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Very proud of our Paramedic students working to help people during the current pandemic ☺️🚑
@GCUParamedicBSc
BBC News - Coronavirus: 'I am just so glad I can help and be involved'
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We're wishing a big GOOD LUCK to 2nd year Physiotherapy student, who's playing in Guinness Six Nations tonight at Scotland V Italy 😲 🏉 🙌 You go girl 💪 Do GCU proud!
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Uncertain times calls for certain action from our students across SHLS
We truly appreciate all your efforts while out on placement
Here's to our
#GCUHealthcareHeroes
♥️💙
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GCU are delighted to hear that one of our 3rd year adult nursing students
@CraigDavidson85
is now one of the new Student
@NursingTimes
Editors! He intends to write about mental health support among other key aspects of student life!👨🏻⚕️
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Happy International Nursing Day! 💙
Here's a message from our Dean, Professor Andrea Nelson, to all our wonderful nursing students and staff 🌟
#ThankYouGCUNurses
#IND2020
@GCU_StudentLife
@CaledonianNews
@GCUNursing
@GcuNursingSoc_
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Paramedic Science students have been given the chance to take part in Major Incident Training at Knockhill Race Circuit, thanks to
@WeAreSMMC
🚑
Victoria McQuade explained to
@GCU_StudentLife
why it was an important experience for her future career 🙌
🔗
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It's finally here!👏
@GCU_Dietetics
have released their ABC Sustainable Food Cookbook - providing students and staff with environmentally friendly meals and snacks! 🥕🥮
Find out more and pick out your favourite recipe ⬇️
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Great to see today's international student welcome event taking place on campus - so much positivity in one room 💙
A massive welcome to all our new students 👋
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IT'S GRADUATION WEEK! 🎉🎓 Congrats to those graduating today w/ BSc: Diagnostic Imaging / Health and Social Care / Nursing Studies / Occupational Therapy / Operating Depart. Practice / Oral Health Sciences / Physiotherapy / Podiatry / Radiotherapy & Oncology
#GCUGraduation
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Today is International Nurses Day and to celebrate we're featuring some of our fabulous students! 💙
Throughout the day we'll be bringing you their thoughts on this year's
#IND2021
theme, 'Nurses: A Voice to Lead - A vision for future healthcare' 👩⚕️
Stay tuned⬇️
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A massive well done to Nursing Studies (Mental Health) student Gavin Crawford, who's been selected as one of just 50 students from across the UK to take part in the prestigious
@150Leaders
programme 🥳🙌
Read more about Gavin's success here ⬇️
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Woohoo! Well done to
@GCUOTS
for a fantastic night of celebration at their annual awards 🥂
Great to see staff and students coming together in-person and online to receive well-deserved recognition for all their efforts 💙
Plenty of sweets and smiles on show! 😁
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GCU are so proud of our nursing student Craig Davidson who has been shortlisted for the Student Nurse of the Year: Adult Award! Our fingers and toes are crossed from all of us here at the School of Health and Life Sciences 🤞🏼👨🏻⚕️
So excited to say I’ve been shortlisted for the
@NursingTimes
#SNTA
for Student Nurse of the Year: Adult. Thanks to
@valderbest
for convincing me to enter as I never would have & thank you to the lecturers at
@GCUNursing
for your lovely supporting statements. It means the world.
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This week
@GCU_Dietetics
and
@GCUNutDietetics
are getting involved with
#OnYourFeetBritain
🚶♀️🚶♂️
Get inspired by their feature interview with
@GCU_StudentLife
and find out how you can get active while working from home 🙌
Read here 👉
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What a fantastic day here at
#GCU
at our "Community Conversations" with
@QNI_Scotland
@GCUDNS
@GCUNursing
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Interested in research and funded further study?
We have some fantastic funded PhD projects open for applications- deadline 22nd Feb.
