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Nathan Harris, a PAIS MA student, has been offered a PhD at the University of Warwick, which will involve close collaboration with BasicNeeds. The studentship is fully funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Nathan has previously volunteered with the BasicNeeds Animation Programme and recently submitted his academic dissertation titled Participatory Action and Animation: Promoting Capacity-building amongst Mental Health Service Users in the Developing World which was part of the first-ever PAIS Warwick MA studentship programme with BasicNeeds.

For his PhD, the focus will be on critically evaluating the BasicNeeds Model for Mental Health and Development and the contribution the Model makes to participatory approaches to mental health and development. This PhD will be an interesting bridge between the real world of community oriented mental health practice and the academic world.

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You can find the all the welcome/welcome back meeting presentation slides here.

A KnowledgeCentre article by Miriam Grinberg, PhD candidate

For those who visit Japan, the Okinawa prefecture is unlikely to feature on most travellers’ holiday itinerary. Okinawa is where the United States has developed its presence, and military bases in the region, and the presence of American soldiers in the prefecture has impacted upon the lives, businesses and culture of the local Japanese people.

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Two Warwick students, Eletra Ardissino and Michael Shneerson, have had their research published in the annual METIS journal compiled by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), one of the UK's leading public policy think tanks. METIS consists wholly of student-led research, and some parts are edited in-house by Warwick Think Tank Society.

Eletra's article, the introduction to the issue, is entitled 'Introduction: Why does internet access matter?', and Michael's is entitled 'The internet, social networks and death'.

Read the annual issue here