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Activities Brochure- July 2021-June 2022 Out Now

Lots of fantastic activities to join in with York Mind and our great partners-KYRA, York LGBT Forum, York Theatre Royal, TCV-The Conservation Volunteers, The Wilberforce Trust, York Travellers Trust, The Friends of Rowntree Park, York Carers Centre, Dandelion Arts and Better York.
Why not have a look now........ Mental Health and Well-Being Activities Programme- Year 5 Brochure
York Mind Activities 2021/22:

Below is a list of our upcoming activities at York Mind. If you would like to enrol on any of these activities please complete our enrolment form.
MHWAP Enrolment Form Year 5
For further information, or for support to refer, please contact the York Mind Activities Team on 01904 643364-Option 5, or email activities@yorkmind.org.uk

New: Well-Being Workshops- for self development

York Mind will be facilitating a range of well-being workshops over the Summer/Autumn 2021 period. All topics chosen by our clients.
Workshop 1- Building a Better Relationship with Yourself. Wednesday 14th July 2021, 1-3pm. Workshop 2- Assertiveness... or how to say what you actually mean. Wednesday 28th July 2021, 1-3pm Workshop 3- Yoga and Relaxation Taster. Friday 10th September 2021, 4-6pm. Workshop 4- Coping with Change. Tuesday 28th September 2021, 1-3pm. Workshop 5- Dealing with Emotions. Thursday 21st October 2021, 1-3pm.
Sunday Coffee Club

Our Sunday Coffee Club is an on going weekly group. Every Sunday 3-5pm on Zoom.

The club offers a place to chat, meet others and get involved in quizzes and fun games, just as we would face to face. But you wont have to leave your sofa!
Don't worry if you do not have access to the internet. If you have a phone, you can dial in to the conversation. If you need help to access, please let us know and we will talk you through it.
Venue: Initially online via Zoom. Contact 01904 643364-Option 5, or email activities@yorkmind.org.uk to access the Zoom instructions.

Cost: Free to attend

Mindful Photography Project

Our Mindful Photography Project combines photography, nature and awareness. When we are mindful, we are more aware of our surroundings. Photography can support us in slowing down our minds and really noticing things.

Over 5 weeks, you can be part of an online community and support each other to build confidence, rediscovering the beauty of nature on our doorstep. You will receive tasks, and respond by taking as many photographs, as you like on your chosen device, and sharing them with the group, via online platforms.
(This project is delivered in partnership with Mindful Photography UK)
Dates: Monday 7th June-5th July 2021

Time: 10.30am-12.30pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free
Has lockdown affected your health and well-being? Would you like to explore ways to look after yourself better?
Pathways to Health and Well-Being

Our Pathways to Health and Well-being course offers a range of information and skills sharing, to support positive well-being. Over 6 weeks we will explore topics including: food and mood, physical and mental activity/ exercise, managing stress and anxiety, mindfulness, sleep and relaxation, and connecting with others. You will have the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas with other participants, and support each other to take positive steps towards better self care. Lets grow together!!

Dates: Tuesday 8th June 2021-13th July 2021

Time: 1-2.30pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free

Well-Being Peer Support (Evenings)

Our well-being peer support groups offer a safe space to connect with others, share experiences and work on topics chosen by the group members. Offered on an evening, the group is confidential and facilitated by a member of York Mind.

The group operates as a closed group. This means no new members will be added after the start date. This enables members to build trust, rapport and connect. Our groups are non-clinical, non-therapy groups, offering a real space to support each other.

Date: 13th July-14th September 2021

Day: Tuesday evening

Time: 6pm-7.30pm

Venue: Delivered on Zoom Platform

Cost: Free

Hula Hooping in Homestead Park

Our 6 week Hula Hooping class provides participants with a new, unique way to exercise and socialise, all at the same time! Our talented instructor Jen, has never failed to get even the most disbelieving person hooping.

Classes have a fun, friendly and supportive feel. Jen aims to make sure every person leaves feeling proud of themselves for what they have learnt and achieved.

Please wear loose comfortable clothing, shoes which cover your feet (no sandals), and bring a drink!

Dates: Wednesday 21st July-25th August 2021

Times: 11am-12.30pm

Venue: Homestead Park, Water End, York YO30 6WP

Cost: Free
Are you looking to improve your health and fitness? Would you like to be more active, meet new people and explore York as a group?
Mindful Walking

Our group is all about getting out and about in the local York area, focusing our awareness on our surroundings, improving our physical and emotional health and making new friends.