Check the thread below 👇
@GcuPsychology
@GCUNursing
@GcuOcc
@GCUPhysio
@GCUPodiatry
@GCUVisSci
@GCU_BIO
@GCUResearch
@GCU_SocialWork
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There's no better way to celebrate
#UniversityMentalHealthDay
than showcasing the work of one of our fantastic societies 🙌
@GCUOTS
have been supporting students academically and personally 💙
Find out all about their work ➡️
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Con-grad-ulations to our School of Health and Life Sciences graduates with receiving their hard earned degrees today! Very well deserved 🎓💙💚
#gcugraduation
#classof2018
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Here at GCU, we all know how important our international students are to us 💙
That's why last week we hosted our International Student Welcome event on campus 🤝
Find out what staff and students thought about it with
@GCU_StudentLife
video 📽️ 👇
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GCU's Dr Katrina Bannigan, has co-authored a study showing that anxiety amplifies the physical signs of Parkinson's disease.
📰Read the full article:
🔎Find out more about Occupational Therapy and Human Nutrition & Dietetics at GCU:
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GCU District Nursing students will be taking part in poster presentations via an online exhibition this week - and you can join them! 💻
The event will showcase leadership, innovation and change within the profession 💊
📅 26 May
⏲️0900-1600
Sign up➡️
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A very happy NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers Day to all our fabulous students and alumni 🌟
Keep an eye on
@GCU_StudentLife
for content throughout the day celebrating the efforts of some of our students over the last 18 months 🙌
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Time to feature yet another
@GCUstudents
STAR Award Winner from SHLS 💫
@GCUOTS
were awarded 'Society of the Year' for all their hard work raising money for charity and supporting students 💙
Read their interview with
@GCU_StudentLife
👉
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Happy
#AHPsDay
to all our students and staff at the University and beyond 🙌💙
Today we'll be showcasing some of our student success stories that fit into this year's themes - celebrate, appreciate, inspire and connect ⭐️
Keep an eye on our thread 👇
#AHPSDayScot
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Did any of our staff or students spot the
#GCU
Inter Professional Simulation Centre on the hit new BBC drama
#TheReplacement
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Second year Podiatry student Emily Horne is being touted as a future swimming star after she won FOUR gold medals at a recent national championship event. 🙌💦🏆🥇
@GCUPodiatry
Read full article here 👉👉
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Well done to Occupational Therapy student Amy Brennan, who presented to a European audience at
@OTEUDisPersons
conference during April👏
Amy showcased her own research, which focused on meaningful occupations for displaced persons 💙
Read more here ➡️
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Did you hear the news? 🥳
Three of our subjects were ranked first in the UK by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023❗️
Physiotherapy 🌟
Radiography 🌟
Food Science 🌟
Congratulations everyone 💙
➡️
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Wishing all the wonderful Nurses, including our students, graduates and staff, a very happy
#InternationalNursesDay
#IND2017
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Congratulations to 2nd year Diagnostic Imaging student Maya Farzia, who features on this week's
#StudentSpotlight
🎉
Maya recently had her poetry published in a book bringing together writers from across the world 🌎
Read all about it 👉
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85% overall satisfaction rate across SHLS which is a 2% increase on last year - during what has been a challenging time for students and staff 👏
Well done everyone and a massive thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey 💙
We're delighted that the University's commitment to the student experience has been recognised in the National Student Survey. 💬
Thank you to all of our students who took part - we look forward to improving our GCU student experience even further. ☺️
📲
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Our dummy patient waiting to greet our new students. Follow the pathway on the 3rd Floor Govan Mbeki building to understand the full
#patientjourney
🚑
#GCUOpenDay
#IAMGCU
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Great to read about MSc Occupational Therapy student Jay Webster's role with
@theRCOT
Carnduff Learner Forum 🙌
Jay spoke with
@GCU_StudentLife
about the work of the UK-wide group and their inspiration to support others on their learner journey 💙
🔗
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The School of Health and Life Sciences would like to wish our Muslim community a very blessed, happy and peaceful month of Ramadan! You've got this 🙌🏽💯
#Ramadan2019
#RamadanMubarak
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It's a new era for
@GCUNursingSoc
💙
Adult Nursing student Rebecca Stewart spoke with
@GCU_StudentLife
about her journey that led to her taking on the role of President 🙌
Rebecca also spoke about the year ahead and helping nurses become healthier 🚶♀️
👉
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It's
#AHPsDay
and we're saying a big thank you to all our wonderful Allied Health Profession staff and students! 💙
To celebrate, we're going to be sharing a few features from
@GCU_StudentLife
, which tie into this year's theme of inspiring the future workforce 🌟
🧵⬇️
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Currently staff and students who wear hearing aids need to go to audiology departments to get batteries and re-tubing. Osman Rafiq helped organise 'Hear to Help' at GCU in collaboration with charity: Action on Hearing Loss. The service runs every 2nd Tuesday each month at 12-2pm!
