Paud’s Pins – an LGBTQ+ history project An LGBT community archive which comprises over 100 badges belonging to former Gay’s the Word bookshop manager Paud Hegarty. The badges were discovered recently abandoned in an attic. The physical archive is housed in the bookshop in London. Learn more about the campaigns & struggles of left-wing and LGBTQ+ […]
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COVID and Africa’s HE sector
Survey findings: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, how is Africa’s higher education sector faring? Latest research from the Africa portal where you can find more papers and reports from African universities. There is a specialist research library for COVID related materials.
LGBT+ history exhibitons, plus playlist
Online exhibition from the Bishopsgate Institute to commemorate LGBT+ history month and a physical exhibition they are holding at the Barbican centre. Also, explore an audio play list of clips from hit LGBT records from the 1980s. Out and About! | Barbican
IFS: government hits students, graduates and universities
According to the latest IFS report “The government is quietly tightening the financial screws on students, graduates and universities. Students will see substantial cuts to the value of their maintenance loans, as parental earnings thresholds will stay frozen in cash terms and the uplift in the level of loans will fall far short of inflation. This […]
Webinar – Sylvia Pankhurst: Art and Activism
Watch again on YouTube https://youtu.be/SUCiuy2y0u4 Images of her art and design and discussion with her biographer Rachel Holmes Read Sylvia’s original online archive papers at institute of social history Amsterdam: https://search.iisg.amsterdam/Record/ARCH01029
Latest from Policy Commons
The website which contains full text grey literature from NGOs and think-tanks is developing a feature to locate statistical tables within articles and export them as csv files. See one of the 150,000 tables an AI tool has found (registration required on the site). Many features are currently free. All topics are covered.
Feminist Library Podcasts
Available via Feminist_Library | Mixcloud3 recent episodes on key topics:On Intersectional Feminism by Feminist_Library | MixcloudDomestic Violence by Feminist_Library | MixcloudDecolonising the Curriculum by Feminist_Library | Mixcloud They include discussions with activists.
Free images for use in Education
The VADS society provides free access to over 14,0000 images from UK art and design collections for use in teaching. Includes collections of suffrage banners, African and Asian art archives, fashion illustrations and more.
Living Black at University
UNITE union reveals Black students experiences with university housing 54% of Black students surveyed reported having been the victim of some form of racism in their accommodation.
Hub for equal representations
Created by a team of leading Economics researchers based at the London School of Economics, The Hub focuses on presenting research to find finding effective ways to improve representation of women and minorities at work. Topics covered include gender differences in pay, gender quotas and childcare with free access to recent examples of research.
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