Listen to the BAL Table Talk podcast hosted by a DMU postgraduate student, Maddie. She's joined by the Associate Law Academic, David Hodgkinson, to chat about the route to becoming a solicitor.

Find out more about the path of becoming a law professional with De Montfort University's Associate Professor in Law, David Hodgkinson and our host, current DMU Media student, Maddie.

It is impossible to talk about race and racism in the 1990s without referring to the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence and the forms of institutional and state racisms that were exposed as a subsequence of Stephen’s life and death. This panel will discuss the ways in which Stephen’s case has shaped the public discourse on race and racism in the 1990s marking a watershed shift in anti-racist campaigning and political activism. We are inviting panellists to recall their own memories and understandings of that period while reflecting on the significance of the Stephen Lawrence Archive held at DMU, Leicester.

Guest speakers: Professor Jason Arday, Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya, Professor Gus John and Professor Gail Lewis

By PhD student Ewelina De Leon. Recorded for the Doctoral College PGR Podcast Challenge.

This podcast introduces Ewelina’s PhD research study about psychogenic polydipsia, a term used when people with mental health conditions drink more than three litres of fluids per day. Prof Yorston, Consultant Forensic Neuropsychiatrist, talks about this area of research.

If you think you can’t do mindfulness then this mindfulness session is for you– maybe you struggle to focus on your breathing or you just find your head filling up with thoughts whenever you try mindfulness. This session offers practical strategies to help with both these things.

In this podcast we explore the ways in which our body experiences negative thoughts; and we use mindfulness to focus on a positive affirmation. With practise we will learn to notice unhelpful, negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones.

This Mindfulness podcast talks about Mindfulness and being “present”, instead of focusing on the past or the future. It is a guided meditation that will help you start to recognise that you can have control over your thoughts.

This podcast explores the theme of Mindfulness and Taking Notice - one of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. It starts with some reflections about mindfully taking notice of the world and yourself and ends with a short guided meditation that can help with this.

Alice and Rhys are joined by Caroline Pandya from the DMU Health and Wellbeing team to talk about how the university can support your mental health and wellbeing during your studies and beyond. They’re also joined by DMU student Dennis McCall Jr to discuss his experiences of the HealthyDMU services and share how he looks after his mental health whilst at university.

Helpful links

dmu.ac.uk/healthy

dmu.ac.uk/mentalhealth

Alice and Rhys are joined by DMU graduate and Schools and Colleges officer Ben Howgill to discuss financial guidance at university. Topics discussed include Student Finance, money saving tips, DMU’s financial support and the affordability of Leicester after being voted the third most affordable city the UK (Natwest student living index, 2020).

Helpful links

dmu.ac.uk/leicester

dmu.ac.uk/studentfinance