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Explainer: what is Dance Movement Psychotherapy?
Vicky Karkou, Edge Hill University Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) uses the body, movement and dance as a way of expressing oneself and findings ways of exploring and addressing psychological problems or difficulties. It is an approach to psychological treatment that does not rely on talking about problems as the only way of finding solutions. According…
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How to reboot Britain’s fractured emergency services
Professor Paresh Wankhade, Edge Hill University The Grenfell Tower fire and recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London have put the spotlight on spending cuts for emergency services. In Manchester, an independent review into the emergency response was ordered in the aftermath of the bombing to look into the “the strain of spending cuts”…
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Feltham ruling shows youth custody fails to meet needs of vulnerable childre
Sean Creaney, Edge Hill University and Michael Richards, Edge Hill University By placing a 16-year-old child with mental health issues in isolation for a prolonged period of time, Feltham Young Offender Institution in London breached his human rights and contravened prison rules, the High Court has ruled. The ruling came a few days after Her…
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Searching questions need to be asked about the Grenfell Fire
Dr Howard Davis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Whether in the form of a public inquiry, as announced by Theresa May on June 15th, or through an inquest, offering the possibilities of a narrative verdict by a jury, questions following the Grenfell Fire need to be searching and wide ranging. Limited inquiries often neglect…
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Google’s latest Go victory shows machines are no longer just learning, they’re teaching
Mark Robert Anderson, Edge Hill University Just over 20 years ago was the first time a computer beat a human world champion in a chess match, when IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat Gary Kasparov in a narrow victory of 3½ games to 2½. Just under a decade later, machines were deemed to have conquered the…
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Twenty years on from Deep Blue vs Kasparov: how a chess match started the big data revolution
Mark Robert Anderson, Edge Hill University On the seventh move of the crucial deciding game, black made what some now consider to have been a critical error. When black mixed up the moves for the Caro-Kann defence, white took advantage and created a new attack by sacrificing a knight. In just 11 more moves, white…