We will engage in short, relaxed walks in various locations across the City.

Date: Tuesday 10th August-28th September 2021

Time: 1:45-3:15pm (including refreshment break)

Meeting point: York Explore Library, York, YO1 7DS

Cost: Free

Managing Anxieties

We all experience stress and anxiety at times. It is a normal part of life.

But too much can adversely affect our health and well-being. Our 8 week course looks at coping strategies to help manage these feelings and help you to identify your personal triggers.

Date: Wednesday 8th September-27th October 2021

Time: 1-2.30pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free
Do you have a story to tell? Would you like to learn a new skill?
Creative Writing and Poetry

Our 6 week course will help you unleash your imagination, and put pen to paper to bring your stories to life. Creativity is clinically recognised, as beneficial for mental health including recovering from depression and anxiety. Why not give it a go and see what you can do?

Date: Friday 17th September-22nd October 2021

Time: 1-2.30pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free

Evening Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a technique, which involves paying more attention to ourselves in the present moment. Mindfulness can offer positive health benefits helping people to feel calmer, manage stress better, reduce anxiety and help prevent depression.

Over 8 weeks we will explore Mindfulness together. Why not join us and start really living in the here and now!

Date: Monday 20th September-8th November 2021

Time: 6.30pm-8pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free

Men's Well-Being in Action Group (Peer Support for Men)

Talking about our struggles in life isn't always easy. For Men speaking up can be made harder by social expectations and traditional stereotypes on gender... For Men to be strong, courageous, in control and in charge of their emotions. We say " No need to Man up, Just Speak Up".

Our 10 week group will focus on Men's mental health and well-being, providing a safe and supportive space for members to come together and share experiences.

Date: Wednesday 22nd September-24th November 2021

Time: 6.30pm-8pm

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free

An 8 week course in Hatha Yoga, breathing and relaxation techniques
Zoom Hatha Yoga at York Mind

Yoga is a gentle form of exercise, which helps to unwind the stresses; mental, emotional and physical, that we experience from day to day life.

It helps us to move mindfully, listen to our bodies, can improve flexibility, strength, and can have a positive effect on our mood and general well-being.

Date: Friday 1st October-29th November 2021

Time: 10.15am-11.30am

Venue: Zoom platform

Cost: Free

Building Confidence and Resilience

Our facilitated 8 week course will look at practical ways of managing emotions, by exploring how we think and behave. In doing this, we will be able to reflect on how we could change our thoughts, in order to feel more confident, resilient and connected.

Date: Tuesday 5th October-23rd November 2021

Time: 1-2.30pm

Venue: York Mind, Highcliffe House, Highcliffe Court, York YO30 6BP

Cost: Free

Autumn Arts and Crafts

We are returning to York Mind for our fantastic Arts and Crafts Group. We are focusing on the Autumn season to inspire us and help us create some fantastic pieces of work.

Dates: Thursday 16th September-11th November 2021

Times: 1-2.30pm

Venue: York Mind, Highcliffe House, Highcliffe Court, York YO30 6BP

Cost: Free

More to come- watch this space!

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Lots of fantastic activities to join in with York Mind and our great partners-KYRA, York LGBT Forum, York Theatre Royal, TCV-The Conservation Volunteers, The Wilberforce Trust, York Travellers Trust, The Friends of Rowntree Park, York Carers Centre, Dandelion Arts and Better York. Why not have a look now........

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Role Description

Department

The York Trials Unit is one of the UKs leading centres for the design and analysis of randomised controlled trials. Due to the continued success of the Unit, we are now seeking to appoint a trainee statistician. You will join a team of statisticians under the supervision of Professor Catherine Hewitt. The post offers the opportunity to be part of a large and successful multi-disciplinary Department, renowned for its methodological expertise and commitment to policy relevant research.

