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Spotlight

A series of features and stories highlighting the impact King’s has on the world's greatest challenges and for the benefit of society, working to save and improve lives, enhance the economy, advance discussion and debate, influence policy and shape the cultural landscape.

A bastion against the storm: How King's is helping steward Sierra Leone through the greatest threat to modern healthcare

This week is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18 November – 24 November 2024), a World Health Organisation initiative to raise public awareness...

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Talking back: the power of digital avatars in psychosis therapy

AVATAR therapy has shown significant promise in reducing the frequency and impact of distressing voices for those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Working...

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Championing internationally trained nurses to address nursing workforce shortages

Registering with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) allows you to look for work as a nurse or midwife in the UK. However, prior to this study,...

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Restoring, preserving and exhibiting the neglected popular cinema of Turkey

Low-budget, unauthorised imitations and adaptations of Hollywood blockbusters have long been the butt of the joke. But remakes of popular classics such as...

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Crystal Palace Park: Beyond the Dinosaurs

The regeneration of one of the most storied parks in London has been mooted for decades. In this Spotlight on Arts & Humanities we focus on a King’s project,...

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The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain

How do the British public engage with history? And what role do pageants play?

St Albans Pageant 1907 Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Using remote health care consultations to shore up healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa during a pandemic

Early in the pandemic, health providers across the globe were very concerned about catching COVID from the patients that they were caring for. To curb the...

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Activating the Exile Archive: Hussein Shariffe between London, Cairo and Khartoum

When war broke out in Sudan in 2023, a King’s project - led by Professor Erica Carter - aimed at preserving the work of one of the country’s most prominent...

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Influencing policy on better palliative care for people with dementia

Dr Lesley Williamson is an early career researcher in the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care. Through her PhD research,...

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Addressing the gap in person-centred assessment for people with dementia

In 2016, Dr Clare Ellis-Smith conducted a systematic review which identified that there was no person-centred outcome measure to support the holistic...

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Friendship Bench: a community led approach to mental health care

The burden of mental illness is felt profoundly in communities who have less access to mental health support. In Zimbabwe, there are only 18 psychiatrists,...

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Investing in the mental health of military personnel, veterans and their families

The King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) is the main source of independent high-quality data on the mental health and wellbeing of the UK Armed...

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Safewards: A dynamic model for dealing with conflict and containment

When an adult with severe mental health problems can no longer be supported at home, they can be admitted to inpatient services such as a psychiatric...

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Helping the world understand the implications of Artificial Intelligence

As developments in Artificial Intelligence continue at pace, there remains much uncertainty about how it could impact on our world. Professor Kenneth Payne’s...

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The unheard story of trafficked people

Human trafficking is the use of threat, force, deception, or manipulation to recruit or move people for exploitation. It is a form of modern-day slavery and...

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