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Beyond the curtain
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Dr Lena Simic grew up in Croatia, where her theatre career started at the age of nine. She continues to write, direct and perform, and has carved out a substantial academic career, teaching about the connections between theory and performance practice, supervising PhD students, and researching areas such as contemporary performance practice, performance and the maternal, autobiographical performance, feminist theatre and performance, and activist arts practice.
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Personal Tutors
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What is a personal tutor, and why do I need a personal tutor? Edge Hill personal tutors answer your questions.
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Children, food and the climate crisis
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Reader in Sociology, Dr Richard Twine, is Co-Director of the Centre for Human-Animal Relations at Edge Hill University. His current research interests and teaching focus on climate change and the relationships between children, food, sustainability and the environment. We sat down with Richard to find out more.
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What's the buzz?
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We meet two Musical Theatre students who gave their world premiere performance...on campus.
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Real-world experience - geography and geology
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In December 1972, Harrison Schmitt became the first professional geologist to set foot on the moon, as part of the crew of Apollo 17. He and his crew-member collected over 115kg of rocks and other materials from the surface.
We can’t guarantee you’ll make it all the way to the moon, but a degree in the geosciences is certainly a route to a rewarding career.
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Sound Czech
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Czech Jan Titlbach graduated in 2018. A drummer whose favourite instrument is actually the piano, Jan valued every module, whether he liked it or not, because he believes there is always something interesting or useful to take away.
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Life Through a Lens
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Thom Dallimore is showing us around the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) facilities within the Department of Biology.
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Let’s go to the beach
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We are an island nation with a large coastline and so it is part of every child’s birth right, to know, understand and appreciate our coastline. Effective Beach Schools can support this understanding and are very flexible as they can be used to support children’s learning in different ways.
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Career enhancing opportunities - Social Work
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Want to support people and their families? As a social worker, it will be your challenge to promote wellbeing in diverse communities and help individuals with complex needs.
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Career enhancing opportunities - Sociology and Social Sciences
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We are passionate about offering career enhancing field trip opportunities to all our students. These trips are really important to your learning experience, providing the opportunity to meet, listen and talk to real people involved in real contemporary issues.
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