A brief overview of the role, project and or department

Role

You will develop strong foundations for a career in health services research. Conduct high quality statistical analyses of trials, undertake statistical programming for checking, manipulating and summarising data, and provide on-going statistical advice during the development and conduct of trials. You will liaise with trial managers to manage statistical and analytical aspects of the studies to ensure data quality. You will also be encouraged to undertake dissemination of your research through publications, seminars and conference presentations and contribute to the identification of possible new areas of research.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

Key requirements: (see candidate briefs for more details):

A good first degree (usually 2:1 or above) in a relevant quantitative subject or, exceptionally substantial experience at an equivalent level

Willingness to undertake further postgraduate study

A basic knowledge of randomised controlled trials and their use in health research

Knowledge of how to design and analyse data from randomised controlled trials

Working knowledge of a statistical package and ability to undertake basic statistical programming (e.g. Stata[BS1] )

Ability to undertake basic data analysis of research relevant to randomised controlled trials

Ability to undertake basic statistical programming and explain statistical concepts in simple terms to individuals from non-technical backgrounds

Experience of managing and analysing data

Experience of summarising data in a report format

Understanding of how quantitative research data are presented and interpreted

Ability to use initiative in problem solving

Ability to log information in an efficient and accurate manner and cope under pressure while maintaining a high level of accuracy

Ability to work under supervision

For informal enquiries: Informal enquiries welcome to Professor Catherine Hewitt ( catherine.hewitt@york.ac.uk)
The University is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, campus facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

A place where we can ALL be ourselves #EqualityatYork

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The York Trials Unit is one of the UKs leading centres for the design and analysis of randomised controlled trials. Due to the continued success of the Unit, we are now seeking to appoint a trainee statistician. You will join a team of statisticians under the supervision of Professor Catherine Hewitt.

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Part-time job

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What's my CV Worth?

Find out what your CV is worth in the third sector and get tips on how to improve it using our new instant CV worth checker.

As Executive Legal Officer, you will support the Archbishop of York on a number of his most important metropolitical functions, including clergy discipline and Canon C4 processes, which concern obtaining a faculty granted by the Archbishops. In addition, you will provide support to the Archbishop's team in other areas of legislation such as data protection policies and procedures.

The Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM) is the Church of England's legislation which deals with any misconduct by clergy. By its nature, this inevitably brings a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality to the job, and will require you to keep up to date with the main requirements of the Measure, Rules and Code of Practice. You will liaise with the Archbishop of York on CDM cases and make the necessary administrative arrangements, including research and preparation of correspondence and briefing papers and communicating as necessary, with employees connected with CDM issues within the Church of England.

In addition, you will liaise with the Archbishop of York regarding applications for Canon C4 faculties received from Diocesan Bishops in the Northern Province.

The normal hours of work are 28 hours per week however the structuring of these hours is open to negotiation. The salary shown will be prorated giving a salary of £28,584 - £30,735 (for 28 hours per week).
A comprehensive and supportive induction programme will be put in place to ensure that you have all the information, access and contacts required to settle in quickly and excel in this role.
Interviews will be held on the 11th/14th June 2021, candidates will need to be available for both days.
We offer a unique environment with opportunities for continuous learning, generous annual leave for work life balance, season ticket loans and a range of benefits including discounted entry to attractions and what we feel is a market leading package when it comes to our pension scheme.

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With its 12,000 parishes and 16,000 buildings the Church of England is a Christian presence in every community and plays a vital role in the life ... Read more

Location: York and surrounding area. A blend of office and home working along with community-based home visits.

Responsible to: Carer Respite Service manager.

Hours: Part time (18 hrs / 0.5 FTE) Wednesday - Friday 9am-3.30pm. Employer recognition of personal caring responsibilities with some discretion/flexibility around contracted working pattern.This is a 9-month fixed term secondment with possibility of extension.

Salary: £10,202.40 per annum (£10.90 ph)

Interviews: Interviews will be conducted as applications are received.

Role Advertisement:

The Age UK York, Carer Respite Service enables carers to have a well-deserved short break knowing their loved ones are in safe hands. Would you enjoy supporting older people by working with the Service to provide an innovative, flexible service to maximise older persons independence and reduce/delay their need to access long term care services? Do you possess excellent organisational skills with an interest, understanding and experience of supporting older people? Would you enjoy working as part of a small team who; together recruit, support and manage a small team of care worker and volunteers? Would you enjoy the opportunity to develop and strengthen your skillset and be willing to complete training and development?

The role of Care Organiser is an exciting opportunity to work for our local York Age UK charity whose sole purpose is to provide support to our older community. You will visit older people and their carer in their own homes to assess risks and to capture care needs information. You will produce personalised care plans and set up visit arrangements whilst ensuring adherence to CQC standards and Carer Respite Service policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitor service waiting list and ensure older people and their carers receive a high-quality service supported by timely home visits and accurate assessment of risks and care needs. Provision of accurate and timely personalised care plan and risk assessment documents.

