Social Sciences and Psychology - Pedagogy

Suicide in autistic people originates in the inequalities they face across their lives, starting in childhood, and spanning education to employment, and health and social care, a new study by a team at Cambridge and Bournemouth Universities has found.

More than two thirds of people in the UK are living with their parents at age 23, around three times higher than a generation of millennials when they were a similar age a decade ago.

A major new report, Multilingualism and New Scots Refugee Integration, combining findings from two expert roundtables and contributions from leading scholars, educators, and community practitioners across Scotland, calls for a renewed national commitment to supporting multilingualism as a core pillar of integration, education, and community wellbeing.

Getting children to play together cooperatively depends less on their personal social skills and more on what they are doing - especially if they are not friends - a study shows. "Play nicely, children," has been a familiar plea of stressed-out parents and teachers since time immemorial.

Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group chaired by Prof Karen Guldberg, publishes SEND recommendations.

The University has joined forces with over 30 local organisations to develop an online course for volunteers - which is now available absolutely free. Essential Skills for Volunteers is an open access course aimed at existing volunteers and anyone who may be considering volunteering but doesn't know where to start.