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Happy Monday, everyone! 🥳
We're taking you back to last week's International Welcome event 💙
@GCU_StudentLife
went along to hear students thoughts on GCU, their new home and even some of our national delicacies 🏴
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Physiotherapy student Rachel McLachlan has been selected to represent Scotland at this year's
@Womens6Nations
. Rachel has already featured in matches against Italy & Ireland and is preparing for next Sat's clash with France.
Read the story here 👉
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🗣️ "We live in a world where people seek help if they’ve broken their leg but won’t do the same with a broken mind."
It's
#TimeToTalkDay
and we're encouraging everyone to read
@GCUNursing
student, Ross's story 💙
Remember, it's ok not to be ok.
🔗
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Three amazing stories over the weekend by
@GCU_StudentLife
that show the compassion, talent and willingness of our fabulous students within the School of Health and Life Sciences💙
Follow our thread below to find out more 👇
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We're wanting to show that everything's not all doom and gloom with a bit of midweek positivity 🎉
@GCU_StudentLife
spoke with 3rd year OT student, Amanda Young, who finally got married after having to cancel her big day on two separate occasions 💍
🔗
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It's not every day that one of our students has a book published! 🎉
Massive congrats to Physiotherapy student Jeff Webb whose book, "Scotland's Lost Clubs" has recently been released 🙌
Find out about Jeff's love of football and his journey to GCU ⬇️
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Great to see students sampling all that the University has to offer, as well as some Irn-Bru and shortbread, at today's SHLS International Welcome Event 🙌💙
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BSc Diagnostic Imaging students were today treated to a visit from Cancer Research UK as part of their "Imaging in Society" module 🙌
Students received a presentation around cancer awareness and the small changes that can make a big difference🏃♀️💨
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Great to see recently graduated students moving on to exciting opportunities!👏
Well done to Adult Nursing's Tami Rose, who played a key role in
@GordonHill1
presentation on clinical research at the annual
#IACRN21
conference 💻
Read Tami's interview 👉
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A Monday treat for you all, with not one but TWO student stories! 🙌
We're looking at
@thinkpacific
work with our students through online placements, which has given them the chance to create a better life for people in Fiji 🏝️
Read
@GCU_StudentLife
two feature articles ⬇️
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A massive well done to
@GCUstudents
@GCUPhysioSoc
🏃♀️🚶♂️
The society created "Active August" encouraging students and staff to get out in the fresh air to improve mental health 👏
Read
@GCU_StudentLife
article here 👇
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Fancy a lunchtime read? 👀🥪
Click the link below to find out more about
@GCUPodiatry
Nancy Kelleher, who's been accepted onto the prestigious Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarship 🥳 ⬇️
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🎙️On this week's
#GCUCommonGood
podcast, join Dr Val Ness, discussing her research on Nurse Independent Practitioners, and why so many feel pressure to prescribe antibiotics.
Listen & subscribe:
🔊:
🍏:
🎧:
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Happy International Nurses Day to all our fabulous students and staff
@GCUNursing
&
@GCUNursingSoc
💙
Check out 2nd year student Samantha Campbell's feature with
@GCU_StudentLife
🎙️
Samantha talks about changing career and why she chose nursing 🌟
➡️
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A massive well done to our level 4 Radiography students who are tonight teaming up with their counterparts at the University of Auckland 🤝
Interesting to hear both sets of students reflect on their learning experience & the different health inequalities in each country 🏴🇳🇿
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Something different for you this Monday afternoon 🙌
@GCU_StudentLife
spoke with
@SalAldersonOT
to hear about her training experience with Playlist For Life 💙
Sarah wants more students to learn about the benefits music brings in tackling dementia 🎶
🔗
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Ceremony Two begins at 15:15 with students from:
- Community Health
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Operating Department Practice
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
#GCUGraduation
😍 🎓
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Amazing news! 👏
Congratulations to
@GCUPhysio
for being the top physiotherapy programme for 2 years running in the Times Good Universities Guide! I'm so proud of all of you - physio, paramedicine, and all central services staff. We're an excellent team, and that's more important than rankings.