Confidence and experience to match suitably skilled care workers or volunteers to ensure a positive, successful service is provided.

Schedule, supervise and ensure a professional, informative service introduction visit between the care worker/volunteer and the older person and their carer.

Accurate and efficient administration skills to ensure all key documents are signed and key information is recorded on the charity database whilst adhering to GDPR confidentiality.

Ability to monitor service progress, manage changes and undertake review visits to client homes.

Support carers to include signposting to other services as appropriate.

Excellent communication and IT skills.

Ability to work well within a team both within the office and remotely.

Experience of managing own workload and provision of supportive working with other care organiser and service manager.

Support team with recruitment, training, supervision and appraisal processes for care workers.

Authority:

Accountability:

Essential Skills and Experience:

Understanding and sensitivity to the needs of older people and their carers.

An ability to carry out high quality risk and care assessments of older people and their carers.

Good IT skills.

Excellent communication both written, face to face and via the telephone.

Proven ability to work on own initiative with excellent organisational skills.

Proven team working experience and ability to work remotely and manage own diary/commitments.

Good leadership skills and experience of managing and/or supporting staff.

Experience of supporting colleagues through changes in working practices.

Experience of working in the care sector (transferrable skills will be considered)

Basic understanding of safeguarding, mental capacity and CQC standards in the care sector along with Covid-19 guidelines and use of PPE.

Willingness to learn new skills and to keep up to date with professional development.

Willingness to further care skill qualifications.

Car ownership and a clean-full driving license.

We provide a wide range of personal and practical support, including information and advice and arranging for respite care. Other services incl... Read more

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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

This organisation supports anonymous recruitment. That means hiding your personal identifying information, removing bias from the hiring process.

Our vision is a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all. The Food Foundation is a young, dynamic, impactful and independent charity with a mission to change food policy and business practice to ensure everyone, across the UK, can afford and access a healthy diet supplied by a sustainable food system.

We use surprising and inventive ideas to catalyse and deliver fundamental change in the food system by building and synthesising strong evidence, shaping powerful coalitions, harnessing citizens' voices and driving progress with impactful communications.

We continually identify new opportunities for action, and trial new levers for change. We are independent of all political parties and business, and we are not limited by a single issue or special interest. We work with others who believe there is a problem with the system and want to change it. We have a terrific and dedicated group of trustees and expert advisers who support our work.

The role will play a vital role in a major research programme called Fix Our Food based in Yorkshire and funded by UKRI. This large programme of work aims to co-create regenerative food systems which optimise health and the environment. It will be focused on the Yorkshire food system, targeting transformation within early years and school settings, but with the goal of developing evidence and policies that are transferable across multiple settings. Done successfully, this will help to address the on-going problems of poor diet quality in children (particularly in deprived populations), unsustainable farming and a food economy failing to make the rapid shifts required. Thus, the focus of this work will be to engage with multiple stakeholders to identify areas of greatest need and to co-design and evaluate systems-based innovations from farm to fork.

The postholder will be embedded within the Food Foundation's Children's Right2Food Project team. The Children's Right2Food Project is a multi-year programme of work aimed at tackling childhood food insecurity and inequalities in obesity by working towards the implementation of the Children's Right2Food Charter. The post holder will report to the Children's Right2Food Campaign Manager but work very closely with University of York's Research Associate working under the supervision of Dr Maria Bryant, Professor Kate Pickett and the Food Foundation's Executive Director. The postholder could work from a base in York or in London in the Food Foundation's office. They will be required to frequently travel to both locations. We are looking for someone who shares our exciting vision to develop evidence which is valuable for policy makers and practitioners and which in turn helps to transition children's diets so that they prevent ill health and environmental damage.

Apply by 7th June 2021 with a CV and 1 page Covering Letter explaining why you are suitable for the position. Interviews are expected to take
place 23rd June 2021.

Interviews will be conducted via zoom and short-listed candidates will be contacted directly to arrange suitable
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For more information about The Food Foundation visit our website.

All applicants will be required to pass an enhanced DBS check and have the right to work in the United Kingdom

Do you want to work somewhere that no two days are the same?

Where you make a difference to people`s lives?

...And one that values yours?

Yes? Work for us - The WEA. Create real change, and be a part of something bigger.

We have an exciting role for a tutor who can offer a wide range of courses based around sustainability, improving the environment and subjects related to "green" issues.

