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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...de Provence. RH: So we’ve got the wine now. Mine’s a Brouilly yours is a…Cotes du Rhone? KN: So when you’re tasting wine, I have learned that actually what we think of as taste is almost entirely smell. We can only distinguish five tastes, sweet, sour, salty, bitter etc. Umami, which is savoury. But our noses are exquisitely sensitive so we can...
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...Labour and Working Class History (84), 2013. Tomlinson, J. ‘De-industrialization Not Decline: A New Meta-narrative for Post-war British History’ pp. 76–99 in Twentieth Century British History (27:1), 2016. Tomlinson, J. and Gibbs, E. ‘Planning the new industrial nation: Scotland, 1931 to 1979’, pp. 584–606 in Contemporary British History (30), 2016....
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Tomlinson, Jim; Phillips, Jim; Wright, Valerie (2022) "De-industrialization: a case study of Dundee, 1951-2001, and its broad implications", Business History, 64 (1), pp. 28–54. Wright, Valerie; Phillips, Jim; Tomlinson, Jim (2021) "Defending the right to work: the 1983 Timex workers' occupation in Dundee", Labour History Review, 86 (1), pp. 63–90....
The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) launched the inaugural Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, marking the first global platform exclusively for female riders. Women’s sport often emphasises technical skill, strategic gameplay, and creativity, offering a fresh perspective compared to the power-driven approach that dominates some men’s leagues. For fans who value a balance...
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...became the first woman to win France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome (which women had only been allowed to enter since 1903), in 1913 for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Despite her brief career, Lilian Boulanger also composed dozens of compositions, including piano works, songs, and several large-scale works for choir and orchestra....
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...maths, aren’t you? OK. You showed me how good you are at maths, haven’t you, that treasure chest this morning. That was fantastic. OK, well done, Tanya. Rory’s interview Interviewer OK. Did you have a nice day today? Yeah? Can you tell me about some of the things you used to play with in nursery and reception that you used to really enjoy? Rory Um, the Lego....
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol
Digital & Computing

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol

...bell ydyw – ond mwy na thebyg y byddai sefydliadau yn gyffredinol yn elwa ar wneud y math hwnnw o hyfforddiant a hyfforddiant sgiliau digidol yn orfodol. Allwch chi ddim wir â rhoi'r dewis i bobl fynd yn ôl ac ymlaen pan fo hynny'n rhan mor annatod o'r ffordd y mae pobl yn gweithio ac yn debygol o fod yn rhan bwysicach o'r ffordd y mae pobl yn gweithio wrth edrych ymlaen i'r dyfodol. Efallai mai un o'r prif bethau y gallai ......
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...de Geus that said once that the only sustainable competitive advantage is to learn quicker than your opposition. So certainly in that context, I think there’s a challenge to policing to make sure that we do that. I think innovation is also fundamentally about making sure that we get the best from our single biggest resource, and that’s our people. I would say still,...
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