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Healthcare professionals’ perspectives and experiences of relief treatment for mild asthma in UK primary care settings
Abstract In 2024, the UK British Thoracic Society/National Institute for Health and Care Excellence/Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (BTS/NICE/SIGN) guidelines introduced a major change in asthma management, recommending inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/formoterol combination inhaler therapy as Anti-Inflammatory Reliever (AIR) or Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) as the preferred treatment in patients with mild asthma over maintenance inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a...
Putting health promotion at the heart of interprofessional education
Interprofessional education (IPE), according to the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE), is defined as ‘occasions when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care’ (Barr, Citation2002). Collaborative working brings together people with different professional knowledge and skills to develop a shared understanding of health needs.
The Strike Debate
The hot topic on campus and across many universities right now is the proposed strike action by the UCU (University and Colleges Union). The union has voted to take action in response to the proposed changes to the USS (University Superannuation Scheme) pension scheme. If action goes ahead, proposed strikes will affect 61 universities across the country, including York. For York students, this will mean disruption between weeks 7-10.
Interview: Leon of Athens (Coffee House Sessions)
London-based Greek indie-pop star Leon of Athens will be releasing his forthcoming album Xenos, produced by David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Marina & The Diamonds) on 9th February. Channelling a similar widescreen pop sensibility as Bastille, James Bay and M83 alongside the flamboyant beauty of Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Perfume Genius and Tame Impala, the album Xenos is a beautiful, thoughtful piece of work.
Planned visit from EDL co-founder to University of York halted by missing form
Tommy Robinson, co-founder of the English Defence League, will not speak at the University of York in January 2017 as promised by a “subsidiary organisation” of a campus-based newspaper.
Need for YUSU reform is clear
Last night saw the highly anticipated Big Student Debate in Hendrix Hall, where all candidates running for YUSU (University of York Student’s Union) prepared a one minute manifesto speech and faced questions from the panel and audience. The event was ran by the University of York debating society. Many things became startlingly clear throughout the course of this debate; YUSU is in need of desperate reform and the importance of the student voice should not be undermined.
2018 Yorker AGM - The Yorker
The Yorker Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 21st February 2018 at 7pm in room ATB 056. If you have ever fancied writing, editing, or simply want to try something new, then now is the opportunity. Here at the Yorker we are always looking for keen new members and on Wednesday all our current Editorial and Managerial positions will be open for election. Sometimes it can be easy to simply stay afloat and keep on top of your degree work, without trying something new.
Candidates agree: YUSU needs change
On Monday, the YUSU sabbatical officer election campaign kicked off, with the launch of Facebook pages and campaigns on campus. Yesterday evening saw the first big event of the campaign, where University Radio York held their Campaign Interview Night. All of the students running for positions in YUSU, from part time to full time officers, were invited to the station to discuss their vision. To see all of the candidates and their manifestos, click here.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Journeyman
Paddy Considine is one of Britain’s finest actors. His performances in Dead Man’s Shoes, In America and Submarine were remarkable and his direction of 2011’s Tyrannosaur, (for which he won a BAFTA) helped make Olivia Colman a star. In Journeyman he is both director and lead actor and he is a marvel at both. Journeyman tells the story of Matty Burton, the reigning middleweight boxing champion of the world. After his latest bout, Matty collapses and is faced with a tortuous road to recovery.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Dark River + Q&A with Clio Barnard
Clio Barnard is on her third feature film, and she’s setting a strong track record. Her 2010 debut, The Arbor, was a semi-documentary depiction of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar which synchronised verbatim interviews with Dunbar’s family and neighbours with actors’ performances. The Selfish Giant, her 2013 second feature, follows two Bradford boys as they work for a local scrap dealer and criminal, which changes the relationship between them.
The Weekly Playlist (1st November - 12th November)
Hello, dear friends! I hope you had a great seventh-week at our beloved university and you’ve already started your assignments which are due by the end of the term. I know we are all responsible students here and we never procrastinate. Anyway, today is Sunday which means it’s time for a new Weekly Playlist. Yay! And speaking of procrastination, don’t you dare read this article instead of doing that reading for tomorrow’s seminar.
Report from The York Union: ‘Kehinde Andrews: The West is Built on Racism.’
