19 to help their most disadvantaged learners, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced. The Cabinet Secretary has written to schools across Wales to confirm how much they will directly receive in 2018-19. In addition to over £90m committed this year, £187m has been guaranteed for the remainder of the Assembly term, so that schools have the stability to plan ahead.
Publication date: 17 April 2018
Want to develop 'grit'? Take up surfing
My friend, Joe Weghofer, is a keen surfer, so when he was told he’d never walk again, following a 20ft spine-shattering fall, it was just about the worst news he could have received. Yet, a month later, Joe managed to stand. A further month, and he was walking. Several years on, he is back in the water, a board beneath his feet. Joe has what people in the field of positive psychology call “grit”, and I believe surfing helped him develop this trait. This article by Rhi Willmot , PhD Researcher in Behavioural and Positive Psychology, Bangor University was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article .
Publication date: 20 July 2017
Why we taught psychology students how to run a marathon
This article by Rhi Willmot , PhD Researcher in Behavioural and Positive Psychology, Bangor University, was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article . Mike Fanelli, champion marathon runner and coach, tells his athletes to divide their race into thirds. “Run the first part with your head,” he says, “the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.” Sage advice – particularly if you are a third year psychology student at Bangor University , preparing for one of the final milestones in your undergraduate experience: running the Liverpool Marathon.
Publication date: 14 September 2017