Men and women can now compete together in the ‘four-man’ bobsleigh after the sport’s governing body announced it will allow mixed-gender teams.
Mixed teams will be able to take part in the forthcoming bobsleigh season.
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT) said it was supporting equal opportunities. More …
The autobiographical dance show which tells audiences of experiences unique to deaf people.
“I ran over to the piano and put my hand on it to feel the vibrations of the music,” remembers Mark Smith. Diagnosed as deaf at four years old, his first encounter with rhythm and dance was at his sister’s ballet class.
Smith couldn’t hear the music but was able to establish a rhythm from what he could feel. He says: “I began to copy the movements and the teacher encouraged me to join.”He went on to study dance at degree level and has worked as a choreographer for the past 20 years. Now Smith uses those early experiences to teach other deaf people how to dance. More
A leading UK theatre organisation has pledged to balance the number of male and female actors that appear in self-generated or in-house productions.
Sheffield Theatres said it hoped to achieve its target “within the year”.
Artistic director Daniel Evans said his pledge was “not just about numbers, but also about the scope and range of parts female actors get to play”. More
Artist Rose Wylie has won one of the UK’s most prestigious painting awards at the age of 80.
The £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize, which has been handed out in Liverpool, is Wylie’s latest accolade after being belatedly discovered by the art world.
Her paintings have begun to receive recognition in the past five years.
In 2013, Wylie, from Kent, staged an exhibition at Tate Britain and was described as “a national treasure” by fellow artist Cornelia Parker.
Unlike the Turner Prize, which excludes artists over the age of 50, the John Moores Prize has no upper age limit. More
British universities are becoming more gay-friendly, according to a major new study by a gay rights charity.
Sexual harassment and “lad culture” are rife on university campuses, with more than a third of women reporting that they have suffered unwelcome advances in the form of inappropriate groping and touching, research shows. More
Results of Gender Equality Charter Marks Trial
Five universities and 17 individual departments have been recognised for their progress in advancing gender equality in arts, humanities and social science careers in higher education. All have achieved Bronze level in our trial gender equality charter mark.
Based on the principles of ECU’s highly successful Athena SWAN Charter for women in science, the gender equality charter mark aims to address chronic gender imbalance and underrepresentation in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) lecture series.
LJMU is hosting a public talk presented by Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons; Chair of the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee; Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum (PICTFOR) and a Member of the Liaison Committee.
Lecture title: “Universities should do more to keep women in science” (report released by the House of Commons – Government’s response to the under representation of women in STEM in UK Universities).
Date: Wednesday 12 November 2014
Time: 1.00 – 3.30pm: lecture will last approx. 45 minutes followed by a Q&A session
Venue: Upper Lecture Theatre, Peter Jost Centre, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF
Event Chair: Professor Robin Leatherbarrow (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Scholarship, Research and Knowledge Transfer)
Arrival and Lunch from 1.00pm.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Weatherill will open the event at 2.00pm
The lecture is free but you need to register attendance in advance here
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