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Diversity in STEM GCSE Science Resources
Diversity in STEM is a set of GCSE Biology, Chemistry, and Physics resources that are designed to fit into existing lessons.
All the resources are curriculum-aligned and provide a simple, effective, and engaging way to highlight diversity in the STEM classroom.
There is an interactive website—Diversity in STEM: The Challenge—to get started: Diversity in STEM: The Challenge Interactive Website
As well as downloadable slides and lesson plans from both the website and the TES teachers’ resource portal: Diversity in STEM Slides and Lesson Plans
All resources are free to download, use and adapt.
They were developed by Dr James Poskett at the University of Warwick with funding from the History Department and the British Academy.
Protecting Health and the Catholic Family: Catholic Women’s League and Preventive Medicine Clinics for Mothers and Infants in Belgium (1945–1975)
We’re delighted to share that Juliette, 'a visiting fellow to the Centre for the History of Medicine, has recently published an article in Social History of Medicine. The article, which she began writing during her time at Warwick and presented to colleagues at CHM, marks a significant achievement in her research journey.
We’re delighted to share that Juliette, a former Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine, has recently published an article in Social History of Medicine. The article, which she began developing during her time at Warwick and presented to colleagues at CHM, marks a significant milestone in her research.
Since July 2023, she has been engaged as a postdoctoral researcher on the BRAIN WomenExile project (BELSPO), in collaboration with Université libre de Bruxelles, the University of Antwerp, and the Belgian State Archives. From November, she will continue her work in Paris as part of a two-year Marie Curie Fellowship. We’re proud to have supported her during her time at Warwick and wish her every success in this exciting next chapter.
Summary
This article examines a twofold specificity in circumstances that were brought about by the intervention of the Catholic Women’s League in the Belgian mother and infant welfare system between 1945 and 1975: the importance of religion and the central role of women volunteers in state-funded medical-social facilities. For the Women’s League, the infant clinics were a means of defending Catholic positions on the family and birth control on the ground, and of asserting its legitimacy to intervene in child protection policies. After 1945, the women who volunteered in the clinics took on apostolic missions, but also contributed to the medicalisation of children’s education. Protected by the Women’s League, they occupied rather unusual positions of authority. This article explores how the League succeeded in maintaining the presence of volunteers by creating new social services and missions when the medical and religious missions of clinics were changing in the early 1960s.
Traumatised Minds: Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1971-1953
The call for papers is out for Dr Anna Toropova's Cultures of Trauma Workshop, 8-9 May 2025. More information and to apply here.
She is also recruiting for a Research Fellow for a 2-year fixed term contract, starting 1 September 2025. Apply here
Find out more about the Traumatised Minds: Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1971-1953 research project here.