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Sensory augmentation devices
History & The Arts

Sensory augmentation devices

...research programme is experimenting with novel augmentation devices to explore sensory, bodily and cognitive extension. In this interdisciplinary research, philosophy and art combine with various flavours of computing: ubiquitous; wearable; and physical. We take a look at how E-Sense's speculative philosophical research experiments, built on the 1960's work of Paul...
What's the animal?
Education & Development

What's the animal?

...to download and print...[Cows] This activity is something that you can do with children aged between about 3 and 11 years old. It’s based on a test that psychologists have used to explore children’s inhibitory control. It’s a fun activity to do and it may give you a clearer idea of how your child thinks. [The stroop test] Click here to download What's The Animal?...
Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...centres of weapons manufacturing for British forces. Across Clydeside and elsewhere, workers protested poor conditions again and again during the war years, striking in mines, factories and shipyards. They wanted the working week to be cut from a 54-hour average to 40 hours, and fought attempts by employers to drive down wages and roll back hard-won improvements to...
What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...research...[Two young men on a balcony] A rigid construct of how “real” men are supposed to behave leaves many feeling trapped, new research we carried out suggests. [The Conversation] While most support gender equality, the young men in the UK, US and Mexico reported feeling pushed to live in the “man box”. They feel pressure to act tough, hide weakness and...
So you've written your novel, what now?
History & The Arts

So you've written your novel, what now?

...Research agencies and make a targeted approach. Some agents have areas of expertise – they only represent children’s fiction, for example, or non-fiction. Some agents might have a broader remit but exclude certain genres such as, for example, science fiction. It’s obviously no good sending your epic fantasy trilogy to an agent who doesn’t represent science fiction...
Supporting care-experienced students in UK higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting care-experienced students in UK higher education

...Children Act, 1989). This includes with a family member who is not the parent (kinship care), as well as foster care, adoption or residential care. Being in care can mean many things. It can mean moving away from parents, living with strangers and sharing community spaces with people you don’t know and don’t like. It can involve disruption, changing school, leaving...
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...children’s writer R. M. Ballantyne. Many scholars have attempted to account for the extraordinary popularity of Robinson Crusoe and its imitations, and have speculated about what it was that readers were responding to in Defoe’s book. Pat Rogers, to take one example, made an intensive study of the history of publication of Robinson Crusoe in chapbook form, looking...
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...centres, voluntary movements such as Girlguiding, faith-based projects, education or training related projects, those linked with arts or sport, and, importantly, the street. You might be aware of organisations that work with people of all ages but wish to acknowledge the particular contribution of young people. Alternatively, you may have experience of spending time with...