Weighty issues

 

Obesity is permanently in the news, especially at the moment with the publication of a new obesity map showing levels of obesity for all parts of the UK. So, here are a few useful sites looking at the issues involved:

Weight Concern – “fighting obesity with knowledge”, helping health care professionals and the public work together on obesity

National Obesity Forum – news centre for all issues surrounding obesity

Food Standards Agency – Eat Well: this site gives lots of background information on obesity and many other health issues

Best Treatments- evidence based information on obesity for health care professionals and patients, from the BMJ.

British National Formulary

The best way to keep up to date with information about drugs and medications is to visit the British National Formulary (BNF) on-line. This resource is freely available once users have gone through a simple registration process. Also available is the specialist BNF for Children. Much more up to date that print versions and pretty easy to use.

NHS Online Health Encyclopaedia

The NHS Health Encyclopaedia has been around for a while, but it is worth bearing mind that it is continually being added to and updated. Well worth a look for reliable background information on any number of health conditions and topics, including their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and prognosis. From A&E to Yellow Fever there are full explanations of many topics, conditions and illnesses. Anyone know of a condition beginning with Z?

Writing in Psychology

For a detailed overview of writing for psychology take a look at a good web page by Prof Stephen Lea of the University of Exeter. Great tips on form, structure and content which will be of use to undergraduates and research students alike. 

Internationalisation – July 2006 LINK Newsletter

The July 2006 LINK newsletter from The Higher Education Academy Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network is available online. Its theme is internationalisation.

Previous newsletters are also available online – recent topics include supporting students, assessment and foundation degrees.

Internet for Business and Tourism – 13 September

 

There are still a few FREE places left on the Internet for Business and Tourism Seminar on 13 September at the University of Bristol. The seminar is aimed at lecturers and researchers interested in improving their use of the Internet for research, or in teaching Internet research skills to students.

Internet Shakespeare Editions

The Internet Shakespeare Editions website aims to provide online access to scholarly editions of the plays of William Shakespeare. Affiliated with the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, it contains “scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare’s plays, multimedia explorations of the context of Shakespeare’s life and works, and records of his plays in performance”.

Crime in England and Wales

The British Crime Survey for 2005-2006 has been published online by the Home Office.

Conferences, workshops and seminars – keeping informed

 

An easy way to find out about future conferences and seminars is to look at the events web pages of the Higher Education Academy subject centres. Each subject centre provides details of future events…

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