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Blog post. 5 Psychological Tips for Coping with Chronic Pain. Research is increasingly demonstrating how a person’s response to chronic pain is affected by their state of mind. More specifically, it appears that remaining calm and maintaining a

Blog post. 5 realistic ways to improve your heart health. Keeping fit, well and improving your heart health is important, now more than ever. Working from home, cancelled gym memberships and online drinking sessions have led many of us to change our

Blog post. 5 tips on balancing work with part-time study. If you’re thinking about further study part-time alongside work, then you are probably wondering if you’ll be able to balance it all. By Ali Woodhouse - 27 April 2017. I spoke to

Blog post. 5 ways to be closer to nature. With summer just around the corner, Dr Miles Richardson, Director of Core Psychology Programmes for the University of Derby Online Learning, explains how emotion, compassion, meaning and beauty can help

Blog post. 5,000 extra trainee nurses places: What does Jeremy Hunt’s pledge really mean? Denise Baker, Head of Pre-Qualifying Healthcare at the University of Derby, discusses Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s announcement to increase trainee

50 & 51 Week Contracts. 50 and 51 week contracts. Most of the contracts we offer in our halls of residence are 42 weeks long but some students will need to stay longer because their courses run for 50 weeks. Here's everything you need to know if you

Blog post. 6,500 miles from home: my journey to university. International transfer student Marcus Chan offers some tips and advice on how to cope with moving away from home to go to university. And he shares his insights on how it felt to come to

A global pharmaceutical company has expanded into Loughborough, creating 63 new jobs and establishing a new research and development facility in the town, after receiving £1 million funding from the University of Derby’s Invest to Grow scheme.

Blog post. 7 reasons why older people should take up martial arts. World Championship Martial Artist and lecturer Charles Spring discusses the benefits of older people taking up martial arts. By Dr Charles Spring - 23 October 2017. The history of

Blog post. 7 Top Festival Essentials. Everyone knows that a festival can easily become a high point of the entire summer, but there are a few mistakes that can turn any music lover’s paradise into a field-centric hell! By Tom Cain - 21 July 2017.