Key areas of responsibility:

We are looking for an experienced tutor to deliver Green curriculum courses on a sessional basis i.e. short term contracts for a few, variable hours per week. This could include teaching vulnerable adults, in community settings across the North Yorkshire area.

Whilst our location has stated York, this tutor role can be based anywhere within reasonable travel distances of our face to face classrooms around North Yorkshire.

We would be interested in hearing from qualified tutors, who can teach ecological, environmental or sustainability related subjects. We would particularly like to hear from you if you have an interest in a wide range of related topics or can teach accredited courses. If you have a similar course idea or subject area please get in contact as we are always looking to diversify our programme.

As one of our tutors, you`ll be so much more than just a teacher. Forming true partnerships with your students, you`ll go the extra mile to build their confidence, develop their knowledge and skills, and empower them to define and achieve their life goals. In short, you will be a catalyst for profound change, and you`ll enjoy considerable autonomy as you design, plan, resource and prepare your own course materials, identify and respond to students` needs, and continually assess the effectiveness of your approach.

About you:

With a level 3 or above teaching qualification, you will be an experienced and capable tutor. You will need to be confident with online delivery using Zoom, and familiar with virtual learning environments such as Canvas, as well as face to face in a classroom environment travelling to some extent across the Selby, Hull, York, Scarborough, and/or Harrogate areas.

You will be keen to engage with people from a range of disadvantaged backgrounds and rekindle their love of learning, and you will share our passion for egalitarianism and empowerment. Because we serve people from all walks of life, we are keen to develop a diverse workforce and particularly welcome applications from members of minority groups.

Supporter Welcome Assistant
Job reference:17.6.181
Location: Homeworking + meetings at HQ - York, YO24 1GN
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-Time (Monday to Thursday)
Salary: £10.00 per hour plus up to 9% Employer Pension Contribution.

The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are looking for a chatty and confident nature lover to help us welcome and look after our new supporters over the telephone.

We're seeking someone who is highly skilled in customer service and passionate about our nature conservation mission to thank new members for joining our community and giving us their financial support to help bring about nature's vital recovery. As an enthusiastic and engaging ambassador for our work, you will also inspire and enable our new supporters to get even more involved with our work for wildlife and enjoy a range of wild events and experiences across Yorkshire.

Experience in customer-service would be a distinct advantage, through full training and support will be given. You will be required to represent the charity in a professional manner at all times, understand and adhere to fundraising and data-protection regulations and keep up to date with our work by conducting your own research and attending team meetings, both virtually and in-person.

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms and accompanying equal opportunities monitoring form is 9am Monday 31st May.
Interviews will be held on Monday 14th June.
Please note that applications received after the closing deadline will not be considered.
Please note we don't accept CVs
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form.

We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.
YWT Company 409650; Charity no. 210807.
No agencies please.

Local Organiser (x 3) Newcastle, Middlesbrough, York

Are you interested in the power of music to help people with dementia?

Could you bring the power of personal playlists to people and organisations?

Do you have experience engaging with diverse and minority ethnic communities?

Would you like to lead a local project that will make a big impact in a short time?

Playlist for Life is a personal music and dementia charity. We have a network of over 900 Playlist for Life 'Help Points' that share the power of personal playlists for people living with dementia.

From grassroots community groups to regional partners, GP practices, libraries, dementia cafes, sports clubs and many more community organisations: our Help Point network is as diverse as the people we want to help through the power of personal playlists. Organisations and groups able to operate safely during Covid-19, and those who have moved services online have all been supported by Playlist for Life during lockdown.

The role will allow someone to make their mark within their community and deliver real change in the quality of life for people and families living with dementia. You will establish a diverse, vibrant network of Help Points, volunteers, and trained health and care professionals, all creating and using playlists in your community.

Your previous experience may have been in any sector: NHS, charity, Health and Social Care, commercial, creative. What matters is that you demonstrate capability in community networking, developing partnerships, and recruiting, developing and enthusing local volunteers to support our Help Point expansion.

You will be highly motivated, pro-active and enthusiastic. You will have strong organisational, written, verbal communications skills and experience of community mapping and networking. Experience of engaging with minority ethnic communities, remote communities and hosting community events or training would be an advantage. You will work on your own initiative driving progress in your local area following a comprehensive induction.

You will work remotely from home but when safe to do so you will also work within your community to network, engage and deliver training to local partners face to face.

Further information can be found on our vacancy page.

Please visit our website for our privacy policy.

