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“Without climate education, I don’t see the value in going to school at all.”

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I’m concerned about the climate crisis, but I didn’t pick A-level subjects that would teach me about it, like geography or chemistry. They help with things like banking and finance, legal issues and safeguarding. I did some research and found it very interesting, but I didn’t know anything about anatomy. www.sheffield.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/2022/quantitative-social-sciences-sociology-bsc.

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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Eithne Quinn, a professor of cultural studies at the University of Manchester, is an expert on race, justice and culture, and she has shed light on this problem through her research project, “Prosecuting Rap: Criminal Justice and UK Black Youth Expressive Culture”. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: American Studies, Criminology, Cultural Studies.

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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This is why Professor Oscar Odena, an interdisciplinary researcher at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, decided to create a global network of people studying social music projects from Colombia in South America to the DRC in Africa. By 2019, Oscar had already spent a lot of time researching social music projects.

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Classroom resources for the new school year

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At Futurum, we work with researchers and academics from all disciplines to create classroom resources for schools. Each article explains the researcher’s work in a clear and engaging way and provides advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the field. Look no further!