“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...
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...
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% ...
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...
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, ...
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...
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 ...
I have always been a maker. At times in my life I’ve done it more, and at times less, but it’s a really important in helping me wind down, switch off, and just be in the moment. That said, and this is...
Less than two months into the UK’s first lockdown, Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for the British Department of Transport, was tasked with delivering one of the now famous briefings from Downing...
Could nurturing our friendships help us to reclaim our wellbeing? When I was a child, I lived oversees and only saw my wider family (grandparents, cousins etc.) once, maybe twice, a year. I had a firs...
