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100+ ways universities are saving lives and keeping us healthy

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Queen Margaret University

Pioneering speech therapy

Dr Sara Wood, a clinical phonetics researcher and speech and language therapist at QMU, transforms the lives…

University of Glasgow

Helping football fans to get fitter

The University of Glasgow is harnessing the loyalty men feel to their local football club to tackle the prob…

University of Edinburgh

Giving a voice to people who have lost the ability to speak

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh are helping to restore speech to people who have lost their voi…

University of the West of England, Bristol

Improving body image in young people

Negative body image is a significant global health issue, with 50 to 70 per cent of children in the develope…

University of Warwick

Understanding recurrent miscarriage

Around one per cent of all women experience recurrent miscarriage, which doctors define as the loss of three…

University of Salford

VR project to demystify the family court process for children

Children going through family court proceedings are often vulnerable and find the experience very challengin…

London Metropolitan University

International volunteering during a global crisis

Shortly after graduating from London Metropolitan University, Cristina Leggio spent some time volunteering i…

University of Chester

Virtual reality to train paramedics

Paramedics are set to be trained to carry out life-saving procedures using virtual reality technology develo…

University of Bedfordshire

Increasing organ donation amongst BAME communities

Black and Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities make up 11% of the UK population but 30% of the kidne…

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