Playlist for Life wishes to increase the diversity of its staff and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from people with disabilities and people from black and minority ethnic communities, currently under-represented within Playlist for Life.

Application notes

Handwritten applications and CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 30/05/21

Interviews: will be held on Zoom week beginning 7th of June

This job is funded by The National Lottery through the Community Fund

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Find out what your CV is worth in the third sector and get tips on how to improve it using our new instant CV worth checker. As Executive Legal Officer, you will support the Archbishop of York on a number of his most important metropolitical functions, including clergy discipline and Canon C4 processes, which concern obtaining a faculty granted by the Archbishops.

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Research Assistant - Community & Social Movement Responses to Crises: The Case of Doncaster’

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Research Assistant - Community & Social Movement Responses to Crises: The Case of Doncaster’

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Digital Learning Support Assistant Internship - 26 May 2021 23:55

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Digital Learning Support Assistant Internship - 26 May 2021 23:55

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The project has two key areas of focus, all with the aim of ensuring our e-learning services are enhanced and ready for next academic year and support the strategic aims of the University.

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Graduate Teaching Assistant - Deadline 31.05.2021

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Graduate Teaching Assistant - Deadline 31.05.2021

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GSL Education are seeking Graduates to work within Secondary and SEN Schools in York and surrounding areas. With a variety of roles available, you will gain invaluable experience.

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Volunteer with Yorkshire Wild life Trust

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Volunteering opportunities in North Yorkshire

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Let's team up and walk the girth of the Earth and raise funds for Mentally Fit York, which in turn funds mental health programs such Togetherall.

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25,000 miles seems like a big target, but it's totally achievable with your help. A team of four walking a total of 12,000 steps a day across the duration of the walk could complete 500 miles of The Great York Walk by themselves. With enough walkers, we'll reach York in no time.

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Black Students Talk are running 14 weeks of FREE Black Students Talk sessions covering a range of mental health and wellbeing topics.

Black Students Talk sessions are designed, developed, and delivered by Black students, for Black students. To sign-up, visit this link: https://www.blackpeopletalk.co.uk/session-sign-up

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Art competition. The competition is a great way to get your art work seen, this years theme is Metamorphosis. If you’re interested in entering please add your details to the google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10KxoYOwYwBGVSq09VsOM2D2eeT7uxBqUIRFLzkN477Q/viewform?edit_requested=true

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Every Tuesday from 10:30 AM at The Quiet Place in Campus West

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Study and reflection Group for Psychology Master Students

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Study and reflection Group for Psychology Master Students

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Wednesday from 10 AM in Campus West

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Join the crafts & stories groups for students with children! They are free and run every Saturday (in person) and Thursday (online). Book ahead for your little one by writing to theatreinschools@yusu.org

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Theatre in Schools. 182 likes · 9 talking about this. Theatre in Schools is an exciting YUSU volunteering project that runs fun and interactive drama workshops in York primary schools.

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Theatre in Schools

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Every Wednesday at 12 PM, from Greg's Place

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Shrug off those indoor blues and get some fresh air! Join a member of the GSA as we go on a walk around the nicest parts of Campus West. We'll go whatever the weather (except it it's unsafe on the paths) so bring waterproofs if it's raining and a good coat if need be.

Due to social distancing regulations we have limited spaces so book your free place here (and let us know if you change your mind or can't make it). We'll be walking in small groups of no more than five, please bring your masks.

Event Details

Location: Greg's place, Campus West
Date: 12/05/2021, 12:00 - 13:00

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Wellbeing Walk on Campus West | University of York Graduate Students' Association

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Shrug off those indoor blues and get some fresh air! Join a member of the GSA as we go on a walk around the nicest parts of Campus West. We'll go whatever the weather (except it it's unsafe on the paths) so bring waterproofs if it's raining and a good coat if need be.

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Wednesday, 18:30-19:30

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British Sign Language - Level 1

Interested in learning a new language? Want to improve your employability?

This ticket is for British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1*. The topics covered will be:

Introductions and Greetings

The sessions will run weekly on Wednesday, 18:30-19:30:

Sessions will be held online.

*This is not a regulated course, but you will receive a certificate upon completion of all 5 sessions

By signing up, you agree for your name and email address to be held by YUSU and associated trainers for the purpose of delivering this training and contacting you with anything relating to this training.

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British Sign Language - Level 1 Interested in learning a new language? Want to improve your employability? This ticket is for British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1*. The topics covered will be: Introductions and Greetings The sessions will run weekly on Wednesday, 18:30-19:30: Sessions will be held online.

