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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...communities in Cuba, and how participatory art can contribute to education and reflection on climate change. Tendayi Bloom, Lecturer at POLIS, OU, suggests that we need to find new ways of thinking about those who are excluded from citizenship, suggesting that the idea of noncitizenism should be introduced to think about the rights of these groups of people. Kesi...
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...communities along Clydeside, a factor that was to prove significant during the 1911 strike. In tune with its American roots, the Singer Company was aggressively hostile to trade unions. They employed a plethora of anti-union tactics, including workforce spies and aggressive victimisation. The few union members in the plant would be confined to the male craft trades such...
Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...community over who should be its leader. Some Muslims argued that before his death Muhammad nominated his cousin, Ali, to succeed him as leader of the Muslim community when he died. In the event Muhammad’s close friend and companion, Abu Bakr, became the first Caliph (deputy or successor). Ali did eventually become Caliph in 656 CE. Five years later, however, Ali was...
Article 5 mins
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...communication, presentation, influencing, analysis, critical thinking, and team working are essential and should be included in every degree programme (Cook, 2020). Similarly, Kwauk and Casey (2022) argue that climate change is not only a technical challenge but a sociological one, because it requires humans to find ways of adapting to live in a changing world. They...
Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...community at the turn of the century. [A King Billy mural] The first was of William of Orange ("King Billy"), painted in 1908, celebrating his defeat of the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. This image has been repeated many times since then, but has become less popular in recent years although most Loyalist murals still tend to be painted around...
Article 10 mins
How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...Community Interest Company, founded by Katy Vigurs and Lindsey Vigurs, as part of our preliminary work on the Grieving Divergently project. DEAD GOOD are death workers and death educators, and have experience in supporting bereaved neurodivergent children and families. DEAD GOOD retains the copyright for the images used. The Grieving Divergently pilot project work has...
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...community of practice for that software or information, and the community within which data can be exchanged. One way to ensure excludability is to use technical measures, like encryption and licence codes, along with the internet to check that people are properly licensed. The other measure in wide use is the law – a public good created to protect private goods. We...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...communities, and the importance of biodiversity in resilience. Biodiversity is a term that encompasses all the variation in living things. Maintaining and enhancing biodiversity is important because greater variation gives living systems more resilience. If an extreme event occurs, a system with fifty different species may remain stable because while some may fail, others...