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June 12, 2025Major international clinical trial finds significant impact of semaglutide on people with type 2 diabetes
An international clinical trial, led in the UK by Swansea’s Joint Clinical Research Facility (JCRF), has found that semaglutide tablets – best known as the active ingredient in some weight-loss treatments – can ‘significantly’ help reduce the risk of heart attacks in adults who have type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular and/or chronic kidney disease.
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June 12, 2025Tackling society’s most urgent challenges: Research explores how communities can work together to bring about positive change
Academics will investigate how citizens, civil society organisations and policymakers are collaborating to tackle some of society’s most pressing problems.
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June 9, 2025Keir Starmer says migrants should learn English to integrate. Is he being fair?Fairness may entail an obligation on government or society, as well as on migrants.
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May 20, 2025Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integrationAs the UK government doubles down on English as the sole route to integration, it shouldn’t mean leaving other languages behind.
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May 20, 2025The Coin by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher wins the Dylan Thomas Prize – an expert from the judging panel explains whyThe Coin is a profound meditation on our our complicity in the destruction of another place and people.