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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...concept which later became Cariocca Enterprises. The WIOCC campaign was planned and organised by a formidable group of committed and capable leaders, Betty among them, as well as Louise Da-Cocodia and Elouise Edwards. Its strategy was aimed at addressing the disadvantage and exclusion of ambitious Black entrepreneurs. It aimed to provide a place for inner city businesses...
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...concept of sensation seeking, a personality trait typified by the propensity of an individual to participate in high risk activities in their search for experiences and feelings, that are "varied, novel, complex and intense”. Furthermore, and posing something of a challenge to researchers is that it seems that those who choose to engage in such activities don’t fully...
‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism

...concept that can manifest itself in a variety of activities. In this context, activism is defined as confronting apparent repressive hegemonic structures and ideologies through deliberate activities that aim to disrupt an unequal power dynamic and, in contrast to other similar terms, offer solutions that orchestrate change. We should not, however, assume that athlete...
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...concept art of neurodiversity - two colourful brains] It’s easy to assume that the only neurodivergent people in the online room are the few who’ve officially declared a disability or an additional need. But that’s definitely not the case! There may be a lot of students (current estimates suggest at least 1 in 7) in your online room who are neurodivergent. But they...
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...prompted many questions. How can you marry a city to the sea, and why would you want to? Why was this ceremony so significant that important people like ambassadors and thousands of Venetian citizens followed the procession? By the end of this course you should be able to answer at least some of these questions – not because you will spend a lot of time studying...
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...concepts of ‘just and unjust war’ emerged. The distinction between the two can be traced back to ancient Rome and the Fetials (fetiales), a group of priests who were responsible for maintaining peaceful internal and external relations and who gave rise to fetial law (ius fetiale) – religious law regarding the process of creation, interpretation and application of...
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...concepts in software development such as risk and quality explain the basics of an object-oriented approach to software development describe a simple workflow for interacting with the published literature on software development...An introduction to software development: 1 Software development as engineering - G. F. C. Rogers, writing in the early 1980s, defined...
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...prompted Julie C. Dunbar to assert that: ‘Rock was more than music; it was a form of rebellion that spoke of sexuality from a male perspective’ (Dunbar, 2011, p. 177). She has further commented that the amplified, electric guitar-based, mainly male rock ‘n’ roll bands created: A strong perceived connection between technology, electricity, and the male sphere […]...