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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...centred displays were a feature of funeral rites, and women in particular hit their breasts, pulled their hair and lamented loudly. Other aspects such as ripping clothing and lacerating flesh, that Virgil noted, were less often seen, but there was an overall sense that the bodies of mourners were dishevelled, bruised, noisy and demonstrative, and the opposite of their...
Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...centre improvements, buildings (and lately, precious infrastructure like roads). To me, these always seemed to be wise investments, but they ultimately seem to have been an irrelevance to the most deprived sections of society. What went wrong with Objective One spending? A ruthless, long overdue inquest about the previous use of EU money must now begin, and must...
The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...centres and protesting over the failed promises of economic security that had tempted many to move to the town. It was within this context of rising unemployment that the workers at the town’s second largest employer, Lovable Bra, were threatened with the closure of their factory. Lovable worker Kathy Lawn summed up the feelings of many, telling the Evening Times that...
Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...centres. Ingrid and Dan Williams did something similar in London in late 2015, for an exhibition of data-based artwork. To Ingrid's list of New York internet infrastructure they added green BT utility cabinets. You can see her work at Seeing Networks and BigBangData Lots of digital data is also carried wirelessly, and artist/designer, Timo Arnall, developed a project that...
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...centre The full training and development of highly skilled and specialist staff Discussion Both of these decisions would come under long-term planning as the time horizon in each case is many years. In the case of the new facility it can take many years to obtain the right permissions and funding. To develop a highly skilled workforce again the lead time can be many years...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos undertook research on the rise of xenophobia and racism on Twitter. Looking at the ways in which this rise may have been related to campaigning tactics and the referendum result, the study also gives an indication of the ways in which Twitter was used to both report hate speech incidents and to express...
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...children, teaching them how to do sports, is also a good way where you can lead and show the ability to communicate with people of all age groups, really. Then we look at things like membership of the Urdd or Young Farmers, and being able to debate in public speaking competitions. All these are good skills because if you look at GMC standards, what we’re looking at is...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers

...researched how popular the idea was, and how firmly it was believed for First World War Studies. Regardless of whether the population or politicians had expected the conflict to have been concluded, as Christmas 1914 approached it was clearly going to be a festive season where "peace on Earth" was unlikely. The Royal Family attempted to bring some festive cheer to troops...