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Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...work at two universities...Higher Education enjoyed a huge expansion during the 1960s with new universities and polytechnics being opened and many older universities expanding their numbers. One man, Asa Briggs, played significant roles at the first of the new universities of the decade, the University of Sussex located just outside Brighton, which opened in 1961, and the...
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...works – as a “prophet” of individualism, as the man who foresaw the rise of industrial capitalism and provided the definitive proof that government interference was always harmful. But although Smith’s name has been invoked by people seeking to legitimize their political and economic agendas, Smith’s own agenda had very little to do with our modern concerns. It...
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...work, travel, write and have their contributions acknowledged. This empty space is widely recognised, and many people are trying to fill it, but other histories, particularly those of other minoritised groups, are even more hidden – or even forbidden. The history of disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity to name just a few, are lacking due either to...
Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...work and extraordinary life story of Peter Kropotkin, a Russian geographer who died almost a hundred years ago but who still provides us with some interesting insights today. So, Philip, who was Peter Kropotkin? Philip O’Sullivan: Hi Andy, Peter Kropotkin was born into the aristocracy of Tsar Sasha in Moscow in the early 1840s. He was an explorer, a scientist and a...
Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...Working with procurement, IT managers can significantly cut the embodied carbon cost of their assets through a circular IT approach to extending technology lifetimes, considered equipment repurposing and verified recycling. Remanufactured and refurbished technology options are rapidly becoming more accessible, and more viable. However, what can be done to reduce the...
Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'
Society, Politics & Law

Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'

...work.’ English text of Engels' Condition of the Working Class in England , 1845. To remedy what Engels described as ‘a mass of helplessness and misery’, London County Council cleared the slum and built Arnold Circus. Unfortunately, the original slum inhabitants could not afford the rents of these first council houses so they were forced into new slums further to the...
Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...work with Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education...‘Astrobiology’ isn’t a subject you can study at school. Can you tell me a little bit about your journey to astrobiology and how you arrived where you are now? By accident! Since childhood, I’ve been interested in in the big questions about where we come from, the evolution of life on Earth, the origins of...
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...works similarly rejected Hume’s thesis of fetishism as the foundation of all religions and replaced the term fetishism with animism and totemism. Tylor defined fetishism as ‘the doctrine of spirits embodied in or attached to or conveying influence through certain material objects’ (1871, vol. 2, in Böhme, 2014, p. 175). Therefore, two elements always come together...