This Saturday marks ‘World Encephalitis Day’ raising awareness of syndromes caused by brain inflammation, but as Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Bioscience at Christ Church and Dan W Joyce, Research fellow from the University of Oxford discuss, some cases may be misdiagnosed as a form of schizophrenia, not encephalitis and this has the potential to delay the correct treatment.
Supervision in education
Today, Barnardo’s Scotland released a report calling for more support to be made available for the mental health and wellbeing of teaching staff within schools. Dr Alan Bainbridge, argues that the provision of supervision in education should be a moral obligation.
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Dickens
To mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death this year, Professor Carolyn Oulton discusses the writer’s connections with Kent.
Teacher – Find your brave!
Wendy Cobb explains how the Faculty of Education is supporting teachers to support emotional health and wellbeing in the classroom.
Helping children find their inner brave!
Dr Kristy Howells looks at how daily physical activity in schools can help support children both physical and mentally to maintain good health.
Meghan, Laurence and Question Time: the unbearable discomfort of disavowal or ‘Privileged? Racist? Moi?’
Dr Harshad Keval explores the issue of race, power and deniability following a recent episode of Question Time.
Remembering medieval Canterbury’s relationship with its Jewish community
Dean Irwin looks at the historical relationship between England, Canterbury and the Jewish Community.
After 100 years – where now for women’s equality and the law?
Dr Gowri Nanayakkara looks at how women’s equality in the workplace has developed since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919.
Sparking national conversation
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is sparking a national conversation today by launching a UK-wide survey to help improve early childhood. Senior Lecturer Mary Wood explains why studies like this are so important.