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On Friday the Derry/Londonderry campus hosted a first-of-its-kind event to bring together international experts, frontline social workers and representatives from all Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Trusts in order to discuss safe staffing in social work.

Politicians and criminals in Central Asia are using the UK’s financial and corporate systems to “loot” money from ...

A University of Texas at Dallas researcher will embark next fall on an intercontinental collaboration via a fast-growing instructional medium that uses technology to bring the world to the classroom.Dr. Chandramallika BasakDr. Chandramallika Basak, a

The effort helps ensure individuals with autism, dementia, PTSD and other similar conditions have a comfortable experience at events.

Bangladesh's agriculture will be dominated increasingly by large-scale commercialised farming as corporate interests dispossess the peasantry, says a paper presented at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) on Wednesday. "It will continue to be a nation of small, petty commodity farmers, with some shifts from subsistence motivation

New research which aims to reduce the stigma and improve the experiences of menstruation for women and girls living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has got underway, thanks to new funding from the European Research Council (ERC).The proje

As February draws to a close, Texas A&M University Libraries’ annual Food for Fines program is coming to an end.

A new review of the theoretical models used around the world to assess, diagnose, research, and treat mental health problems has highlighted the vast array of approaches which exist.

Indigenous peoples influenced landscapes are among the most contested in Latin America. These landscapes attract a host of investors, including loggers, gold miners, and cattle farmers. The arrival of investors invariably leads to the removal of forests, bringing profits from within these spaces, at the expense of the landscapes’ intrinsic value. In this talk, Anthony Cummings provides insights into his ongoing research into the intrinsic value Guyana’s indigenous peoples have created within...

The College of Public Policy (CPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) held a book launch recently for 'The Future of the Policy Sciences', co-edited by Dr. Anis Ben Brik, Associate Professor, and Dr. Leslie A. Pal, Professor and Founding Dean of CPP