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An update on the work of the Network for Researchers with Speech Impairments/Differences

Anita Ghai is seen in her wheelchair, wearing a bright pink dress. On the left is Sandeep Singh wearing an orange top and cream trousers. On the right stands Dan Goodley, wearing a flat cap, blue shirt and trousers. All are smiling together outside a building entrance.
Anita Ghai, Sandeep Singh and Dan Goodley

Professor Anita Ghai, Rest in Power

Use of real-world data in drug development

World Orphan Drug Congress 2024 – Barcelona

by Matthew Hanchard
A pile of papers and stickers and zines

Anti-Frontiers in Zineing: Zines as Process & the Politics of Refusal

Zines are becoming increasingly popular in academic spaces. Whilst this is widely celebrated, what are the risks of mainstreaming zine culture?
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iHuman Senior Research Fellow secures Wellcome Award

Dr Kirsty Liddiard, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education and iHuman, has just received a prestigious Wellcome Trust Discovery Award for a new co-produced project entitled, Cripping Breath: Towards a new cultural politics of respiration.

Garden in Delhi with the Indian flag aloft

iHuman in India

Preparations begin for a major new International Programme of Disability Studies research
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Reflections from a Cyborg: Telepresence teaching in Higher Education

Presenters will be presenting via telepresence robots
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Animating Inclusion

Dr Ryan Bramley and Dr Kirsty Liddiard, School of Education and iHuman, have just received Public Engagement Funding for a project entitled, Animating Inclusion.
Photo by Mika Baumeister

iHuman leads new work on cultural modelling of climate change on social media

Just Futures: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cultural Climate Models