Source: The York Union “Whiteness is a psychosis” Most of modernity has been built on the exploitation, suffering and discrimination of the black race. Our modern values of democracy, enlightenment and scientific advancement are directly a result of past exploitation of the black race.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the directing pair behind Little Miss Sunshine. Starring Emma Stone as Women’s World Tennis Champion Billie Jean King and Steve Carrell as former No.1 Men’s Tennis Champion Bobby Riggs; braggart hustler Riggs claims he can beat any woman on court and is challenged to a gladiatorial match by King – who is already fighting for equal prize money for women. It was one of the most watched sporting events of the 1970s.
The Weekly Playlist, October Edition, Part III
Well, hello there! This is the final part of The Weekly Playlist, October Edition. So, in the previous articles, I showed you some of my favourite new singles and new music videos from last month and now it’s time to tell you about my favourite albums. And trust me when I say, there were plenty of good ones I had to pick from. Once again, the Playlist includes albums from various genres. St. Vincent, P!nk and MØ are featured here with new records that would fit into the pop category.
Does this referendum show that YUSU officers are unifying or divisive?
Image: Violet Daniels The current YUSU referendum on adopting a Part-Time Officer position for the Working Class and Social mobility is currently in full swing and voting will finish with an extended voting period, at 9am on Monday 13th. It has been a campaign of ebbs and flows, which begs the question of whether it is really needed at all. YUSU officers are there to offer support to minority groups.
Preview: Emily Barker, 11th November
Emily Barker is best known as the writer and performer of the award-winning theme of the hit BBC drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. She grew up in rural Western Australia but always longed for the soulful roots that are embedded in southern America. Aretha Franklin, Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris are only a few of her diverse range of musical influences.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Animation Sunday
This Sunday I had the wonderful privilege of spending my entire day watching animated films in Leeds Town Hall for LIFF 31. From a variety of countries, the line-up consisted of four new animated features and finished with a twentieth anniversary screening of the anime classic Perfect Blue. The films also have individual screenings throughout the rest of the festival, so be sure to catch them while you can. This Japanese tale about friendship and mermaids is endlessly charming.
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage review
Biblical floods, fairy queens, and ominous religious control dominate Pullman’s new tale, ensuring another gripping journey into the alternative universe first brought to life in His Dark Materials. Cameos from characters that dominated His Dark Materials give a familiar jolt of delight to fans of Pullman’s work, here we get an insight into earlier days in the lives of Farder Coram, Lord Asriel, and Mrs Coulter.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer is the fourth film from relatively unknown director Marc Meyers. A coming of age serial killer biographical drama about Jeffrey Dahmer’s teenage years, it stars Ross Lynch (a Disney channel graduate) as the titular “Milwaukee Cannibal” and Alex Wolff as the cartoonist “Derf”. They became friends in their senior year of high school, and Derf documented the short time leading up to Dahmer’s first kill at the age of eighteen in the graphic novel on which this film was based.
Review: Squabbling House presents: Constellations
On the 19th October, I attended the opening night of Squabbling House Theatre’s debut production Constellations by Nick Payne. The play itself is an ambitious project for any new company. In the words of the shows director, Thomas Leadbeater, Constellations is “a classic boy-meets-girl story” but it “prescribes to the idea of a multiverse”.
Review: National Theatre's Jane Eyre
: the National Theatre blazes the classic Bildungsroman through an empowering, minimalistic and human performance. “Jane understands from an early age that she needs to be nourished- not just physically but emotionally, spiritually and intellectually,” are the words of director Sally Cookson, who captures the essence of this performance in so many words.
Paul Nash and the Uncanny Landscape
York Art Gallery are currently hosting an exhibition of Paul Nash, whose landscapes clearly show the disturbance of the artistic tradition which reflected the world which had suffered unprecedented carnage in the world wars. The exhibition shows some of Nash’s later surrealist work such as his engravings and illustrations. Curated by John Stezaker, the exhibition situates Nash among contemporary British surrealists as well as his landscape painters.
Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
After bursting onto the (relatively) mainstream scene with 2015’s dark comedy The Lobster, writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with the equally as subversive The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Lanthimos has re-teamed with The Lobster star Colin Farrell and co-writer Efythymis Filippous, but can this seemingly formidable trio replicate the impressive alchemy that made their first collaboration both a critical and commercial success?
Referendum Period Extended
The University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) have released a statement extending the voting period to 9.00am on Monday, 13th November (Week 8). Jack Harvey, the Policy Co-Ordinator said: “The Students’ Union is extending the referendum voting period until Monday morning to give students the opportunity to engage with the debate and vote over the weekend.