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Volunteer for the National Childbirth Trust

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Our network of over 6,000 volunteers arrange regular activities that help around 700,000 parents each year.

Our family-friendly, flexible approach to volunteering means that you too could join one of our supportive teams. It's a great way to meet a like-minded community, develop new skills and have some fun.

Everyone can volunteer - you don't need to have used NCT or to be a parent yourself. We'd love you to be involved.

"When my second baby was four months old, I was starting to think and plan about going back to work part-time. My eldest was moving into pre-school so I knew I would have free time. As well as wanting to get back to work, I wanted to make friends and gain some practical experience to build my confidence. I found my local NCT volunteer branch through a web search. I met other parents and volunteers at a parent meet-up event. They were so nice and enthusiastic that I was quick to agree to help run the parent meet-ups and to start a walking group. I was so excited to be doing something for others and getting my brain working again."

- Nadia, mum and NCT volunteer, Bristol

Join Nadia and thousands of parents like her by becoming an NCT volunteer. We have a range of different roles that can fit around your family and/or working life. How much time you can spare is completely up to you.

Volunteers' Week 2020

Some of our wonderful volunteers will be sharing their stories across our social media channels during Volunteers' Week. Look out for them on Facebook and Instagram to see why they enjoy being an NCT volunteer. And read some here:
Volunteers' Week 2020: Let's hear it for our volunteers! Volunteer's Viewpoint: Suzanne's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Jo's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Rachael's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Alex's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Holly's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Beth's story Volunteer's Viewpoint: Ann's story
Volunteering roles

Local roles

Our local NCT community activities are run by volunteers. We call these groups "branches", and they're the local face of NCT: friendly, accessible, caring and encouraging. There are many ways volunteers can get involved in branches. Here's a selection of the types of roles we offer.

Regional roles

NCT volunteers are supportive. Our regional volunteers help local NCT groups to get started and keep going. There are a number of different ways to support local parent groups which can fit around busy lives and bring great personal satisfaction.

National roles

Do you have skills or experience that you can offer NCT on a national or strategic level? Let us know: enquiries@nct.org.uk.

In some areas NCT has special contracts to deliver specific services for parents. Many of these involve the recruitment and training of peer volunteers. To find out more about some of these services, visit our services area.

"Peer supporter training has answered questions, raised new ones and taught me how to respond to them in the best way using reliable sources. Most importantly, I now feel better equipped to listen and respond to mums beginning their nurturing journeys with new communication skills...

"I hope that I can play a part in giving other families the opportunity to have the positive experience with breastfeeding ours has had and have already helped so many members of my extended family in addition to volunteering with phone calls for the NCT."

- Breastfeeding peer supporter, Peterborough

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Our network of over 6,000 volunteers arrange regular activities that help around 700,000 parents each year. Our family-friendly, flexible approach to volunteering means that you too could join one of our supportive teams. It's a great way to meet a like-minded community, develop new skills and have some fun.

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This is where you will find our latest and most inspiring volunteering roles.

You can start your search by choosing which Service you prefer to volunteer for, or by clicking Location.

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1 in 5 children in the UK have suffered abuse or neglect. That's why, across the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, we're working to protect children today and prevent abuse from happening tomorrow.

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From breakthrough science to the boundaries of morality, this documentary spotlights a revelation in genetic modification research known as CRISPR. Watch trailers & learn more.

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Looking After your Members Online Workshop

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Looking After your Members Online Workshop

We are running online Mental Health workshops developed by the National Charity Student Minds and delivered by a trained Student Mental Health Champion over Zoom.

This is a workshop for students involved with clubs, societies and the SU, discussing mental health, the challenges faced, how to support members who are experiencing difficulties and what the society/club can do to promote a positive environment for its member's mental health.

Participation is limited to a maximum of 10 per session, so if you wish to attend confirm your attendance by purchasing a free ticket. You will then receive the zoom link in advance of the training session.

By obtaining a ticket you give consent for your name and email address to be shared with a trained, student Mental health Champion for the purpose of administering the Student Minds, Look after your Members Training.

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Looking After your Members Online Workshop We are running online Mental Health workshops developed by the National Charity Student Minds and delivered by a trained Student Mental Health Champion over Zoom.

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Posted on 8 April 2021

York Festival of ideas - one of the biggest free events of its kind in the UK - returns in June to celebrate a decade of educating, entertaining and inspiring diverse audiences of all ages.

