Living well during the cost of living crisis
With the cost of energy, fuel and food prices soaring in the UK, many of us are struggling and are having to re-think our out-going costs. Maybe we have thought about getting rid of our Sky tv bill, S...
Lecturer Blogs
Criminology: Remembering Stephen Lawrence
Today marks an important date for racial equality. Today celebrates the life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered, at the age of 18, in an unprovoked racially motivated attack on the 22nd A...
World Creativity & Innovation Day: Where a Creative Path Can Take You in Life
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people” - Leo Burnett World Creativity & Innovation Day is a day which encourages every indiv...
Active Travel: A Public Health Issue?
As a result of multifaceted benefits to be gained from regular cycling, several parties have called for the health sector to play a greater role in the promotion of active travel (AT). Accordingly, my...
3 Tips to Combat the Cost of Living Crisis
The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that real household disposable income in 2022/23 will fall more than any other year since records began (which was in 1956!). Inflation is currently 6.2% ...
Anger: A Hidden Public Health Issue
In 2008 the Mental Health Foundation identified a fundamental lack of discussion in the scientific literature related to anger, which they suggested was indicative of it not being considered ‘an emoti...
Data Driven Digital Marketing
I’ve been downloading and sharing my social media and search data with some of my Digital Marketing students to illustrate key points about data collection. Doing this exercise in a class e...
Could training our brain now, protect us psychologically in later life?
It’s National Train your Brain Day! As a Cognitive Neuroscientist I am interested in how the brain works, how we process information coming from the world, and how we learn. Our brains are malleable, ...
World Teacher’s Day: The profession of progress, achievement and pride
I never intended to go into teaching when I began my higher education journey. I studied English Language and Linguistics with a minor degree in Education Studies. In all honesty, the education studie...
World Tourism Day: The Future of Tourism in a Global Pandemic
To mark World Tourism Day on September 27, WGU's Dr Marcus Hansen gives his thoughts on what a global pandemic has meant and will mean for the future of tourism. Will hitting the reset button bring a ...
