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26 March 2021
The Big Freelancer Report released
Supported by Freelancers Make Theatres Work and funded by Arts Council England, the Big Freelancer Report has been released to map issues faced by performing arts freelancers and to suggest recommendations for change.
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15 March 2021
Developing fake news immunity
As misinformation has become more common in recent years, University of Liverpool researchers Elinor Carmi and Elena Musi led a session at MozFest 2021 that focused on being able to identify fake news using their Fake News Immunity Chatbot.
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15 March 2021
Tim Berners-Lee says Internet inaccessible for too many young people globally
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who created the world wide web in 1989, has stated in a letter that too many young people do not have internet access, highlighting the importance of internet connectivity as a basic human right.
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1 March 2021
Families of pupils returning to school in England to be offered free Covid testing
Free coronavirus testing kits will be made available to the families of pupils from 1 March ahead of the scheduled return of students to school and college on 8 March.
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10 August 2020
Truth and Trust: the Rise and Fall of the Expert
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
Isaac Asimov
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15 May 2020
Interview with Sanah Ahsan: poet, presenter, and trainee clinical psychologist
Sanah talks about her latest experience in the BBC's ‘Performance Live: The Way Out’, her doctorate on whiteness in clinical psychology, and how spoken word can be used to help mental health
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30 April 2020
Death Stranding: Connection and isolation in the midst of coronavirus
A bizarre game with a perhaps timely message
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28 April 2020
Cancelled exams: what does it mean for those taking arts subjects?
How exam cancellation will affect the assessment of subjects like Music, Drama and Dance; what are the options for being assessed?
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23 April 2020
How staying at home is helping us connect
How the lockdown is making one nihilist change her ways, because maybe, just maybe, humans aren’t so bad after all
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13 April 2020
A guide to my favourite time-wasting games
As a result of isolation, I’ve found myself revisiting old childhood browser games, and I thought it would be a fun idea to list off (in no particular order) some of my all-time favourite time-wasting games online!
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30 March 2020
What is home-education and where do I start?
A guide to help demystify home-education during your time at home
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25 March 2020
Top 10 things you can do to help your mental health at home
A ‘top 10’ of things you can do from home that will help your mental health and wellbeing whilst being self-isolated or during social distancing in this coronavirus pandemic.
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22 March 2020
The importance of art in times of self isolation
since the global outbreak of the COVID-19 or coronavirus, we have all been told to stay home as part of what it seems to be the only way to stop it: self-isolation. How can art help us feel better about it?
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18 March 2020
Coping with OCD during Covid-19
As someone with OCD, anxiety and depression, I wanted to make a guide on how to support your friends, family and yourself through this epidemic so you can come out the other side fighting fit.
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18 March 2020
What's it like working as a music photographer in the middle of a global pandemic?
What happens when you work as a music photographer and then a global pandemic comes along? Never fear, I’m here with as many tips as I can muster!
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16 March 2020
Musicians surviving in the age of coronavirus
How the industry will have to react, the impact on artists, and the possible ways that live performance can be kept alive through the outbreak.
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4 February 2020
Is the fear surrounding the coronavirus out of control?
The coronavirus has been in the news lately, but is it as scary as the media makes it? The news might make it seem as though the end of the world is near, but I’ve gathered as much genuine information I could to try and ease the panic!