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Young people call for climate education that goes beyond individual action

Young people are increasingly frustrated by the mismatch between the actions they are encouraged to take to tackle the climate crisis and those with the power to drive change.
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Freud’s work goes under spotlight in popular podcast

Award-winning expert on psychoanalytic theory and history Dr Carolyn Laubender recently appeared on a popular history podcast which focused on Sigmund Freud.
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Higher education and employability mentor up for prestigious award

Essex law graduate Sharifah Hani Yasmin Syed Abdullah has been shortlisted for the Social Action Award at this year's Study UK Alumni Awards run by the British Council.
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Hundreds of children learn about high-tech coastal careers

Hundreds of teenagers explored exciting Essex green careers in a showcase organised to inspire the coastal workforce of the future. An incredible 240 youngsters aged between 14-18 descended on the ...
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Research and practice

The Human Rights Centre is internationally recognised for the breadth and depth of its research projects. The projects hosted by the centre operate at the interface between the theory and practice of ...
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World's most boring person discovered by researchers

The study into the science of boredom has uncovered the jobs, characteristics, and hobbies that are considered a stereotypical snooze. After examining more than 500 people across five experiments ...
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Remote working means longer hours not higher efficiency – report finds

Remote working means longer hours not higher efficiency ...
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Professor Ekaterini Panopoulou

Reports and Papers (22) Panopoulou, E., The Predictive Content of Financial Variables: Evidence from the Euro Area Panopoulou, E., The Predictive Content of Financial Variables: Evidence from the Euro ...
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Smiling is the secret to seeing happiness, research reveals

The study led by Dr Sebastian Korb, from the Department of Psychology, shows that even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful. The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark ...
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Ask or aks? How linguistic prejudice perpetuates inequality

Writing for The Conversation Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries and Professor Peter Patrick explain how accent prejudice and linguicism is a reframing of prejudice towards low-status groups who, simply, ...
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Strict-sounding teachers less effective in classroom, research reveals

A ground-breaking psychological study from The University of Essex and the University of Reading of hundreds of children showed “controlling sounding voices” didn’t gain cooperation from ...
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Worrying gap between time parents spend on childcare

Parents in the UK are spending more time on childcare than ever before, but some children are still missing out more than others, according to new research from the University of Essex.