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60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU
Society, Politics & Law

60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU

...project. Understandings of the history of European integration have been shaped by an evocative phrase contained in the Treaty of Rome: that the goal of the process was ‘ever closer union’. According to this interpretation, further integration was seen as both inevitable and desirable, and it was assumed that economic integration (through the creation of the Common...
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Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe
Nature & Environment

Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe

...project will be 1.2 Gigawatts – enough to power more than a million homes. Next year, a 150-turbine wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands is due to start operating, and other schemes along the Dutch coast are in the works. Denmark, Sweden and Portugal are major investors in offshore wind, and China has ambitious plans for the sector. Wind farms – both onshore and...
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...project of creating psychosocially informed self-help, and the various methods involved: reviewing existing theory and research; analysing existing self-help; conducting collaborative research with gender-, sexual-, and relationship-diverse (GSRD) communities; autoethnographic reflection; and creative dissemination. This time I want to reflect on one particular strand of...
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The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London
Education & Development

The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London

...project is a pilot to explore issues which are important to children and young people in a view to turn this into a larger project. The lives of Black children and young people are often underrepresented so this is why it is particularly important that their views were captured in terms of how they’ve been feeling and reacting to COVID-19. [teen girl wearing headphones...
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Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...project in which volunteer researchers from diverse backgrounds were trained as peer researchers, interviewing their friends and family members. The course has been developed from the findings of Reproductive Bodylore: The Role of Vernacular Knowledge in Women’s Contraceptive Decision-Making, funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant (AH/S011587/1)...
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Opening up history: art in the Reformation
History & The Arts

Opening up history: art in the Reformation

...project about? I have just completed a project on the role of images in the Lutheran church in the Duchy of Württemberg from 1534 to 1700. It examines the debates that rulers and theologians had about the place of images in the new Lutheran church following the Reformation. Were religious images heretical or could they inspire devotion? I consider how different groups of...
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Engineering your dream career
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering your dream career

...you ever considered a career in engineering? Perhaps this makes you think of dirty overalls, hard hats and a lot of maths. But in reality, engineering projects and job roles are much more diverse. Explore these 5 areas in engineering, detailing some of the unexpected roles involved and discover your dream job. Select the image above to start the interactive....
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The Skills Network
Society, Politics & Law

The Skills Network

...from and support each other. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through organising and campaigning. The Skills Network is local in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and represention, neighbourhood and community and research, knowledge production and information access. The project is ongoing....
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