Expert opinions cover Syria Pokmon Go The GBBO wildfires and religious symbols

PhD student Seyda Eruyar from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing her journey to study at Leicester and the opportunities provided by our University.

• Read the full article 'The Effect of Syrian Civil War on Children’s Mental Health' here

Professor Panos Vostanis from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for The Conversation discussing refugees and how there needs to be collaboration between NGOs, the state and schools to make sure that nobody gets left behind.

• Read the full article 'How to help refugee children get through the trauma of what’s happened to them' hosted on Think: Leicester here

PhD student Becky Lawton from the School of History, who works on Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts with the British Library, has written an article outlining similarities between the pocket monsters in the popular Pokémon franchise and the beasts of the medieval world.

• Read the full article 'Pokémon Go! The Medieval Edition' hosted on Think: Leicester here

Becky has also written an article discussing baking guilds in medieval Europe.

• Read the full article 'The Great Medieval Bake Off' hosted on Think: Leicester here

Dr Saeeda Shah from the School of Education has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how Islamic symbols are distorted through extremism.

• Read the full article '‘Hijacking’ of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions' here

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