Author: Stephen Bunbury The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are held up as a celebration of human potential and ability. As we look back on Tokyo 2020, it provides an opportunity for us to revisit what inclusion means for disabled individuals. …
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Author: Prof Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala The University of Westminster recently partnered with former Arsenal footballers Mathieu Flamini and Mesut Ozil to develop a range of nutritional supplements. The product range was created at the Centre for Nutraceuticals, University of Westminster,…
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By Tom Buchanan, University of Westminster When we come across false information on social media, it is only natural to feel the need to call it out or argue with it. But my research suggests this might do more harm than…
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Authors: Annapurna Menon, Arshita Nandan and Jo Krishnakumar “Without community there is no liberation .. but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretence that these differences do not exist” (Audre Lorde) During this period…
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Author: Prof Guy Osborn The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games offer us an opportunity to consider not only the University of Westminster’s own Olympic history, but also to celebrate our Olympians, whose achievements were key to the Polytechnic Harriers…
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By Steve Greenfield, University of Westminster Calamity marred the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France, with two harrowing crashes in the final 45km of the stretch from Brest to Landernau. The second of the two was a “normal” cycling…
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Author: Dr Kathryn Waddington The need for compassion in our universities, and more widely in society and for the planet is an urgent one; the neoliberal universities of the 21st century have been described as “anxiety machines”. The charity Student…
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Dr Kate Graham & Dr Paul Breen UEFA’s delayed 2020 European Championship has been creating a lot of headlines this past month for reasons both positive and negative. The English Football Association’s strong support for racial equality has been one…
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Author: Dr Cangbai Wang Situated in the bustling area of Soho, London’s Chinatown is a focal point for many people of Chinese and East Asian backgrounds living in the UK. As an iconic cultural space of the Capital, it has…
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Author: Dr Matthew Morrison On 27 February 2021, Guy Osborn and I produced an online play reading of Sus by Barrie Keeffe. This was part of the Difference Festival, the annual event that has given Guy and I so many opportunities…
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