Tag: Western University
Elementary school locations drive inequitable COVID-19 infection rates: study
You might guess you’re more likely to see COVID-19 infections in school kids in poorer areas. That’s right, but that’s not the whole story, Western University researchers have found. Where an elementary school is located matters more than the school’s individual characteristics when it comes to virus infections in schools, the researchers found by crunching […]
Western presented with recommendations to fight on-campus sexual violence
Four interim recommendations have been put forward by a committee to combat gender-based and sexual violence on campus at Western University.
Acceptance letters should set tone for safe campus at Western: committee
A group formed to tackle sexual violence and boost student safety on Western University’s campus has issued four early recommendations ahead of its final report expected this spring.
Western researchers study how students develop math anxiety
Researchers at Western University have learned anxiety about mathematics may not simply be a within-individual phenomenon as often thought.
In Western University residences, anti-sexual violence training nears 50%
About half of Western University students living in residence have finished training modules to help them better understand and prevent sexual violence, school officials say. About 4,500 of Western’s 5,400 students in residence have finished the first part of the training that is completed online. Two thousand of those have participated in the second part, […]