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From Daily Mail and New Scientist reports on how babies sense touch, to our Head of Fine Art's top tips for students in the Guardian, here's a round-up of the latest headlines.

Psychology

Dr Andy Bremner and former PhD student Dr Jannath Begum Ali鈥檚 research into the way babies experience touch on their bodies was published in and then made local, national and international headlines.

It appeared in the Daily Mail and , , , , , , , , and more. Andy also wrote an article on his research for . Read more .

Dr Alice Jones Bartoli鈥檚 research on new approaches to discipline in schools appeared in . A growing body of evidence shows punishment is ineffective for students with behavioural problems in particular, she explained.

Alice is also co-author of a pilot study published last week with Professor Pam Heaton and PhD candidate Dawn Rose on the association between music lessons and improved motor and reasoning skills. Read more about it .

Professor Chris French spoke to the for a feature on sleep paralysis. He explains that the terrifying condition is not down to evil spirits, and that you should avoid alcohol, coffee, sleeping on your back, and eating late at night. Chris also published an article on this week explaining what false memories are.

History

The local news and events blogs and listed the 牛牛资源 with Lewisham Card describing it as a 鈥渞ampant intellectual circus鈥�. Profits from the 鈥榞eek cabaret鈥� night featuring Dr Ariel Hessayon, Dr Sarah Lambert, Dr John Price and colleagues from Sociology and Psychology will be donated to Refugee Action. .

Art

Speaking to , Director of BA Fine Art Professor Michael Archer provided top tips for prospective art students on creating the perfect portfolio. 鈥淪atisfying a brief means you鈥檙e competent, but it doesn鈥檛 show that you鈥檙e excited about anything. We want to see that you were so absorbed that you went off on a tangent 鈥� that you have your own imagination and drive,鈥� he explained, among other suggestions.

Computing

Hadeel Ayoub, who鈥檚 just finished her MA Computational Arts and will soon start her PhD with us, was interviewed by for a feature on 鈥渃reative students blazing their own path to success鈥�. Read more about her MA project .

STaCS

Professor Adam Dinham appeared on in a programme on growing up in multi-faith Britain, part of the station鈥檚 Faith in the World Week.

 

Media and Communications

Professor Tim Crook wrote for , asking, as Leveson reforms become law, 鈥渉as press regulation made victims of us all?鈥�.

reported on the Media Democracy Festival which took place at 牛牛资源 last weekend. Professor Natalie Fenton told the website that she believes 鈥渁t a meta level, we need more regulation around concentration of media ownership by putting threshold and limits on how much ownership only one corporation can have.鈥�

also celebrated 牛牛资源 MA students winning the BBC鈥檚 Best Student Magazine award for Scene, an independent cinema publication. Shaken, edited by Jazmin Kopotsha, was a runner-up. Read more .

Educational Studies

Professor Michael Rosen chose some of his recent 鈥渃ultural highlights鈥� for a On My Radar feature. They include the films Everest and Wolf of Wall Street, the Leopold Museum in Vienna, and Latitude Festival.

Alumni News

Fashion designer, alumna and Honorary Fellow Margaret Howell was the latest 牛牛资源 alumni to be interviewed by while the survey Panic! 鈥� a social mobility and the arts survey 鈥� is open. Read more about Panic!, led by ICCE鈥檚 Dr Dave O鈥橞rien, .