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Black History for Every Day of the Year wins book awards

We’re delighted to share the news that Black History for Every Day of the Year, by Dr Yinka Olusoga, has won two awards at the School Library Association’s Information Book Awards 2025.
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Credit: STEP Fusion

Future engineers of world-first fusion plant to be found through UK schools programme

The Maker{futures} team have launched an exciting new schools programme to inspire the next generation of fusion energy scientists, engineers, technicians and project managers.

Credit: STEP Fusion
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Exploring transitions in family care for people with Learning Disabilities

Tom Ryan has been successful in securing an award for a vital new project looking at care transitions in later life for adults with learning disabilities.
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Scary stories for kids: All About Ghosts is a non-fiction book that gave me all the knowledge to spot spectres

Dr Catherine Bannister shares her choice, All About Ghosts by Christopher Maynard, as a favourite children's scary read.

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BAFTA-nominated actors five times more likely to have attended private school than UK population.

Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are four times less likely to work in the creative industries compared to their middle-class peers.
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International survey of Maternal Journal practitioners launches

As part of Dr Jessica Bradley's ongoing collaboration with Maternal Journal, the team are launching a survey to help scope the breadth and depth of similar creative projects that support mothers and birthing parents around the world.
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Tired of Spinning Plates

This online event will be an opportunity to explore a selection of short films and contributions to an online exhibition, produced as part of an on-going project ‘Tired of Spinning Plates’.

New Maternal Journal video released

A new video created as part of ongoing collaborative research by Dr Jessica Bradley capturing the experiences of practitioners who are leading ‘Maternal Journal’ creative journaling groups and workshops for mothers and birthing parents is released.

'Be Cancer Aware' as Disability Co-Production in Action

Disability Matters teamed up with Humanising Healthcare to capture effective disability co-production on film