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Around 50 students and staff were today treated to a
@BMUS_Ultrasound
gynaecology study day on campus!👏
Speakers from local health boards and London shared their expertise and two MSc Medical Ultrasound students also presented case studies 💙
Well done everyone! 🥳
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Fantastic news
@SebChastin
🙌
Our dedicated Coordinator from
@GCUSHLS
@SebChastin
has been named as one of the most influential
#researchers
in the world by
@Clarivate
for the 4th year running! 👏👏🥳💪⬇️
“We might be small as an institution but we are clearly mighty.” Read more here:
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A massive well done to the GCU Emergency Care Society, who today held a highly informative session on campus around Drug Harm Reduction Training 👏 ⚕️
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It's
#nationalfeetweek
and we think it's about time we paid some respect to a vital part of our body! 🦶
What better way to do it than with an interview featuring one of our BSc (Hons) Podiatry students 🎙️
Corran Kennedy spoke to
@GCU_StudentLife
⬇️
🔗
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Exciting stuff from
@ProfJimWoodburn
and
@RuthBarn
who are both taking part in a
@GCRF
funded Common Good work in Johannesburg! 👣🇿🇦
@GCUPodiatry
@GCUResearch
How can we work in Glasgow? How can we work in Johannesburg? Let’s find a way...
@RuthBarn
@GCUPodiatry
@GCUSHLS
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A research team from GCU's Psychology department are behind a new study named SMYLE 😊💙
This puts a focus on mental health services for young people in Scotland and how to improve engagement with them 🙌
You can get involved here ➡️
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More great work from
@GCUOTS
raising over £700 for
@agescotland
💙
@GCU_StudentLife
wrote about their fundraising efforts and involvement in Scotland's Virtual Kiltwalk this year, amongst other exciting developments 🚶🚶♀️
Read here 👉
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Students 🤝 staff
Last week saw the Occupational Therapy and Dietetics Department come together to discuss all things equality, diversity and inclusivity 🙌
Hear from some of those involved ⬇️
@GCUNutDietetics
|
@GcuOcc
|
@VP_SHLS
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Six
@GCUNutDietetics
students have been working with
@GCUEngagement
to educate young people on the benefits of healthy eating 🥝 🥕
@GCU_StudentLife
spoke with first year student Debbie Walmsley about her experience delivering a session with
@NGCFI
🤝
🔗
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Proud of
@GCU_SocialWork
student Asia Richford, who has really showcased what the
#CommonGood
is all about💙
Asia provided food and toys for those who needed it most last year - raising over £500 for two charities 👏
Read more ➡️
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Congrats to second year Paramedic Science student James McEwan, who won
@classprofession
Paramedic Writing Competition ✍️
James spoke about his success, as well as how it's improved his confidence after some initial doubts about his career change 🚑
🔗
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Next up, we've got Mark Gallagher from GCU's Nursing and Community Health Department 🏥
Remember to get involved in NSS and make a positive impact on the future of your programme - 💻
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Great to see a place that has supported so many of our
@GCUNursing
students getting the recognition it deserves 💙
Congrats
@GlasgowCRF
! 🎉
The Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (
@GlasgowCRF
) has been credited for its exceptional student placement programme, winning the “Student Placement of the Year: Hospital” category at the Student
@NursingTimes
Awards 2021.
