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Fanatics are often middle class, says new study
Radical football fans fanatics are often recruited from the middle class, which contradicts the stereotype of a 'hooligan' from the margins of society. The catalyst for joining the ranks of fanatical football fans is the need for bonds and the lack of proper role models at home, research by sociologists shows.
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Young people have mixed views on cyberbullying, says university professor after 15 years research
Although young people consider cyberbullying against peers wrong, they accept it when it targets celebrities, says a professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
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Quality of parent-child relationship is important factor protecting against risky behaviour, says psychologist
A leading psychologist says that a good relationship between parents and children will stop them from becoming addicts and avoid against other ‘risky’ behaviour.
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Poland sees increase in number of students from former USSR
Close to 55,000 students in Poland come from the countries of the former USSR - over 10 times more than 15 years ago, according to economists from the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology.
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Thirty-fold increase in work permits for foreigners since 2004, say Gdańsk researchers
Poland gave out over 400,000 work permits for foreigners in 2020, 10 times more than in 2010 and 30 times more than in 2004 when Poland joined the European Union.
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Remote learning is having a detrimental effect on school children, new research shows
After nearly a year of remote learning, 20 percent of schoolchildren are showing symptoms of depression, and 65 percent consider remote lessons to have been at a lower level than in-person learning. Some also fear returning to school reality, according to researchers from Poland and Ukraine.
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Headache and sleep disorders are increasingly frequent symptoms of internet overuse by teenagers
Fatigue, deterioration of vision, sleep disorders, headache and eye ache - children and adolescents experience somatic symptoms related to internet overuse more often than two years ago, says Dr. Rafał Lange, editor of the latest NASK report Teens 3.0.
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Remote work more stressful than previously thought, finds new research
Remote working is having a detrimental affect on employees, says a new study from the Kozminski University and SWPS University.
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A generation of students will experience university only through computers, warns academic
A leading academic has warned against remote learning at universities, saying ‘we are facing a threat of a generation of students who can not imagine a university other than through a computer.
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