Tertiary – Dr Andrew Croft

IMU and Fusionex use digital tech to enhance medical education

18 Apr 202018 Apr 2020

Data technology specialist Fusionex in collaboration with Malaysia’s pioneer private medical and health sciences education institution International Medical University (IMU) incorporates cutting-edge digital technologies into the university’s undergraduate programs in…

Fresh COVID funding for adoptive families

Adoptive families will be offered emergency support including online counselling and couples therapy as the Government expands the scope of the Adoption Support Fund to meet needs arising from the…

Feel good music to help us stay loose in the lockdown

9 Apr 20207 Apr 2020

A university professor – who is also a DJ and a global leader in the study of pop music – has drawn up a series of playlists that aim to…

Fast-moving information on a fast-moving virus

7 Apr 20207 Apr 2020

A website has been created by medical professionals from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and St Olavs Hospital, at https://sars-coronavirus-2.info/. It will be updated weekly, with a…

Active adolescents can perform better in school

2 Nov 20196 Apr 2020

Past cross-sectional studies have reported that physically more active children and adolescents achieve better school grades than their less active peers do, but there are few longitudinal studies on the…

CBORD and Swipe Out Hunger collaborate on food insecurity

26 Oct 20196 Apr 2020

Educational technology company CBORD has formed a partnership with the nonprofit organisation Swipe Out Hunger end college student hunger. Swipe Out Hunger works to promote, support and advise students, faculty…

Is there a link between videogame addiction and school inadaptation?

21 Oct 20196 Apr 2020

A team of researchers from the departments of Medicine and Education Sciences of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Castellón (Spain) has analysed the relation between the addiction to video…

Reading in school – not everything has changed

20 Oct 20196 Apr 2020

Has there ever been a golden age of reading when all children have immersed themselves in so-called "good" literature? Possibly, but certainly not in the Swedish elementary school in the…

App brings time travel to life for schools

20 Oct 20196 Apr 2020

A free app created by a University of Huddersfield professor enables primary school pupils and their teachers to become time travellers, experiencing the sights and sounds – including the music…