A £2million government fund to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools sees national recognition for a five-year research project by a University of Greenwich academic.
Professor Elizabeth West is the Academic Lead for the landmark survey into the views and experiences of thousands of young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) people, which was aimed at improving their life chances and tackling discrimination.
The confidential online survey, the largest of its kind to be carried out in the UK to date, is part of a project backed by the Big Lottery Fund to identify issues facing LGBTQ young people. The project is led by London-based charity METRO, in partnership with the University of Greenwich and Ergo Consulting. More
Canadian Kaillie Humphries and USA’s Elana Meyers-Taylor made history by becoming the first women to win four-man international bobsleigh medals.
Olympic champion Humphries, 29, piloted her three male team-mates to silver, with the USA team third, in the first of two North American Cup races in Calgary, Canada.
Britain’s Lamin Deen won gold in the second race, ahead of Meyers-Taylor. More
Double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin has been named Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year for 2014.
Dujardin continued her dominance of the sport over the last 12 months, winning gold medals in the special and freestyle events at the World Equestrian Games in France as well as a silver in the team event.
The Gloucestershire-based rider now holds multiple titles at Olympic, European and World levels – all the achievements coming on her amazing Dutch-bred gelding Valegro. More
Women taking up roles in the workplace, emptied of men as World War One began, soon showed conflict was not confined to the front line. One group of Cumbrian textile workers made sure the fight for their rights got national attention.
Drafted in to fill the gaps in factories and offices, more than one million women joined the workforce between 1914 and 1918.
But the poor conditions and long working hours soon left them with the need to launch the battle for their rights.
Little is now remembered about the fight for better pay of women working at Ainsworth Mill in Cleator Moor. More
Rainbow List 2014: The annual celebration of the lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender people who make a real difference.
The result honours those who have long and brave histories of standing up for equal rights, as well as youngsters whose openness in the past year shows children (and adults) that who they are and whom they love need not be a barrier to success in any walk of life. More …
Pull down the duvet and what do you see? A floor? A ceiling? Four white walls closing in like a snowstorm? No horizons when you’re stuck down a crevasse.
But look a little harder and you might be able to decipher the outline of a new direction. Towards a new relationship; a better job; a worthier challenge; the top of Everest – a metaphorical Everest or perhaps even the real one?
If that sounds trite or dumb, it has been done. And if it has been done, it can be done again.
