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Empowering Communities: How Local Authorities Can Shape Healthier Food Environments

Upstream approaches to improve the access and availability of healthy food and environments which promote physical activity are urgently required. These approaches include creating a healthier food environment. At a time where the cost of living is rising, food insecurity is a present and growing concern, and obesity remains a significant health challenge, Local Authorities have a pivotal role to play in creating supportive food environments. Local Authorities themselves have been subject to cuts in funding and it is a challenging environment, however many colleagues across the country from a range of professional backgrounds are working hard to shape the environments of local populations and need upstream approaches in terms of national policy guidance to support their work.

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Understanding the impact of AI in education

This month Teesside University hosts its inaugural National Future Facing Learning Conference bringing together industry leaders, researchers, and educators to share best practice and explore the future of Higher Education. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Simpson looks at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting the sector, and wider society, and argues that figuratively, if not quite literally, it is alive and well and here to stay.

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