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- On World Bee day, human activity blamed for falling pollinator numbers
- Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young and young at heart to 'Walk the Talk'
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- Jeremy Corbyn: Theresa May has lost confidence of her own MPs
- Ruth Davidson: May 'has done the right thing'
- Ken Clarke on Tory leadership race: I think I'll give it a miss
- Conservative Party: New PM to be in post by end of July
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Category Archives: Research
Student Volunteering in India: Life-changing or just a cliché?
I haven’t been to India for a couple of years, I think it’s fairly well known I don’t like flying and despite my love of De Montfort University’s Square Mile India programme, the food and the politics of the country, … Continue reading
Does volunteering with refugees and migrants increase students’ political participation?
What are the benefits of student volunteering, beyond enhancing a CV or developing soft skills? Are there other talents developing or changes in behaviour less obvious and unintended when an undergraduate gives their time to a project or cause? … Continue reading
An unbroken chain of commitment that gives hope to victims of human rights violations
I have gone 28-hours without sleep. I was awake through the coldest night of winter so far with many other hardy souls from De Montfort University, Leicester, to demonstrate our solidarity with victims of breaches of human rights worldwide with … Continue reading
Public Engagement Blog: Proaction Cafe creates debate about what Smart City should look like
Using waste ground coffee to grow mushrooms, create a make-do-and-mend culture and find ways to stimulate a ‘sharing economy’ were at least three ideas for a ‘Smart City’ I didn’t see coming. They were given to me at Leicester’s first Proaction … Continue reading
Public Engagement blog: The Why, Where, How, When and Who of academic blogging
Welcome to this lightning guide to the benefits of blogging at De Montfort University’s Research Conference for Doctoral and Early Career Researchers entitled: Your Research Journey: The challenges of writing. I have a blog that I update when I can. Often it … Continue reading
Public Engagement blog: Design your life in an app and define what a Smart City could be…
What is a Smart City? Most people don’t know what a ‘Smart City’ is, and let’s face it why would they care? Even the most simplified definition, like this one, taken from Wikipedia, would switch off any man or woman in … Continue reading
Public Engagement blog: Is austerity motivating students to volunteer in an era of tuition fees?
Here is a piece of writing that I did recently that ambitiously I was hoping to turn into a research paper and send to an academic journal. My PhD supervisors’ feedback was that the scope was too broad and I should … Continue reading
Public Engagement Blog: Students learning with Syrian refugees creates a powerful energy
In a gloomy, dank school gymnasium in a backstreet of Berlin I got a tiny insight into what life is like for the displaced people of Syria who find themselves trying to settle in Germany. One sports hall in the complex was … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Community Development, Public engagement, Research
Tagged #RefugeesWelcome, Berlin, Learning, Public engagement, Refugees, Syria
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Public engagement blog podcast: Recreating the 1960s cinema experience
There’s nothing like a great piece of music, fashion or a movie to set the scene of the 1960s some of the most exciting and creative times in modern history. Earlier this month I was lucky enough to take part in … Continue reading
Posted in Community Development, Higher Education, Participation, Public engagement, Research
Tagged 1960s, Cinema, Public engagement, Research
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