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Articles by Julie Farrell
Let’s not confuse institutional prestige with national priority
There is very clearly an important debate to be had about the future funding of higher education. The Department for Education’s recent analysis of the full economic cost of undergraduate provision is right to highlight the growing gap between the cost of providing a high-quality education and the income available to fund it. The evidence also makes clear that the cost of educating a student varies significantly according to the subject, mode of study, region and type of provision.
Kiwis Set to Soar at Sydney CDI
New Zealand’s top dressage combination, Wendi Williamson and Don Vito MH, are chasing glory at the Sydney CDI this week. It’s been a cracker year for the Waimauku combination, winning the top crowns at both the Bates National Championships and Defender Horse of the Year Show. They cleaned up at the Sydney last year, winning the treble of the Grand Prix (71.065%), Grand Prix Special (72.149%) and Freestyle to Music (75.1755).
The future of Inklusion: new versions and a new team member — Inklusion
Hello from Ink towers! It’s been a wee while since we updated you on our progress and we’re grateful for your patience. If you've signed up to our mailing list, the fully designed print version of the guide will be landing on your doorstep very soon and we can’t wait to share it with you! It looks pretty kickass. The PDF, Easy Read, BSL & audio, and Braille versions will be following imminently and all will be clearly linked on our website.
If you want diverse books you need to change your definition of commercial - by Elspeth Wilson — Inklusion
If You Want Diverse Books You Need to Change Your Definition of Commercial – by Elspeth Wilson In the writing world, there are certain things that are often deemed to be necessary or essential by the industry to make a book successful, and to crucially sell. Narrative arcs. Three act structures with an inciting incident. Protagonists who are active not passive. Strong hooks. Showing not telling.
Samar Ziadat – On the Realities of Arts Programming - Disability Arts Online
Julie Farrell speaks to freelance curator, educator and activist, Samar Ziadat on the challenges of creating one’s own work, being passion-led, and making art accessible to all. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Samar Ziadat is the Director of Dardishi Festival, a festival of Arab and North African woman’s art, as well as an arts programmer at Glasgow Zine Library and the Scottish Queer International Film Festival.
Dying from Inequality – Why Universal Basic Income is the Solution - Disability Arts Online
As the Covid-19 crisis looks set to devastate the economy, the arts ecology and disproportionately affect both disabled people and the self-employed, Diverse Critics writer Julie Farrell makes the case for Universal Basic Income as a means to lessen the impact of growing inequality. A London tower block. Photograph: GCampbellHall [licensed under CC BY 2.0] ‘It is the peculiar lowness of poverty that you discover first.’ Wrote George Orwell in his memoir, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933).
Seeing the Unseen – why are autistic women so often overlooked? - Disability Arts Online
Seeing the Unseen directed by Bjarney Lúðvíksdóttir and Kristján Kristjánsson is a documentary exploring the role that autism plays in the lives of 17 Icelandic women, and asking why autistic women and girls have remained invisible in society for so long. It showed at Glasgow Film Festival 2020 and is available to rent now. Seeing the Unseen Film Still.
Harry Josephine Giles: ‘I woke up and the arts was gone.’
Award-winning writer and performer Harry Josephine Giles on the swift and crushing blow the current pandemic has delivered to the arts, and the politics of ever seeing it alive again. Harry Josephine Giles. Photograph: Rich Dyson.
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