News articles tagged with 'student'
Nursing students map their way to understanding HIV
— 30 Mar 2011 16:46 | HealthIn the Faculty of Nursing, students are taught the importance of connecting with the community, and nursing professor Vera Caine has come up with a way for students to not only learn…
First sex linked to better body image in men, not women
— 28 Mar 2011 16:02 | HealthHaving sex for the first time can improve or degrade your self-image depending on whether you are male or female, according to Penn State researchers. On average, college-age males…
Stanford psychologists design 60-minute exercise that raises GPAs of minority students
— 18 Mar 2011 14:19 | HealthAlong with the excitement and anticipation that come with heading off to college, freshmen often find questions of belonging lurking in the background: Am I going to make friends? Are…
Academic performance of UK doctors and medical students varies by ethnicity
— 9 Mar 2011 19:56 | HealthUK trained doctors and medical students from minority ethnic groups tend to underperform academically compared with their white counterparts, finds a study published on bmj.com today…
Virtual reality can improve design skills in younger generation
— 5 Mar 2011 14:06 | TechnologyRapidly improving technology is changing everyday life for all generations. This constantly changing environment can be a difficult adjustment for older generations. However, for the…
Most new training programs are failing to widen diversity in medicine
— 23 Feb 2011 17:16 | HealthMost new training programmes designed to widen access to medicine in the UK are failing to increase the diversity of the medical student population, finds a study published on bmj.com…
Attraction by design: U of A researchers pique girls' interest in computing science
— 10 Feb 2011 19:52 | TechnologyA joint research project between the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and the Department of Computing Science has found that, for high-school girls, the fun is in making…
Spring break
— 10 Feb 2011 18:55 | HealthCollege students who arrange with friends to 'get their backs' are less likely to engage in risky Spring Break behaviour, according to a study published this month in the Journal of…
Popular kids more likely to bully peers
— 8 Feb 2011 17:48 | HealthWhile experts often view aggressive behaviour as a maladjusted reaction typical of social outcasts, a new University of California, Davis, study finds that it's actually popular adolescents…
Social and emotional learning programs found to boost students' skills
— 4 Feb 2011 16:01 | HealthBeing successful in school requires a combination of social, emotional, and academic competencies. A new analysis of more than 200 school-based social and emotional learning programs…