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...community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the Connected Communities programme to help uncover and utilize their hidden potential, their tangible resources (such as spaces, services and infrastructures) and intangible qualities (such as creative talents, skills, knowledge, social and...
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“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...communities, and bespoke commitments were given in the Agreement to the Irish Language community. To fully assess the progress made on those commitments in the last 25 years, we must initially cast an eye to the language prior to 1998. Why did An Ghaeilge become such a totemic issue in northern politics? Why did Good Friday Agreement come with such high hopes? And what...
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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...communities in the hardest-hit areas reacted to these shocks, and found that social networks - the horizontal and vertical ties that connect us to others - are our most important defense against disasters. The 2011 catastrophe At 2:46 pm on Friday, March 11, 2011, a massive 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast. The quake was bigger and lasted longer than...
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Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Education & Development

Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students

...community, visibility and connection to support student success in distance learning...Equity in higher education is not just about access; it is about outcomes. For Black students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Science (STEM) at The Open University, persistent gaps in retention and progression reveal that structural barriers to more equitable outcomes remain....
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Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future
History & The Arts

Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future

...community, and addresses the injustices faced along the way...Origins Many aspects of what we now call ‘Carnival’ were brought over to the UK in the early twentieth century. Cardiff’s Butetown Docklands was at its height at the time. A lot of traffic was coming from West Africa and the Caribbean, and all over the world. In Wales, there were already traditions, such...
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MK gallery
History & The Arts

MK gallery

...communities...Inclusivity This series of interviews explores how MK Gallery embeds inclusivity into the day to day running of the organisation. Transcript Community This collection of interviews shows the ways in which MK Gallery works with different community groups within the city and collaborates with local charitable organisations. Transcript Experience These...
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The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...community, this article explores the extraordinary life of Mama Elouise Edwards...The beginning Elouise Chandler was born in what is now known as Guyana, South America on 28 December 1932. Her parents Erica and Samuel Chandler had ten children: five boys and five girls. Elouise was just six years old when her mother died aged only forty-two. She went to boarding school...
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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...communities. Its popularity has grown exponentially over the years and now there are thousands of non-deaf people in the UK who can use BSL. Until the 1940’s sign language would be passed on from person to person through families and deaf communities, but it was not recognised as an official language until 2003. Here at the OU we have around 1,300 students who have...
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