Understanding Cultural Influences: Exploring Factors Contributing to Low Student Engagement in Career Services

Universities have responded to the pressing issue of graduate employability by introducing career services. Despite the wealth of resources at their fingertips, a concerning trend persists: student engagement with career services is low. Why is that? Let’s uncover this together.  Continue reading Understanding Cultural Influences: Exploring Factors Contributing to Low Student Engagement in Career Services

Improving Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Practices: Insights from Patient Experience

  Given that opioid prescriptions and dependence are on the rise in the UK, there is a growing societal concern around opioid prescriptions after surgery. Although opioids are effective analgesics and are commonly prescribed for post-operative pain, little is known Continue reading Improving Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Practices: Insights from Patient Experience

Supporting families: how the Little Journey app can help parents overcome challenges when navigating their child’s surgical journey

Imagine receiving an appointment letter for general surgery (an internal operation requiring general anaesthetic). How would you prepare yourself? What if you had to prepare a child instead? We wanted to understand more about parents’ experiences during their child’s surgical Continue reading Supporting families: how the Little Journey app can help parents overcome challenges when navigating their child’s surgical journey

Psychotic Disorders: The Plurality of Lived Experience and How to Target Intervention Programmes

A woman receiving counselling

“I feel pressure”. “I feel lost”. “I feel like the world is changing”.  When a patient is referred to the NHS for treatment of psychosis, it becomes protocol to slap on a diagnosis: Acute psychotic disorder (F23). But what does Continue reading Psychotic Disorders: The Plurality of Lived Experience and How to Target Intervention Programmes

Life after Brain Injury: The Power of Acceptance and Knowledge

“I find it very difficult to understand what’s happened to me” (Gabe, 65) Gabe, like many survivors of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), experience difficulty in coming to terms with his injury and its life-altering impacts. ABI is an umbrella term Continue reading Life after Brain Injury: The Power of Acceptance and Knowledge