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Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...think that docker style containers may offer a way of doing this. I’ve previously posted a couple of examples of how to run RStudio or OpenRefine via docker containers using a cloud host. How much nicer it would be if I could run such containers on a (sub)domain of my own running via a university host… Which is to say – I don’t necessarily want a full hosting...
How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...thinking Snapchat was making a serious topic trivial. Quite the opposite happened. The story got people taking about rape culture, sexual abuse in India and women’s issues in a broader way. But that conversation started with the innovative use of tech. The global Climb Against Sexual Abuse organisation have borrowed the idea and are calling on survivors around the world...
Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...think about how well-heeled baby boomers are supposed to be. The New Day is targeting an age group of 35-55. If it thought a little older, it might find there’s gold in them there retirees. Finally, newspapers – and their journalism – have never been just about the money. For the readers, as much as for those who work on them, they represent something other than...
TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...think in a different way about their reciprocal relationship with other beings, to recognise ecological unity, and to change their way of being in the world. In his new book Einstein’s Fridge, the science writer and documentary maker Paul Sen argues that all we have to do to solve the climate crisis is listen to the scientists. Science, he claims, already holds all the...
20 things you might not know about Belfast
History & The Arts

20 things you might not know about Belfast

...think they should be called Samson and Delilah. These cranes have become landmark structures of the city. Each of them can lift loads up to 840 tonnes. If you'd rather stick to dry land, though... 3. John Boyd Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre in Belfast Bicycles fitted with his tyres soon started winning Belfast cycling races. One of the losers later set up a business...
We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
History & The Arts

We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover

...light of reality television. Even as an adult, the irreverent humour, Dahl’s clever rhyming couplets and Blake’s illustrations are still captivating to me. Ultimately, I think, readers should be talking about the book, not its cover. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Inspired by Roald Dahl? Try out creative writing...
Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...think about protest objects as political agents activated (or should I say ‘animated,’ given my background in religious studies) by events such as protest. This has consequences both for how politics and research methods are imagined and practised, particularly if the dominant idea at the heart of each is ‘representation’. For FM 101 in Hong Kong, politics was not...
A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...Points for reflection How is your view of home education conveyed through your direct and indirect communications? How do you involve home-educating parents in developing your offer of support? How can you build trust with the parents you work with? It may be helpful to use a simple model of reflection, such as ‘What? So what? Now what?’, to structure your thinking....