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Permaculture Your University

Permaculture Your University
Feb 1, 2024

Summary The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden
Callum Egan explains how his academic community transformed The Lions’ Gate at Napier University, Edinburgh, into a series of permaculture gardens to create a healthier, nature-focused form of educational workplace.
People Callum Egan
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Terrestrial Ecosystems/Species
Themes Environment
Culture and Communities
Health
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Interaction Design
URL https://www.permaculture.co.uk/issue/spring-2024/
Dr Kulpa Invited as Guest Speaker at the Polish Academy of Sciences

Dr Kulpa Invited as Guest Speaker at the Polish Academy of Sciences
May 8, 2024

Source https://ifispan.pl/reality-truth-and-the-democratic-imagination-in-journalistic-reporting-on-antiracist-queer-and-feminist-activism-in-poland/
Summary Commentary title: "Are We Post-Enlightenment? Queer Questions for Epistemic (In)Justices. A Commentary to Dr Polynczuk-Alenius': ‘Reality’, ‘truth’, and the democratic imagination in journalistic reporting on antiracist, queer, and feminist activism in Poland"
Linked Funders EC European Commission
People Roberto Kulpa
Outputs Are We Post-Enlightenment? Queer Questions for Epistemic (In)Justices. A Commentary to Dr Polynczuk-Alenius': ‘Reality’, ‘truth’, and the democratic imagination in journalistic reporting on antiracist, queer, and feminist activism in Poland
Org Units School of Applied Sciences
Projects RESIST - Fostering Queer-Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics
Research Areas Journalism
Geopolitics
eGovernment
Information society
Social justice
Ethics and sustainability
Governance
Human rights
Intercultural Communication
Gender
Migration and Mobility
Critical studies
Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Social Sciences Research Group
Centre for Arts, Media and Culture
Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy
URL https://ifispan.pl/reality-truth-and-the-democratic-imagination-in-journalistic-reporting-on-antiracist-queer-and-feminist-activism-in-poland/
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and strong institutions
Dr Kulpa invited to talk about the UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers"

Dr Kulpa invited to talk about the UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers"
May 20, 2024

Source https://preciousproject.eu
Summary In this invited contribution, Dr Kulpa will share reflections on how EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) and decolonialisation work in the UK academic contexts, embedded in the processes of neoliberalization of higher education in the anglophone contexts.
Linked Funders EC European Commission
People Roberto Kulpa
Outputs UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers"
Org Units School of Applied Sciences
Research Areas Geopolitics
Law and Legal Policy
Education
Social justice
Pedagogy
Ethics and sustainability
Governance
Human rights
Leadership
Gender
Migration and Mobility
Critical studies
Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Social Sciences Research Group
Centre for Arts, Media and Culture
Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and strong institutions
Professor Imed Romdhani working with Scot Aid to acquire licences for different learning platforms

Professor Imed Romdhani working with Scot Aid to acquire licences for different learning platforms
Jun 20, 2024

Summary An Edinburgh Napier academic is spearheading an international initiative to provide free online courses to students in Gaza.

Professor Imed Romdhani has linked-up with Scottish charity Scot Aid, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and online learning platform edX and is aiming to initially provide 5,000 free licences to students in Gaza.Professor Imed Romdhani

The initiative – which aims to support around 20,000 students in total – will give students access to unlimited courses from three online learning platforms; edX, Coursera and DataCamp.
People Imed Romdhani
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Education
Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Higher Education Research
URL https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/academic-leading-international-initiative-to-provide-free-courses-to-students-in-palestine
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 - Quality Education
Cristian Surubaru working with the European Commission on Administrative Capacity Building (ACB) Roadmaps

Cristian Surubaru working with the European Commission on Administrative Capacity Building (ACB) Roadmaps
Jul 8, 2024

Summary Dr Neculai Cristian Surubaru has been contracted as a senior and lead expert by the Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy (DG Regio) at the European Commission to work on the issue of capacity-building for the management of European funds by national and regional authorities across Europe.
Linked Funders EC European Commission
People Neculai Cristian Surubaru
Projects Expert for the European Commission: Review and recommendations on Administrative Capacity Building (ACB) roadmaps
Research Areas Governance
Law and Legal Policy
Leadership
Themes Culture and Communities
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and strong institutions
SDG 17 - Partnerships and Goals