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  • Nursing students gain new perspectives through elderly suits


    A new thesis shows that simulation in a so-called elderly suit - carried out in a home-like environment - gives nursing students a stronger understanding of what it can be like to live as an elderly person with various health problems. The effects are clear both immediately after the exercise and over a longer period of time.

  • Successful leadership is shaped in everyday life – not in classrooms


    Are courses the best way to create better leadership and successful organisations? New research from Jönköping University (JU) shows that organisations and companies with strong financial results prioritise leadership development that is closely linked to everyday work, not one that is taught in conference rooms far removed from reality.