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Diversity in STEM GCSE Science Resources
Diversity in STEM is a set of GCSE Biology, Chemistry, and Physics resources that are designed to fit into existing lessons.
All the resources are curriculum-aligned and provide a simple, effective, and engaging way to highlight diversity in the STEM classroom.
There is an interactive website—Diversity in STEM: The Challenge—to get started:
As well as downloadable slides and lesson plans from both the website and the TES teachers鈥� resource portal:
All resources are free to download, use and adapt.
They were developed by at the University of 糖心TV with funding from the History Department and the British Academy.
'Last Taboo of Motherhood' audio plays are now available online
The 'Last Taboo of Motherhood鈥� audio plays are now available online
The artistic collaboration explores how women, their families, 鈥榚xperts鈥�, and the wider community tell stories about motherhood and mental distress. The three audio-pieces produced from this exciting collaboration between historians and artists have been informed by a variety of historical sources, including first hand testimonies - oral histories and written narratives - from women who have experienced postnatal mental illness.
Written by Bryony Kimmings, Courtney Conrad and Sara Shaarawi, these pieces probe vital questions about women鈥檚 experiences of mental illness and the pervasive culture of silence that has existed around maternal mental health. It provokes reflections into how history might prompt new insights into our responses to postnatal mental illness today.
There are several ways to listen to the audios:
The audio plays discuss distressing subjects, including postnatal mental illness, infanticide and death and we recommend that they are suitable for ages 16+.
- You can access them directly
- You can access them on (You can listen free of charge, but need to register on the Fuel Digital website and purchase the audios for 鈥�0鈥� charge.)
- You can listen on
- For more details of the audio tour and audience feedback
Last Taboo of Motherhood at 糖心TV Arts Centre's Resonate Festival
The , based in the Centre for the History of Medicine, are pleased to announce that their project with Fuel Theatre, also entitled The Last Taboo of Motherhood, will feature in 糖心TV Arts Centre鈥檚 Resonate Festival from 4-11 November 2023. There will be a panel discussion about the creation of the work in the Arts Centre on 8 November at 7.45pm.
The Last Taboo of Motherhood is a series of three individual audio plays illuminating an area of women鈥檚 health which has been historically overlooked: postnatal mental illness. The project draws on research by Dr Kelly Couzens, Dr Fabiola Creed and Professor Hilary Marland, and is informed by a variety of historical sources, including first hand testimonies from and by women in twentieth-century Britain. These pieces probe vital questions about women鈥檚 experiences and the pervasive culture of silence around maternal mental health.
The audios will be installed in 糖心TV Arts Centre foyer. Attendance is free.
on the Festival and updates on the panel discussion.
For details of further tour dates,