LONDON, England, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of London - London School of Economics and Political Science issued the following news release: * * * AI tools risk downplaying women's health needs in social care Large language models (LLMs), used by over half of England's local authorities to support social workers, may be introducing gender bias into care decisions, according to new research from LSE's Care Policy & Evaluation Centre (CPEC) funded by the National Institute for Health and more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * SAIL research now shaping operational strategy of Welsh ambulance leaders New insights provided by Swansea University's award-winning SAIL Databank have helped shape future operational strategy by Welsh ambulance services. The research examined how health information is used and was sparked by a project undertaken as part of the 2023 Population Data Science Summer Internship Programme. It led to the publi more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Sliteye shark discovered in remote Indian Ocean--First-ever sighting in Chagos Archipelago The sliteye shark has been recorded for the first time on the Great Chagos Bank, the world's largest coral atoll structure--marking a major advance in understanding the geographic range of this near-threatened species (https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T41831A173435173.en). The recent sightings in deepw more PR

EXETER, England, Aug. 15 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * A "name and a face" for students is vital to boost wellbeing in universities, report says By Kerra Maddern Universities must give staff time and resources to prioritise student wellbeing to make campuses more compassionate, a new report says. The guidance says more should be done to connect different sections of university life to help students feel heard and understood. It says compassion not on more PR

EXETER, England, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * High-elevation tropical forest soils in Colombian Andes are rich in carbon from past fires By Alex Morrison The soil in high-elevation, cooler, drier tropical forests in the Colombian Andes stores more carbon from fires than lower, warmer regions, new research shows. Scientists investigated the long-term impact of fire on Andean forest soils, finding that carbon from fires - known as pyrogenic ca more PR

EXETER, England, Aug. 15 -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * Prestigious fellowship funds research into good speech in Christianity By Andrew Merrington The nature of 'good' speech and how today's debates around freedom of speech and abusive public discourse are influenced by classical and Christian values is the focus of a prestigious new research fellowship. Professor Morwenna Ludlow, an expert in historical theology, will study Greek and Latin writers in the fou more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Scientists discover new ways to predict course of chronic kidney disease Scientists from The University of Manchester and Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a series of biological signals which can predict how chronic kidney disease is likely to progress. Published in the American Journal of Nephrology today (11/08/25), the researchers show that higher level more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in birdsong - just like humans Scientists have uncovered a hidden pattern in birdsong that mirrors a core rule of human language. A new study, led by researchers at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Chester Zoo, found that birds appear to follow Zipf's Law of Abbreviation (ZLA) - the idea that more frequently used more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 15 (TNSrep) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Low pay, high workload, and low status undermine teacher recruitment and retention, according to new cross-country review A new international report led by Universitas 21 (U21), a global network of leading research-intensive universities, supported by expertise from the University of Nottingham, reveals that low pay, excessive workload, and diminished professional status continue to  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 15 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * New report highlights extent of forced labour in cobalt mines in the Congo A new report from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has highlighted the human and environmental impacts of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and made recommendations to businesses and policymakers to improve working conditions. Cobalt is an essential component in the ma more PR