Anti-Bullying Week: guest blog by Karen Cooke, Chair of Enfys, the LGBT Staff Network

Posted on 19 November 2014 by Tina Abbott

Each and every one of us – individuals and organisations – have a responsibility to ensure that we live, work and study in an environment where bullying and harassment is completely unacceptable.  We know that the abusive language children learn in the playground stays with them into adulthood. This week marks Anti-Bullying Week and we are
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Self-Care Awareness Week: developing Resilience

Posted on 19 November 2014 by Tina Abbott

By Hilary Green, Sessional Staff Counsellor I recently did some research on resilience for our staff counselling workshop, ‘Building Your Resilience’, and want to share something that I found particularly useful. I came across the website of the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA asked a group of top psychologists to take a look at
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Alcohol Awareness Week: what do you think about this?

Posted on 19 November 2014 by Tina Abbott

Around 200,000 people come to work with a hangover every day and around 17 million working days are lost to alcohol-related sickness every year. Alcohol can have a seriously negative impact on your attendance and performance at work. Alcohol can disturb your sleeping patterns, leaving you tired and less productive if you do make it
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