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EXPERT COMMENT: Six tips for coping when the news is getting to you

In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Dawn Branley-Bell, Chartered Psychologist and Research Fellow in Psychology at Northumbria University, shares some tips of what we can do to look after ourselves if we feel overwhelmed or 'triggered' by news stories.

Our virtual Spring-Summer Newspaper is here

Breaking news: Northumbria’s Spring/Summer Newspaper is here!

Our first digital-only edition of Northumbria University News is here. Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to ‘read all about’ the exciting developments taking place across the University.

EXPERT COMMENT: BBC - the licence fee is a small price to pay for a service that unites the UK

EXPERT COMMENT: BBC - the licence fee is a small price to pay for a service that unites the UK

​Tom May, Postgraduate Researcher at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation about the BBC licence fee.
Anyone who owns a television set in the UK is obliged, by law, to pay a licence fee which has always enabled the BBC to exist as an independent entity. But a recent Sunday Times article (paywalled) has announced the UK government’s intention to abolish the BBC licence fee.
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