Research has shown that older people experience decreased loneliness, increased self-esteem and improved group relations when they participate in theatre (Bernard & Rickett, 2017). That said, the same people face barriers when it comes to the technologies that allow people …

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Much like air quality, the sounds of our cities affect our wellbeing and health. This project explored how noise pollution in the city can be mapped and the effect of noise on people’s wellbeing.  

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The non-medical experience of menopause is an under-researched taboo and becoming increasingly important due to large numbers of women remaining in work for longer and therefore experiencing menopause transition whilst in employment. Previous research has established how difficult it is …

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This research asked how can we talk about trans lives by exploring the life of Jenny Moore. Jenny lived in the early 1900s, and was an outsider both in terms of gender non-conformity, and the …

Global temperatures are changing: the impacts of these changes will be widespread but will not be felt equally. Despite its ‘temperate’ climate, the UK regularly experiences summer heatwaves capable of causing discomfort, health impacts and even mortality. How exposure to …

Play makes us human. We play to have fun, to socialise, to learn, to de-stress, and to exercise. Over the past few decades, video gaming has evolved into a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. However, most video games are not accessible or …

Poetry memorisation is undergoing a revival, with the increase in popularity of performance poetry and the introduction of 2012’s statuary requirement to include poetry memorisation in the Primary English curriculum. Advocates of poetry memorisation stress its virtues as a distinct …

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Bringing the War Home II aimed to disrupt current understandings of war as ‘over there,’ time limited, and contained within overtly military spaces and practices. Instead, this project sought to further collective understandings of the …

At the 2012 XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington DC, much of the discussion was on the ‘end of AIDS’ and the prospects for an ‘AIDS-free generation’. While these headlines were phrased as aspirations, the lingering sense was that HIV/AIDS …