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Press Release
Mental healthcare provision can be informed by findings from new study of esports athletes
A new research study examining the risk factors influencing the mental health of esports athletes shows that stress, sleep problems, burnout and social phobia anxiety may all adversely impact their mental health. Read more
Blog
Celebrating and discussing progress in animal welfare at the UK Parliament
Students studying animal welfare recently attended a reception hosted by Humane Society International UK at the Houses of Parliament. Dr Steven McCulloch, senior lecturer in Human-Animal Studies and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Animal Welfare and Society degree programme who led the visit, describes their experiences. Read more
Blog
Women's History Month 2022: Who was Sybil Campbell?
In a blog post to mark Women's History Month (1-31 March), colleagues from the University's Centre for the History of Women's Education, reflect on the life and groundbreaking legal career of Sybil Campbell (1889-1977), arguing that hers is a life worthy of a place in the history of women's education. Read more
Press Release
University of Winchester hops onto Hares of Hampshire art trail
Actor Sarah Parish arrived at the University of Winchester in a vintage open top car accompanied by a giant hare sculpture this week to launch the Hares of Hampshire Art Trail, which opens in Winchester and Southampton in June. Read more
Press Release
New clinical skills facilities set to boost Nursing at the University of Winchester
University of Winchester student nurses and new Vice-Chancellor Professor Sarah Greer were joined by NHS staff, the Mayor of Winchester and other dignitaries to open state-of-the-art clinical skills training facilities in the University's West Downs Centre this week. Read more
Statement
For information: Notice of incident - 7 April 2022 - San Bonifacio, Italy.
The University of Winchester and Winchester Student Union are aware that a coach carrying members of the University community as part of a Student Union organised activity was involved in an incident with another vehicle near San Bonifacio, nr Verona, Italy at approximately 15:15 BST (16:15 local time) on Thursday, 7 April 2022. Read more
Press Release
Interactive Thriving Lives Toolkit set to help schools support children and young people in Armed Forces families
A new interactive platform offering schools an online framework to support children from Armed Forces families to thrive has been launched today (Monday 25 April 2022). Read more
Blog
April 2022 at the University of Winchester
The launch of a new global health partnership, an important research study on healthy diets for pet dogs and student and staff success stories all featured in a busy month of April. We also marked Earth Day and celebrated the holy month of Ramandan and the spring harvest festival of Vaisakhi. Find out what's been happening over the last month. Read more
Press Release
University of Winchester invites visitors to create 'open sanctuary' for contemplation and reflection
A striking art installation will be created in the University of Winchester's West Downs Gallery this summer, with visitors invited to work closely with the artists on a new sculptural work representing sanctuary. Read more
Blog
To fly or not to fly? Climate change education visit to the Farthest North
Where better to consider the place of climate and environmental education in the experience of young people than in Longyearbyen, the globe's northernmost civilian settlement and the fastest heating town in the world? Dr Simon Boxley, and Head of the University's Centre for Climate Change Action and Education, discusses his new study in the blog. Read more
Press Release
Attorney General shares words of wisdom with University of Winchester Law students
Attorney General for England and Wales, the Right Honorable Suella Braverman QC MP shared details of her life growing up, her legal education and her historic career with undergraduate Law students at the University of Winchester and answered their questions at a special event. Read more
The Conversation
Why Seventh-day Adventists are so often vegan or vegetarian
In a new article for The Conversation, Dr Tamas Lestar, Lecturer in the Department of Responsible Management and an Adventist community member, explains why Seventh Day Adventists came to be often entirely plant-based or vegetarian, and what others might be able to learn from them. Read more
Press Release
Powerful new documentary explores the church's involvement in the trafficking of enslaved Africans
A new documentary by award-winning programme maker Professor Robert Beckford, Director of the University of Winchester's Centre for Climate and Social Justice, unearths the Christian ideas that supported the trafficking of enslaved Africans Read more
Press Release
University of Winchester hosts historic reconciliation encounter
In the first international event of its kind taking place outside the South American country of Colombia, the University of Winchester is hosting Reconciliation is Possible, a dialogue between Bertha Fries and Rodrigo Londoño. Read more
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