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You are what you eat

With rising levels of diabetes and obesity across all ages, ill health related to poor nutrition is currently on everyone’s agenda. So, a degree course aimed at preventing these conditions has never been more timely.

Published: Mon, 5 Oct 2009

Safe from Harm?

The debate about the drug ecstasy and how it should be classified has been raging in academic circles for many years – with each new study eliciting frenzied headlines from a media hungry to find a new scapegoat for all the world’s ills.

Published: Mon, 5 Oct 2009

Moya Sutton

Top nurse at Alder Hey receives Edge Hill University award

Executive nurse at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Moya Sutton, has received an honorary Fellowship from Edge Hill University.
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Published: Tue, 28 Jul 2009

Performance on Prescription

Could dance be used in the campaign to combat obesity? Can drama rehabilitate patients and help them overcome serious illness?
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Published: Tue, 30 Jun 2009

Jane Morgan

Vote now for Jane Morgan as Woman of the Year 2009

Edge Hill's Head of Midwifery, Jane Morgan, has been named as a finalist in this year's Daily Post Woman of the Year 2009 competition.
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Published: Thu, 4 Jun 2009

North West Ambulance Service

What do you think when you see an ambulance?

Find out how you can train to the required clinical, professional and academic standards to be a paramedic at Edge Hill's Paramedic Practice information evening.
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Published: Wed, 1 Apr 2009

Student volunteer of the year

Student Volunteer of the Year

While most of her friends were thinking about boys and buying the latest clothes, 13-year-old Vikki Shacklady was starting her first volunteering job at a local charity shop. No wonder that, aged 25, she has just been voted Student Volunteer of the Year.
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Published: Thu, 26 Mar 2009

First on the scene

First on the Scene

Two bodies lie on the ground covered in blood. Paramedics rush to the scene while an ambulance stands nearby ready to ferry the victims to A&E.

Published: Thu, 26 Mar 2009

North West Ambulance Service

Ambulance staff in safe hands at Edge Hill

Edge Hill University has won a major contract to train paramedics for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Published: Fri, 9 Jan 2009

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Ever wondered what it's like in a real operating theatre?

Edge Hill University is holding a special open day at the Professional Excellence Centre in Bromborough on 24th September 2008, 12pm-8pm.

Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2008

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Students say Edge Hill is top in the country for NHS placement

Edge Hill students have shown their high levels of satisfaction in this year's National Student Survey.

Published: Thu, 11 Sep 2008