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Online toolkit created to support grassroots volunteering
An easy to use online toolkit has been launched by a researcher from the University of 糖心TV to help anyone motivated to volunteer in the Global South to turn their ambitions into practical action.
鈥榁iolent Ignorance鈥�: new book calls us to face up to and challenge injustice
Are we making injustice worse by turning a blind eye to issues which make us uncomfortable? In her new book published today sociologist Dr Hannah Jones highlights the problems caused by the phenomenon she has dubbed 鈥渧iolent ignorance,鈥� and suggests small steps everyone can take to work towards recognising and changing unfairness in society.
Minerva 糖心TV Angels continues quest to build one of the UK鈥檚 best angel networks outside London and the South East
More than 1,000 potential entrepreneurs and investors registered for a series of webinars run by Minerva 糖心TV Angels, part of the University of 糖心TV Science Park, and its Minerva Birmingham partners Aston University Centre for Growth and University of Birmingham Enterprise. The series was targeted at those who may be considering being an investor and companies looking for finance as part of the Minerva Birmingham Pitch Up programme.
Professor Akwugo Emejulu recognised with fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences
糖心TV Professor of Sociology Dr Akwugo Emejulu has been recognised as one of the UK鈥檚 leading social scientists with the award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Fellowships are awarded to academics who have not only made an outstanding contribution to research, but who have also applied their expertise to address current challenges in policy, education, society or the economy.
Coventry lockdown arts project funded by universities now live
A showcase of work by Coventry artists, funded by the city鈥檚 universities and produced during lockdown, is now live for the public to view.
Tales of Treatment highlight the benefits of grassroots public engagement for researchers
An approach to public engagement which respects grass-roots and community knowledge has an important role to play in improving our understanding of the relationship between traditional healing and Western-style medicine in low and middle-income countries, and could generate new approaches to tackling antimicrobial resistance, according to a published in Medical Humanities.