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The United Kingdom’s Digital Curation Centre (DCC), established in 2004, is the country’s digital preservation and data management authority. From 2011 to mid-2013 the DCC’s Institutional Engagement program provided support for digital preservation and data management to 20 universities. The initiative was stimulated by the realization that research data leads to broader advances when shared, as well as by pressure from funders to implement formal data management practices. Experience with the first cohort of universities revealed differences in readiness for data management, the importance of a local champion and support staff and the need for dedicated funding. Unfamiliar but necessary working relationships emerged, as did the need to align institution requirements with funder priorities. Common challenges were planning for effective data management, data storage and training for researchers and staff. The DCC will apply the lessons learned with the first cohort to other higher educational institutions, adjusting its approach to serve each university’s specific needs while promoting the shared purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports the increased funding and improved training to identify mental health issues in children and adolescents are among policy implications in the Great Britain. Topics discussed include views of Sharon Neufeld, from the University of Cambridge, on objective of policy change for obtaining public benefit from science; need for providing Mental Health First Aid training for teachers for identifying mental health issues; and enhancement in training of primary care doctors.

This study set out to better understand the feelings of stakeholders from the UK food packaging supply chain towards a move to circular economy (CE) systems. The research areas studied included current and future challenges facing supply chain stakeholders, the consideration of transformative technologies (TT) to enable packaging solutions in the move to CE systems and what CE systems using TT would look like for the UK's chilled food packaging sector. A questionnaire was selected to obtain data from across the UK food packaging supply chain. Participants were selected from six industry stakeholder groups, with 24 completing the questionnaire. This study has clearly shown there is a large spectrum of solutions in a move to CE, each with their own benefits and limitations. TT has an ability to enable these, but in selecting the best one for a specific packaging solution, a decision maker must take into consideration business constraints of the supply chain and the consumer's behaviour towards new solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The UK may be a tiny island in the North Atlantic, but it has become one of the chief concerns for business leaders everywhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on recent developments in public health. Survey results from Quest Diagnostics Inc. show a surge in positive drug tests for methamphetamine use among job applicants and employees. An expert panel is likely to recommend vaccinating children against drug addiction as a way to curb addiction in Great Britain. The Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs project is a panel of experts set up by the Department of Trade and Industry to look at how scientific and technological advances could be used to combat addiction.

The article informs on the philanthropic endeavors of Gannett Co. Inc., international media and marketing solutions company. The company has formed the Gannett Foundation for the charitable projects throughout the U.S. and Great Britain. Also, the company provides grants for community services, media educational and technological efforts and disaster relief works for the victims of natural disasters. Information on the Madelyn P. Jennings Scholarship Awards by Gannett is presented.

The article reports on the statement made by Dr. John Heyworth, an Emergency Department consultant with Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust in Great Britain, regarding the danger of combining alcohol consumption and holiday meal preparation. He says that the department encounters the same injuries caused by preparing and cooking dinner for Christmas. Several injuries related to the said activities are presented including cuts from knives, eyes hit by corks and burns from oven preparation.

Discusses the new use of the lubricant WD-40 in preventing cocaine users from snorting off of toilet lids of nightclubs in Great Britain. Details on the campaign to stop drug abuse.