Read more 👉
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Some
#MondayMotivation
for us all!🙌
PHD Spinal Muscular Atrophy student
@roxannamunir
recently showcased her passion for STEM and art by winning
@SULSAtweets
"Through the Looking Glass" competition 🏆
You can read the article here 👉
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Students wanted! 📢
The Sporting Senior Games are back, with GCU once again joining forces with
@ErskineP2C
🤝
The games will be held in individual care homes between 21st July & 12th August, and we're looking for student volunteers to spare a couple of hours to help out 🙋
🧵
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✅ Support and socialise with other students
✅ Discuss the future of your profession
✅ Meet as often as you like
Peer Supported Communities is for ALL students and programmes across SHLS! 🥳
Watch our example video 📽️👉
Email ➡️ shlspsc
@gcu
.ac.uk
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GCU Student Nurse,
@CraigDavidson85
has been shortlisted for 'Nurse Of The Year' at the Student Nursing Times Awards 🤩 🙌
He's bagged this weeks place in our
#StudentSpotlight
and you can read all about why he's been nominated right here 👉
@GCUNursing
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Time to celebrate! 🥳
A huge well done to
@DrEmmaGreen_OT
who picked up the "Fantastic Feedback Award" at
@GCUstudents
Teaching Awards 🌟
You can read Emma's interview with
@GCU_StudentLife
here ➡️
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Congratulations to PHD student Ciara Ryan, whose Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) work has been highlighted by
@UKStrokeForum
🏆
Ciara spoke with
@GCU_StudentLife
about her research on the unmet needs of visually impaired stroke survivors👏
🔗
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It's been a great turnout for the
#GCUpatientjourney
at
#GCUopenday
with lots of people taking a
#SimManSelfie
📸
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Opportunity for student involvement in public health trial! 📢
GCU and
@StirUni
are looking for a Glasgow-based student to work on the Game of Stones project 🏋️
The study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and aims to help 585 men lose weight 👏
More ⬇️
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The day has arrived for
@gcutoday
to host the
#SHSCTC2016
bringing together students from 6 Scottish Universities!
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Research lead by GCU's Professor Sebastien Chastin has found that decades-old advice to take 30 minutes exercise daily may not benefit everyone, and offers an alternative formula:📰
Find out more about studying Physiotherapy at GCU:
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Fantastic to hear about the hard work of our Diagnostic Imaging students 🙌
Catherine Mackay and Stuart Coombes have been visiting a variety of Scottish schools to help pupils learn about radiography 🩻
Full story by
@GCU_StudentLife
➡️
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Find out more about one of our inspirational graduates who used his own experiences to help others! GCU are proud of each and every graduate for taking the next step to becoming an upstanding individual! 👨⚕️💛
More details:
#GCU
#inspitation
#healthcare
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It's
#InternationalParamedicsDay
and we certainly have lots of students who are
#ProudToBeAParamedic
❗️
@GCU_StudentLife
spoke with first year student Logan Vaughn, who reflected on his decision to study as a mature student at GCU 🚑
Full story ➡️
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It was a day of celebration yesterday as we welcomed Scottish Ambulance Service CEO Pauline Howie OBE onto campus with second year Paramedic Science student Kiera Willis 🤝
Kiera shadowed Pauline as part of the new Young Scot Mentorship 💙
Full story 👉
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A big well done to all of the students involved in raising awareness of
@ElizabethCasso1
🤩
A real credit to
@GcuOcc
💫
3,2,1 ACTION! 📢
MSc
@GcuOcc
students teamed up to create a video tribute to pioneer Elizabeth Casson, who is credited with bringing Occupational Therapy to England 📽️
We spoke with Emma Idowu-Kueje who explained more about the video 💙
Full story ➡️
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Congratulations to all our wonderful staff who have been recognised by the GCU Students’ Association in the Teaching Awards 2021, including:
🎖️Emma Green – Fantastic Feedback
🎖️Keith Cameron – Inspiring Individual
Find out more:
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Ever wondered how sustainability relates to your role as a healthcare professional? Well, now's your chance! 👏
Tomorrow at 4pm,
@GCUNursing
are giving all SHLS students the chance to have a positive effect on the world around us 🌎
Link to join 🎟️
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Huge well done to final year Human Nutrition and Dietetics student Lisa Singh, who recently joined forces with
@BDAWOSBranch
💙
Lisa will be taking on the role of Events Organiser, and spoke to
@GCU_StudentLife
about her previous events experience 🙌
👉
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Stop by Hamish Wood and visit our Podiatry team along with Paramedic Science, Pharmacology and more!
#GCUOpenDay
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#MotivationMonday
: CPR Superheroes! Read more:
@GCUNursing
@Scotambservice
@fire_scot
@S_piperWildcat
@GCU_ECS
@GCUParamedicBSc
@GCUSHLS
@StMonicaMilton
@Elmvaleprimary
@HaghillTeam
@ElccPark
#CPR
#savealife
#chainofsurvival
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We are delighted to be listed within the top ten best UK universities for our challenging but rewarding Physiotherapy degree programme! 📚
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