LIFF 31 Review: Call Me By Your Name
Presented at the Sundance Film Festival, and now screening at the Leeds International Film Festival, Call Me By Your Name is receiving acclaim across the globe. Adapted from André Aciman’s novel, Luca Guadagnino delivers a movie of uncommon delicacy, taste and beauty.
The Weekly Playlist, October Edition, Part II
Hello again, dear friends! Are you ready for the second part of The Weekly Playlist, October Edition? Well, if you’re reading this then you probably are. For this article, I have prepared for you nine of my favourite music videos that were uploaded on YouTube last month and, spoiler alert, they are all awesome! And no, I’m not biased at all when I say this. There are a lot of big names on this Playlist.
LIFF 31 Review: Glory
The thing that makes the cinema of small nations good festival fare is, I believe, the chance to learn something new about a place in the world that doesn’t get as much focus as others in cinema. However, when such movies manage to provide the audience with an accessible and universal subject matter as well, they can be eye opening and truly successful. Such is the case with the Bulgarian feature Glory, part of the official selection of the 31st Leeds International Film Festival.
YUSU's Problem - The Yorker
Photo credit: Future Learn The referendum on creating a new ‘Working-Class and Social Mobility Officer’ is symptomatic of much of what is wrong with The University of York Student Union (YUSU). It reflects many of YUSU’s seemingly intractable problems, whilst obscuring those the Union is supposedly trying to address. Firstly, it is a product of one of YUSU’s most unhealthy instincts—bureaucratisation as a first port of call.
Tension High at Working Class Officer Debate
Last night, I covered the official debate over the creation of a Working Class and Social Mobility Officer. It was the culmination of a first week of campaigning which has seen controversy throughout; controversy which carried into tonight’s discussion, with confrontational and hostile comments a theme throughout. It was chaired by YUSU’s policy co-ordinator, Jack Harvey, who said it was “the most enthusiastic I’ve seen.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: The Florida Project
The Florida Project bears comparison with one of last year’s finest films American Honey. Both films are an unflinching look at poverty in post-economic crisis America; both look at the crisis through the eyes of young people; and both share a fairy tale edge. However, The Florida Project differentiates itself in a number of ways including its style of cinematography and it’s more fizzy, upbeat style. The gorgeous 35mm cinematography captures the pastel coloured worlds of Moonee and her friends.
The Yorker at LIFF 31: The Square (Opening Night Film)
This year’s Leeds International Film Festival opened with a “bang” with the screening of Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning satire The Square. The film stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West and is set in the world of contemporary art. Bang plays Christian, the curator of an art museum in Stockholm who faces a series of setbacks in the run up to the opening of a new installation. The performances are excellent across the board.
Review: Dracula, John Cooper Studio Theatre
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.” A crowd of people are summoned into a dark room. The only form of light is the glow of the outside city as it reflects through the thin windows, casting skeletal shadows on the walls. Hushed voices murmur into the darkness and there is a definitive air of uncertainty. Suddenly the door opens; a hooded figure emerges through the darkness with a flashlight in one hand.
Review: Mindhunter Series 1
Mindhunter is the latest Netflix series produced by David Fincher. Fincher is the mastermind behind the cinematic classics Se7en, Gone Girl and The Social Network. His first foray into TV was the Netflix Original series House of Cards, which reinvented the way in which we consume TV by releasing every episode at once with Movie stars and budgets.
Reactionary attitudes toward Brexit are failing
This April, a month before notification of Article 50 was sent to Brussels, the European Council outlined how the negotiations over Brexit were to be undertaken. They described three stages: the EU and UK would work through each in turn before moving on to the next.
The government's Brexit negotiation strategy spells disaster for Britain
Source: Time Magazine At around midnight last Wednesday, Berlin-based correspondent for The Economist Jeremy Cliffe “accidentally” launched a UK political movement called “The Radicals”, it’s aim: to stop Brexit and offer a centrist alternative to what is on offer from the political establishment. By the next morning, Ladbrokes had Cliffe at 500/1 to be the next Prime Minister. We’ve all done it.
YUSU Freshers’ List Gaffe
Eyebrows were raised across campus at the start of this term, when incoming first year students were met with a Give it a Go bucket list telling them to “meet a Greek or Slav”. Arguably off-key, perhaps even in poor taste – this brings up questions about what measures The University of York Student Union (YUSU) takes to ensure its media and advertisements remain inoffensive to students.
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