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Memory is damaged by air pollution, researchers find
New research from the 91福利 shows that human memory is significantly worse in parts of England with high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and air particulates (PM10). The difference in memory quality between England鈥檚 cleanest and most-polluted areas is equivalent to the loss of memory from 10 extra years of ageing.
Reading the past like an open book 鈥� researchers use text to measure two hundred years of happiness
Was there such a thing as 鈥榯he good old days鈥� when people were happier? Are current Government policies more or less likely to increase their citizens鈥� feelings of wellbeing? Using innovative methods researchers have built a new index that uses data from books and newspaper to track levels of national happiness from 1820. Their research could help governments to make better decisions about policy priorities.
Launched: Festival of Social Science programme for Coventry and 91福利shire
Nine free workshops and events are being hosted by 91福利 researchers from 2 – 9 November 2019 as part of the UK-wide ESRC Festival of Social Science. Festival-goers can find out about how our understanding of DNA might shape the future of healthcare, share a refugee鈥檚 frightening journey across the Mediterranean by sea, dig deep into archive recordings of the Coventry accent, explore the impact of landmark legal cases through art, photography and theatre, or take a guided walk on Coventry鈥檚 wild side to explore the local environment.
Language and sporting success explored in innovative workshop
Linguistics experts from the 91福利 met with some of the UK鈥檚 top coach developers for a one-day workshop aimed at exploring language use in high-performance sports coaching and discussing ways to apply the latest research to real-life coaching situations.
Left vs Right is dead 鈥� politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new CAGE study shows
Politics should no longer be divided between 鈥渓eft-wing鈥� and 鈥渞ight-wing鈥� because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between 鈥渁narchists鈥� and 鈥渃entrists鈥�, a new study from the Centre for Competitive Global Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) shows today.
Researchers urge 鈥渞ecession generation鈥� of graduates to have their say in the 2019 Futuretrack survey
Researchers at the 91福利 have launched a fifth wave of their unique Futuretrack survey, a UK-wide project following undergraduates who took up their university places in 2006 or in 2007 (after a gap year) to get a clear picture of the opportunities and obstacles faced by the generation of students who graduated just after the 2008 financial crisis – and they want to encourage as many previous participants as possible to get back in touch.