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20 Nov 2013 Hospital management of patients who self-harm in England has barely changed in the past 10 years despite the introduction of clinical guidelines a new study shows. Researchers from The University of Manchester found 40% of those attending hospital after an overdose or other self-injury did not get a specialist psychosocial assessment.

Just when the nation has a need for more workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, research at Cornell and the University of Texas, Austin, finds that women have often found those fields inhospitable, and left for other kinds of jobs.

Many of the issues associated with poverty in the United States are obvious, such as unemployment, single-parent families and declining wages for less-educated workers.

Although health behaviours such as smoking are directly linked to the majority of early deaths in the UK, tackling these individual factors fails to address the underlying cause.

Thank you for rating! You have already rated this page, you can only rate it once! Your rating has been changed, thanks for rating! Title Hot gas sloshing in a galactic cauldron Released 18/11/2013 9:57 am Copyright E. O'Sullivan & ESA Description Galaxies are social beasts that are mostly found in groups or clusters - large assemblies of galaxies that are permeated by even larger amounts of diffuse gas.

The University of Glasgow, in partnership with the University of Warwick has won a grant to research the wide-ranging impacts of the Home Office 'Go Home' immigration campaign.

John Frank Burgess 0402 351 412 Email Watch the video Download audio Read the report Faculty of Arts PhD candidate John Frank Burgess has assessed the origins, drivers and social consequences of tipping in Australia and the United States.

A new study of gun violence in Chicago, led by Yale sociologist Andrew Papachristos , reveals that a person's social network is a key predictor in whether an individual will become a victim of gun homicide, even more so than race, age, gender, poverty, or gang affiliation.

The resting pulse rate of UK pre-teens may have risen by up to two beats a minute during the past 30 years.

Researchers at Cardiff have received funding for two new research projects about children adopted from public care and the support needs of their new families.

Humans take the starry night for granted. But Earth's night sky hasn't always sparkled: In the distant past, during the infancy of the Milky Way, it was a much darker place. Now scientists have pictures of what it looked like and how it's changed. "For the first time we have images of what the Milky Way looked like in the past," said Pieter G. van Dokkum, chair of Yale University's Astronomy department and leader of a project to reconstruct the galaxy's history with data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

The University of Melbourne will host a landmark international forum that will take a closer look on the role of language and culture in Asia, this weekend.

Francophone studies is one of the fastest-growing fields in terms of modern language academic hires.

A Nottingham based business is helping East Midlands microbrewers export their beers to China, with the support of The University of Nottingham.

A majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions, believes U.S. should take action on global warming, according to data from 21 surveys. While politicians often assume that people in "red" and "blue" states have very different ideologies regarding climate change, an analysis of surveys measuring Americans' opinions tells a different story.

University of Washington Posted under: Engineering , Honors and Awards , News Releases , Research , Technology Researchers across the University of Washington campus soon will be able to collaborate i

As the skyscraper centre of the world continues to shift from North America to China, architecture students from The University Of Nottingham are keeping pace with the country's rapidly changing skyline.

The relationship between images and crime will be explored at this week's John Barry Memorial Lecture in Criminology at the University of Melbourne.

University of Birmingham research reveals Elizabeth I was language pioneer Queen Elizabeth I was a pioneer of the English language, adopting new forms of speech and making progressive steps towards o

Eurozone countries are still careering towards a financial and social 'nightmare' of their own making according to a leading academic speaking at Cambridge University on November 11.

8 November 2013 The University of Sydney leads the field in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research in the latest round of Australian Research Council funding, earning three Discovery Indigenous grants to pursue transformative research in gender and cultural studies, education and science. The University received more than $37 million in Future Fellowships, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, Discovery Indigenous grants, Discovery Projects and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants.

Muslims in the UK more effectively pass on their faith to the next generation than other religious groups, according to a new book by Cardiff researchers.

On March 10 241BC a huge naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between the Romans and their archenemies the Carthaginians. It put an end to the First Punic War and set the Roman Republic on its militaristic path to becoming an Empire. The Battle of the Egadi Islands is the first ancient naval battle site ever discovered and it is now being surveyed in minute detail.

An educational policy centre that will focus on breaking the link between low educational achievement and poverty is to be launched at the University of Glasgow.

UK immigrants who arrived since 2000 are less likely to receive benefits and less likely to live in social housing than UK natives. What's more, over the decade from 2001 to 2011, they made a considerable positive net contribution to the UK's fiscal system, and thus helped to relieve the fiscal burden on UK-born workers.

The government's target to cut net migration to the UK to below 100,000 by 2015 is neither a useful tool nor a measure of policy effectiveness, according to a new discussion paper by UCL academics.

Two separate research papers by UCL academics published today highlight the evidence of the fiscal costs and benefits of recent immigration to the UK, as well as the difficulties with the government's net migration target. Recent Immigration to the UK: New evidence of the fiscal costs and benefits UK immigrants who arrived since 2000 are less likely to receive benefits and less likely to live in social housing than UK natives.

5 November 2013 Young Australians with a disability are five times more likely than their non-disabled peers to experience multiple disadvantages, including long term unemployment and social exclusion.

Nass, a professor of communication whose recent research on multitasking attracted national attention, joined Stanford's faculty in 1986.

Sussex anthropologist contributes to WHO monograph and consultations on the impact of human rights on health Sussex anthropologist Professor Maya Unnithan has contributed to a World Health Organisation (WHO) consultation on the impact of human rights on health.

Toronto police announced their possession of a video allegedly showing Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine on Thursday.

A study by the University of Sheffield has identified that making homes energy efficient also has a positive social impact on communities. Academics from the University formed part of a consortium of partners to deliver the BIG Energy Upgrade - Yorkshire and the Humber's first 'whole house, whole community' renovation programme.

When New York City moved in 2006 to make it easier for transgender people to revise the gender on their birth certificates, the proposal was widely expected to pass.

Some people are deeply religious and others not at all. Evolutionary psychologists are interested in determining the functions of religiosity in social life that lead to this diversity.

01 Nov 2013 A new report published this week calls for the Government to support wholesale reform of how the authorities deal with young men who commit domestic abuse.

A distinguished social psychologist, Ambady was well known for her research that showed that people can form accurate first impressions about others based only on seconds-long observations of their nonverbal behavior.

More than 80 per cent of Britons aged 50 and over are satisfied with the financial situation of their household, according to research by the University of Bristol's Personal Finance Research Centre and the International Longevity Centre-UK which looked at levels of financial satisfaction in 56 countries over six continents.

Dr Chris Allen, one of the country's leading experts on Islamophobia, will hold an open discussion on counter terrorism and Birmingham, as part of this year's Economic and Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science.

Undergraduates Ryan Rodriguez and Jonathan Hunn, prepare lake samples for water quality measurements, including readings of phosphorus, nitrogen, and silica.

Don't wait until it's too late to talk to your kid about hazards lurking online. Don't make the mistake of thinking your child is smarter than others online.

Sussex social scientists discuss big questions of the day for national festival Questions such as 'What is happiness?' and 'Could we engineer our way out of climate change?' are among those up for di

Doctoral candidate Yetkin Borlu's study of the social dynamics of corn production in his native Turkey has implications for farmers internationally.

Next up for renewal: Winthrop River House's renovations, upgrades would begin after '16 Commencement Winthrop House is expected to be the next undergraduate residence to be renewed as part of the eff

The University of Birmingham's China Institute will host a workshop this week designed to showcase opportunities to study or gain work experience in China, with advice on scholarships available.