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Article content The Near North District School Board’s parent involvement committee is offering a series of three webinars focused on student mental wellness. The three-part speaker series will focus on themes around mental health, connectedness and communication, which were identified with the help of the committee’s parent co-chairs. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. School board committee hosting student well-being webinars Back to video Three one-hour sessions will be presented by the school board’s mental health and education technology...

Scots pensioners to have TV licence paid under proposed plans Leader Anas Sarwar has unveiled a commitment to help the most elderly across the country pay for their licence fee, if he is elected 10:49, 14 APR 2021 Scottish Labour want to make the TV licence free to all people over 75 in Scotland (Image: PA) Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in acc...

Share This The FINANCIAL -- Sleep experts have developed a new tool to help more accurately measure young people’s ability to disengage from social media before bed, according to University of Glasgow. The University of Glasgow researchers who developed the Index of Nighttime Offline Distress, or iNOD, believe it is the first psychological measurement tool of its kind, which reflects the realities of how young people interact with each other in an online world. The 10-point questionnaire, developed after consultation with more than 3,000 young people, aims to equip clinicians, teachers a...

With hospital visits still limited due to ongoing pandemic hospitals have brought in new ways to help families stay connected on Mother's Day. For the second year in a row, restrictions over households mixing means that the day will be very different again this year, with loved ones unable to celebrate as they might usually. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has now reminded people of how they can still keep in contact, saying: "In our hospitals, we know that visitors are an important part of the well-being of our patients and their families. Wherever possible, we will continue to supp...

By Todd Mordhorst, Office of the Provost After five years working on the Transformational Change Initiative, principal investigator Laura Hill has a tough time coming up with any shortcomings of the grant-funded project. The initative received funding from 2016’s strategic reallocation to come up with new ways to help improve student retention. It is already boosting student success and achievement in a variety of ways. “Our goal was to have multiple touchpoints, using evidence-based programs that we know help students,” said Laura Hill, senior vice provost and co-principal investigator...