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How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...children and families. Her work should have upturned our habit of talking about “nature versus nurture” – a dichotomy that doesn’t take social determinants into account. Here’s how she neatly wove that in: Strength abounds in Harlem. Three hundred years of oppression and it survives. This is the task in Harlem, to see strength where it exists, to expect it to be...
DIY: Make Your Own Soap
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Make Your Own Soap

...children and animals well away from your workspace and chemicals. Always work in a well-ventilated area (if possible, outside), and avoid working on your own. Procedure FIRST PUT ON YOUR PROTECTIVE GLOVES, APRON AND SPECTACLES It’s advisable to do this first step outside. Stirring continuously, gradually add the sodium hydroxide carefully to 200cm3 of cold distilled...
Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative
Society, Politics & Law

Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative

...children were small and she had to rely on her parents for childcare support during her shifts. There were no flexible working or family friendly policies then, and she has fought for years through the STUC and the TUC to develop provision for shift workers. This is still something she campaigns on, both through the branch and with the Clydebank Trades Council, as it...
From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator
Health, Sports & Psychology

From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator

...children. Every day is a challenge and I feel like I am constantly juggling plates between work, studying, housework and being a mum. Childhood I was talking to my mum about my childhood, and discussing how busy our lives were. Like me, she was a single mum who was working full-time and studying. She explained how every teacher described me as being ‘a lovely, kind and...
Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...children. It was these dreams that brought them to the UK, dragging my eldest siblings from the sunshine of Jamaica to the cold and fog of the Motherland. Opportunity knocks. Mum and Dad had the “usual roles” of a nurse at the local hospital and semi-skilled worker at a car factory. Every Sunday, most Wednesday evenings, lots of Friday evenings and a few Saturdays,...
The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...children or among individuals in a population is called variation. Whilst we all share the same genes, variants of these genes can exist. These different forms of the same gene are commonly termed alleles and they account for whether an individual's eye colour is blue or brown. Each individual (apart from identical twins) has his or her own unique combination of alleles,...
Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...children, elders, partners, other dependents or family members, or even friends and neighbours. Although women often continue to undertake the bulk of unpaid caring responsibilities, parenting and caring also affect anyone, and it’s also important to be inclusive of all types of carers and caring. Caring responsibilities can have a big impact on anyone’s career, and...
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...research’ will be a skill fundamental to study and practice. Quite often, to develop that skill, law students will face a task whereby they have to construct the answer, moving from source to source to ensure any updates are covered. This ‘trail’ requires such findings to be logged so that, at any given time, if prompted or challenged on what an authority for such a...