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Image Description: white pillows on white sheets against a white wall Most of us can agree that this past year has been somewhat stressful: the near-constant uncertainty of how and whether the pandemic would continue to affect our daily lives has definitely taken its toll, both emotionally and physically. For some people, additional factors will […]
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Image Description: a yellow alarm clock showing the time as quarter to five, on white bedding This article is based on the book ‘Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dream,’ by Matthew Walker. Did you get enough sleep this past week? Can you remember the last time you woke up feeling refreshed […]
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It’s the end of week one. You have completed your first essay for the term, you’re sleep deprived but you agreed to go to that club night at Fever someone in your JCR managed to sell you a ticket to. Your second tutorial is in two days, and you don’t have time to go […]
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In the next few weeks, students will be pouring into Oxford and settling into their colleges in anticipation of a busy term ahead. But before term starts, there’s all the excitement of Freshers’ week to enjoy – exploring a new city, meeting other people, and embracing Oxford’s social scene. Staying out late into the night […]
Continue ReadingA constant preoccupation of Oxford students is where the next fix of sleep is coming from. Time-consuming activities such as drama, sport and aggressive hacking are often added voluntarily to the already rigorous demands of academic work. Compress all this into a meagre eight weeks’ worth of term and a serious time deficit is […]
Continue ReadingA study by Oxford researchers of schizophrenia patients has found a link between sleep disruption and schizophrenia independent of medication and social isolation.
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