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Spare Rib magazine goes online for the first time

Few titles sum up an era and a movement like Spare Rib. With its commitment to challenging the status quo, Spare Rib battled oppression and gave a voice to the struggles, discussions and debates of diverse groups of women over the 21 years it was in print (1972-1993).

From today, every edition of Spare Rib magazine will be available to be viewed by anyone online for free.

Work & Learning: Innovation, Evaluation and Dissemination within the Workplace & the University

The conference welcomes papers, workshops and roundtable discussions which contribute to research, theory, policy and practice in work and learning. Conference themes may cover all or some of the following:

CR&DALL Themes:

Work-Based Learning

Supporting local learning frameworks

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) at UTS has released a new resource to help local governments create, adopt, and evaluate a Community Learning Plan for local government areas.

GlobalGirl Media in the UK

We're launching GlobalGirl Media in the UK! The five year old organization uplifts young women in underserved communities by giving them a voice through the creation of videos.

Food Security Fund - £14 million

The themes for the Global Food Security programme were announced on 29 May. They are:

Enhancing productivity;
Resilience and sustainability of agricultural landscapes;
Increasing resilience of international supply chains; and
Influencing food choice for health, sustainability and resilience at the individual and household level.