Voices Through Time – Coram
Coram was founded in 1739 as the Foundling Hospital and supports children in care. It is working on projects to digitise its archives while asking current children and care leavers to respond to the archive in creative ways using the assistance of professional artists. Through this, it aims to bring to life stories of care […]
English Social Mobility Index 2024
The annual Index is published by the Higher Education Policy Institute and compiled by London South Bank University. It measures the social mobility of graduates from individual universities. This year the top places go to: University of Bradford Aston University University of Wolverhampton Methodology based on access continuation and outcomes is provided.
Women’s History Advent Calendar
Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.
Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
A UN online Tool to monitor the negative impact of sanctions imposed on a country on human rights i that country.The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, has launched a tool for monitoring and assessing the humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures. Users can look at the map of sanctioning […]
Digital Literacies with Children
Dr Cristina Costa, from Durham University School of Education, has been working on a digital literacy project with children at a County Durham primary school. The project co-producing picture books about social media topics with children which can help to better understand how young people view social media. The outputs including lesson plans can be […]
Birmingham Black Oral History Project
The collection includes oral history interviews with 21 people conducted between 1990 and 1992, who originated from the Caribbean, South Asia and covered a range of themes including first impressions, religious experiences, education, experiences of racism, identity, as well as their thoughts on the future.
The Barnardo’s Oral History project
This project includes:
Making of Black Britain
Making of Black Britain is a non-profit organization collecting stories of the resilience of ordinary people. See:https://themakingofblackbritain.org/ https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-making-black-britain
Yoto Carnegie Medals
The winners of the 2024 Yoto Carnegies have been announced. See who won: https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/ The Yoto Carnegies are prizes awarded to children’s books, one for writing and one for illustration. The main medals are awarded by a panel of children’s and youth’s librarians, but the Shadowers’ Award is judged by children. The judges and the […]
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