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    treedrum wrote a new post, Fully fledged sound journeying creationist, on the site Treedrum 1 year, 1 month ago

    It took eight months all told involving 20-30 individual case studies and several group gong bath sessions. I have Martyn Cawthorne to thank for steering me all these month as my tutor and mentor through the […]

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    As EdLab has become integrated into the Faculty’s programme and is now led by a variety of staff and external partners, most of our updates have moved to other project blogs. Here is a list of the active projects […]

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    fereshtehmozaffari wrote a new post, refugee festival in manchester, on the site Refugees-in-Manchester 1 year, 3 months ago

    Refugee celebrations

    It has been a busy month for most refugee communities and art sector across the country as the refugee week was celebrated by festivals and venues from the 18th  to 21st of Ju […]

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    fereshtehmozaffari wrote a new post, my poem for International Mother language poetry event, on the site Refugees-in-Manchester 1 year, 7 months ago

    It has been a long time since I updated this blog in June 2017. I have been busy since working on different things, finished my masters, got my first grant to produce my first solo show and performed in a few […]

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    Story of Estevan from Bolivia

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    Longer Video

    Story of Hanan from Agbogbloshie

    Video on Hanan
    Longer Documentary

    Belen from Barcelona’s story

    Tips about being in coding and m […]

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    treedrum wrote a new post, The way of the gong – full circle musical journey, on the site Treedrum 1 year, 8 months ago

    In six months time, if I get through 20 case studies, complete 5 weekends worth of one to one tuition, I will have traveled a full musical circle journey and become a credited gong bath, gong spa, sound journey, […]

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    creationpen wrote a new post, The year of 2017, on the site Creation Pen (Mahboobeh.co.uk) 1 year, 10 months ago

    It was a very productive 2017 for me with lots of trips and new experiences, meeting more amazing people and creating more artistic works.

    I have worked with such wonderful people with CAN team and also all […]

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    creationpen wrote a new post, First Artist HUB, on the site Creation Pen (Mahboobeh.co.uk) 2 years ago

    I am creating and leading the first Refugee Artist HUB that will also be a platform for diverse Artists to meet and work on creative ideas in new ways and method. Both Refugees and Diverse Artist and also people […]

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    In Sierra Leone there is a dangerously worrying fact facing vulnerable young girls looking for a fair start in life: they’re simply not being given the opportunity to stay in school. UNICEF research shows that e […]

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    lewis wrote a new post, Science Poetry, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 1 month ago

    Dividing education into disciplinary boundaries, is not the only way of learning about a subject. Specific disciplinary labels can have stereotypical associations which affect how learners feel about, or engage […]

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    lewis wrote a new post, Escape the Classroom, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 1 month ago

    Escape Rooms have become increasingly popular entertainment experiences in recent years, in which groups of people work together to solve puzzles and escape a locked room in a limited time period. As well as […]

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    lewis wrote a new post, Work with Grimm & Co, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 1 month ago

    Grimm & Co are a Yorkshire charity based in Rotherham town centre, championing the writer in every young person through the joyful discovery of stories. Their story centre and imagination gym can only be accessed […]

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    StarLab is an inflatable dome onto which star and constellation maps can be projected to take learners on a virtual tour of the universe. It is a portable system which is easily transported and inflated, and can […]

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    lewis wrote a new post, Funologists, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 1 month ago

    The practices of coding and electronic ‘making’ have recently entered mainstream education. Their reach has, however, not been universal – and particular groups of pupils (boys, for instance) tend to feel that the […]

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    lewis wrote a new post, Happy Trails, on the site EdLab MMU 2 years, 1 month ago

    Students worked with Primary Schools to create inclusive and engaging places of play, to explore the everyday in-between spaces of the city where children and teachers can work together. Students worked with […]

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    creationpen wrote a new post, Health & Migration Webinar at United Nation City, on the site Creation Pen (Mahboobeh.co.uk) 2 years, 2 months ago

    I am honoured to be in the panel for Migration and Health called ‘True Stories’ by World Health Organisation at the United Nation City in Copenhagen on Tuesday 8th of August.

    Speakers:

    Bernadette […]

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    As part of a project that came out of an entry in the Calderdale Bootstrap Project, Scavengers of Calderdale is a joint project of Noisy Toys and EdLab MMU.

    This opening pilot workshop at the Hackerspace in […]

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    It was the last of our regular sessions with our Y4/5 Roll Crescent group of young people recently. So what better to do that play video games.

    The learning element here was to use a combination of Arduino, […]

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    EdLab was happy to be able to contribute some key workshops aimed at children and families for the 2017 Summer Community Learning Festival in the Birley Building.

    The festival is an idea way for us to develop […]

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    fereshtehmozaffari wrote a new post, Celebrating syria is in Manchester now, on the site Refugees-in-Manchester 2 years, 2 months ago

    Celebrating Syria has come to Manchester.  Although I am a bit late to make this announcement it is not too late as there are 2 days left with a family fun day on Sunday.

    The festival is a fortnight of […]

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