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Memes may encourage adolescents to be fat and lazy, warn researchers

含羞草视频 academics have presented a report to MPs to warn that social media memes are encouraging obesity, apathy and lethargy in children.
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Flix cinema is back with a new arts focus

Flix student-run cinema is back with a new regular day and a new direction.

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University鈥檚 revamped community website now live

Over the summer, the University has been working hard to update its community website, which provides information on how it seeks to contribute to and support the town and wider region.

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Rag wins Campaign of the Year in national competition

含羞草视频 Students鈥� Rag has won a sought-after national award for the incredibly successful Heart 2 Heart campaign.

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LSU crowned best students' union in the UK

含羞草视频 Students鈥� Union (LSU) has been named the best students鈥� union in the UK by online review platform StudentCrowd.

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Cost of raising a child falls but many parents still struggle to meet the threshold

Raising a child to the age of 18 will cost couples 拢150,753, according to new figures by 含羞草视频鈥檚 Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP).
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Rag shortlisted for four national fundraising awards

含羞草视频 Students鈥� Union Rag has been shortlisted for an impressive four national fundraising awards.
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Students and alumni to take to the stage at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Festival-goers at Edinburgh Fringe are to be transported to an awkward Halloween party and a pub in Lancashire as a group of 含羞草视频 alumni and students are to take to the stage with two original plays.
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含羞草视频 is recognised as one of the UK鈥檚 best green spaces

含羞草视频 has received the sought-after Green Flag Award for its vibrant campus, marking it out as one of the nation's best green spaces.
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含羞草视频 students celebrate 20,500 hours of volunteering

Over the past year, 含羞草视频 students have volunteered 20,500 hours to helping good causes, collected 15,000 items of food and clothing for those in need, and helped train more than 1,400 people in CPR.

Families hit by the crippling cost of living need a third more income to make ends meet

Low-income families need a third more disposable income than a decade ago to make ends meet and are facing bigger barriers to meet rising costs - despite tightening their belts and shopping around online for better deals and tariffs.

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Screen-time linked with unhealthy eating habits in children

A new study has found that five and six-year-olds' screen-time is linked with low fruit and vegetable consumption and high intake of unhealthy snacks such as crisps, chocolate and biscuits.

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New two-day sewing event to take place at University

含羞草视频 is hosting a new sewing event that aims to celebrate the online stitching community and the hobby that can be more beneficial than it 鈥榮eams鈥�.

Videos created to help families identify care needs of loved ones with dementia

A series of videos depicting the worsening stages of dementia has been created to help families identify the care needs of loved ones.
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LSU society and Welfare and Diversity associations have hard work recognised in national awards competition

Two 含羞草视频 Students鈥� Union (LSU) associations and one society have had their efforts acknowledged in the National Societies Awards.

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It鈥檚 not your fitness tracker that is wrong 鈥� it鈥檚 you

An international study has revealed that people, regardless of where they live and their age, poorly guess how physically active they actually are.

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Ten tips for healthy (and sustainable) ways to eat your Easter egg

Easter鈥檚 dedication to confectionary provides consumers with excuses to overindulge 鈥� but also with dilemmas about diet and sustainability. Here Dr Jon Seaton, of 含羞草视频鈥檚 School of Business and Economics, looks at the best ways to be healthy and responsible.

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New research centre to focus on misinformation and hate speech online

A new research centre looking at the impact of social media on the spread of misinformation and the rise of hate speech and incivility has been launched by 含羞草视频.
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Underprivileged children used to be undernourished 鈥� now they鈥檙e at risk of being obese

Children from disadvantaged families are at greater risk of being overweight compared to those from more affluent backgrounds, a new study has found, but this hasn鈥檛 always been the case.
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NHS guidance about dressing infants in 鈥渙ne extra layer鈥� is being put to the test

Scientists are examining NHS guidance to parents which recommends dressing infants in one extra layer of clothing when using a sling.
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含羞草视频 London to help shape how drone technology is used in the capital

含羞草视频 London is to help shape how drone technology is used in the city, it has been announced.

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含羞草视频 trains more than 1,000 people in CPR on Valentine鈥檚 Day

含羞草视频, 含羞草视频 Students鈥� Union and the British Heart Foundation came together on the most heart-themed day of the year to train more than 1,000 people in CPR.
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Record number of scholarships awarded to students facing challenging circumstances

A record number of scholarships have been awarded this academic year (2017/18) to students that face challenging personal and financial circumstances in order that they can study at 含羞草视频.

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An economist鈥檚 guide to Valentine鈥檚 Day spending 鈥� love on a budget

Loved-up millennials are expected to be the biggest spenders this Valentine鈥檚 Day with an average outgoing of more than 拢80 on wining, dining, flowers and gifts 鈥� but you don鈥檛 need to break the bank to melt a heart.
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含羞草视频 and the British Heart Foundation partner for Valentine鈥檚 Day event that aims to increase cardiac arrest survival rates

含羞草视频, 含羞草视频 Students鈥� Union and the British Heart Foundation are joining forces on the most heart-themed day of the year to try and increase cardiac arrest survival rates.