Humanities and Social Sciences, Penryn (Cornwall)

Young people’s interactions with nature influenced by Instagram and TikTok, study shows

Young people’s engagement with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Minecraft is shaping how they understand and interact with the natural...

Cornish partnership between teachers and industry has boosted creativity in schools, analysis shows

A partnership between Cornish schools, researchers and local industries has successfully raised the status of creativity in schools, a new...

Experts call for a new Cornish Senate to tackle key problems with healthcare, housing and the economy

Experts have called for Cornwall to have its own parliament with powers to tackle key problems with healthcare, housing and...

Civilian displacement key tactic of Syrian regime during civil war, study shows

Displacement of people, designed to cause depopulation, became a key part of the Syrian regime’s attempts to re-establish control of...

World-first project to develop portable particle accelerator for use in analysing cultural heritage sites

The development of the world’s first portable particle accelerator designed to be taken to remote parts of the globe to...

Indigenous elders and ritual specialists help to unlock the meaning of ancient Amazonian rock art

Archaeologists documenting tens of thousands of rock art motifs in the Colombian Amazon have been consulting with Indigenous elders and...

New £10m centre to tackle the health impacts of climate change 

A new Centre focused on delivering research on climate change and its impacts on health that will address climate-environment-health inequalities...

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly “ideal candidate” for becoming a UNESCO Biosphere, experts say

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly would be an “ideal candidate” to become a UNESCO Biosphere, experts have found. Researchers...

Have your say about the importance of Cornish language and culture through major new survey

People can have their say about the importance of the Cornish language, “Cornishness” and those from the Duchy being recognised...