Things in the library 22 March...

Things about opening hours...
We are very sorry to say that next Friday (29th March) the Illingworth Library will be closed all day due to an unfortunate combination of annual leave and attendance at a funeral. We are really sorry if this causes you inconvenience and we did explore all possible solutions before making this decision. As always there will be a book-drop box outside the library for returning items whilst we are closed.

Things to attend...
The next Journal Club will be on 28th March from 8:00 to 9:00am on F floor Stephenson Wing...chance to chat and learn in a friendly environment ...along with muffins of course. The paper next week is 'Prevention of rickets and osteomalacia in the UK: political action overdue' please contact us if you would like a copy of the paper. The following Journal Club will be on the 16th April.

The next Critical Appraisal course is on the 10th April - please sign up for this training via the Intranet. No prior knowledge required.


Things to get excited about...

You can now sign up to take part in the next SCH Randomised Coffee Trial - pair matching will be done before Easter with the intention that you meet your randomly selected buddy during May (too many Bank Holidays at this time of year!). If you sign up and then later find you cannot take part do please notify us as soon as possible as last time a few people were disappointed that their allocated person didn't reply to their emails trying to arrange to meet. The feedback has again been very positive so please encourage your co-workers to take part. If you want more information ask us or sign-up here.

Things to have your say...
A consultation has been opened on how the government can reduce children's exposure to advertising for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) on TV and online. For more information and to take part visit this website. The consultation closes on 10th June.

Things about social media...
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing has published its report #NewFilters. This is the first national Inquiry specifically examining the impact of social media on the mental health and wellbeing of young people, which ran from April 2018 to January 2019. The report explores the positive and negative health impacts of social media, as well as putting forward recommendations to protect young social media users from potential health harms.


Things to eat...
Yesterday Kate & I were lucky to be able to go to an Indian Family Style Lunch hosted by Cyrus Todiwala OBE & Pervin Todiwala  at the University of Sheffield as part of its launch of the University's race equality strategy and action plan week. Not only was the food fabulous but he was a very entertaining and interesting speaker. You can find out more about him and see a selection of his recipes here. This cauliflower dish sounds similar to one that we had so I will be trying this soon!