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Making a difference for refugees – meet the founder of the life-changing Plymouth programme START
University of Plymouth news: Avril Bellinger, Lecturer in Social Work and Honorary Associate Professor, says success of any size can come from asking the simple question ‘What can I do to help?’
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Research to investigate domestic abuse in older people
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/nurses-research-to-investigate-domestic-abuse-in-older-people
Zoe Cooper, safeguarding lead nurse at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, will undertake the work after winning the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Systematic Review Training Prize from the Clinical School at RCHT.
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Caring about the ‘foot’ in ‘football’ – how can England avoid injury scares?
As World Cup watchers get football fever, podiatry academic Emma Cowley shares some ideas about how England can avoid injury scares.
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Getting the most out of life at sea
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/getting-the-most-out-of-life-at-sea
University of Plymouth opinion piece: This Seafarers Awareness Week, PhD student Sophie Homer offers advice on how mariners, who spend long periods away from home, can look after their mental health
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Robot research offering comfort to care home residents
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/robot-research-offering-comfort-to-care-home-residents
PhD student Hannah Bradwell is exploring how robots offer comfort to care home residents – and whether they can be affordable for small budgets.
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Dental team awarded grant to train children as ‘dental buddies’
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/dental-team-awarded-grant-to-train-children-as-dental-buddies
Ruth Potterton and charity Well Connected, will be working in partnership with local schools to educate and inspire children about oral health
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Why we need more men to become nurses
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/why-we-need-more-men-to-become-nurses
Adult Nursing lecturer Kevin Hambridge explains that while people assume nursing is only for women, we are alienating 50% of the potential workforce.
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New pathways at Plymouth to train more nurses of the future
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-pathways-at-plymouth-to-train-more-nurses-of-the-future
The University of Plymouth has introduced two higher and degree apprenticeships to help boost nurse numbers in the NHS.
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Physio degree inspires future of dance fitness programme
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/physio-degree-inspires-future-of-dance-fitness-programme
Physiotherapy graduate Ros Glendinning is using her degree research to tailor choreography in her interactive dance fitness programme, CheeziFit
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Award for research into Parkinson’s link with mental health
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/award-for-research-into-parkinsons-link-with-mental-health
Chris Lovegrove, a postgraduate student at the University of Plymouth and Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, has been awarded a prestigious grant for his work into Parkinson’s patients’ experiences of anxiety.
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