Things about coffee...Illingworth Library has been asked to run one of our Randomised Coffee Trial events during the long lunch break at the SCH Clinical Summit on 26th September.
We will also be running one of our normal RCTs for all SCH staff during October
Coffee @ Clinical Summit
If you sign-up for the RCT you will be randomly matched (2 weeks beforehand) to another member of staff attending the SCH Clinical Summit and we will ask you to arrange to meet each other during the lunch break at the summit for a coffee (or tea!) and chat. You can talk about anything you like ….it doesn't have to be a job related …but it can be.
Why?
It’s a good way to meet new colleagues, make connections and find out more about each other.
How?
Sign up with this quick Google Form before 11th September if you would like to take part.
Coffee RCT @SCH
If you want to sign-up for the normal SCH October RCT then please use this link to a Google Form and do so before 17th September. If you signed up previously for one of these and had asked to be kept on the list then there is no need to sign up for this one again.
Things about motor development...
A paper in Acta Paediatrica looks at 'Predictors of early motor trajectories from birth to 5 years in neonatal at-risk and control children.'. If you are a member of SCH staff you are entitled to read the full text of this by logging in here with your NHS Open Athens account. If you don't have an Open Athens account sign up for one here to access a variety of different electronic resources from database searching to e-books.Things about smoking, drinking & drug use...
The report from national statistics 'Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England 2018' has been published. This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and for the first time in 2018, wellbeing.
The summary states that:
16% of pupils who had ever smoked cigarettes which was down from 19% in 2016, and 49% in 1996
Pupils who had drunk alcohol in the last week varied from 2% of 11 year olds and 3% of 12 year olds, to 23% of 15 year olds.
Pupils who had reported that they had ever taken drugs varied from 9% of 11 year olds, to 38% of 15 year olds
Low life satisfaction was reported by 33% of pupils who had taken drugs in the last month, and 28% of pupils who had drunk alcohol in the last week.
Things in Sheffield...
Booking opened this morning for Sheffield's Off the Shelf Festival which takes place in October. the popular 'big names' usually get booked up quickly but there are many different events taking place which are well worth attending. Tickets can be bought online, by phone or you can buy tickets in person from one of their box offices:SIV Tickets, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool
Sheffield Theatres, 55 Norfolk Street
University of Sheffield Students' Union, Western Bank
Things to read...
I am off to Salford this weekend to see Stephen Fry in 'Mythos' which we read earlier this year in our Reading Group. Our next meeting is Wed 4th September at where we will be chatting about 'The Power'...do come and join us in the library at 17:15.Things to eat...
British plums are in the shops now so make the most of them. For something different from the normal crumble or cobbler what about this salad of roasted plums and spinach?