Running from 8-20 June, the tenth anniversary Festival's theme is Infinite Horizons. York Festival of Ideas, whose headline sponsor is the Holbeck Charitable Trust, is proud to announce three new partnerships with the Jaipur, Kerala and Dhaka Literature Festivals - all of whom share the same ethos and will co-programme key elements of this year's line-up.

The Festival will feature an eclectic programme including events with distinguished international contributors such as the best-selling author of Wild Swans Jung Chang, historian and broadcaster, Greg Jenner and justice activist, Magid Magid.
Cultural links
From modest beginnings in 2011, the Festival has forged cultural links across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia and, though COVID-19 restrictions meant the 2020 Festival was wholly virtual, it still featured speakers from across the world and an audience totalling more than 45,000 people from 137 countries.

The 2021 Festival will be a hybrid of more than 150 physical and virtual events with a scope that spans the local and the global. Led by the University of York, the Festival celebrates human ingenuity and imagination, and the power of education and ideas to change lives for the better.

This year's programme includes online talks and discussions by world-class speakers, as well as performances, in-person family activities and walking trails. All physical events will be subject to Government guidelines in place at the time.

In a live Zoom webinar based on her book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister, Jung Chang will reveal the lives of the Soong sisters, from Shanghai, who helped to shape 20th Century China. The sisters remained close emotionally despite embracing opposing political doctrines. Greg Jenner, historical consultant to the award-winning TV comedy series Horrible Histories, will explain how he brings history to life through pop culture and humour. He will also talk about his latest book Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity, From Bronze Age to Silver Screen, a history of celebrity culture.
Community-minded
Somali-British justice activist Magid Magid, author of The Art of Disruption, will present a guide to being courageous and community-minded, as well as disrupting and dismantling age-old power structures in work, life and politics.

Joan Concannon, Director of York Festival of Ideas, said: "The Festival has had to adapt its model of engaging audiences quite radically, but, ironically, adjusting to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 has allowed us to embrace novel modes of inclusion, reaching a global audience while remaining true to our original ethos to educate, entertain and inspire audiences of all ages. I am especially proud that despite the pandemic we have been able to create new partnerships with international festivals in India and Bangladesh. I want to thank all our sponsors, without whom we would be unable to deliver the Festival for free to audiences. Their financial support has been truly amazing, and we are profoundly grateful for their commitment to the Festival.

"We feel privileged to continue to exemplify York's proud history as a city of ideas, innovation and inspiration by championing the resourcefulness of people in confronting some of the most challenging questions facing the world. This year's inspirational programme demonstrates that our horizons are infinite, and education and entertainment have no borders."

York Festival of Ideas is delivered in partnership with nearly 100 organisations including the York-Maastricht Partnership; the Jaipur Literature Festival; the French Embassy in the UK; City College, University of York Europe Campus; Dhaka Lit Fest; the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; the Friends Provident Foundation; the National Centre for Early Music and York St John University.

Further information:

Look out for the 2021 programme going live on 30 April at yorkfestivalofideas.com

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A Decade of Discovery: York Festival of Ideas celebrates tenth anniversary

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Posted on 8 April 2021 York Festival of ideas - one of the biggest free events of its kind in the UK - returns in June to celebrate a decade of educating, entertaining and inspiring diverse audiences of all ages. Running from 8-20 June, the tenth anniversary Festival's theme is Infinite Horizons.

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Offers events and support for women all year around, and has a delegated officer for the Uni of York Students

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A podcast with a unique approach in setting concerts

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Intimate concerts, recorded live at NPR Music headquarters.

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Recommended by the Uni

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At Kit Keeper we're putting University Students first. Award-winning Student Storage services dedicated to making storage and shipping simple.

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This is an initiative to connect people from all the departments in the University. Worth a go to beat the downsides of the lockdown.

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Posted on 25 January 2021

We know how difficult it is at the moment to be in touch with others and meeting new people to form connections.

By telling us a bit about yourself through our online form, we can match you with other students, usually from your course or college, so that you can make new friendships with other like-minded people.

If you're living at home or outside York, get to know each other online through Zoom calls and other virtual activities. There are plenty of things you can do together online - check our list for some ideas to get you started.

If you're on campus or living in York, as well as connecting virtually you could go for a walk or exercise outdoors together. We've compiled the best routes for exploring the City and campus to help you get out and about.
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Student Connect - Student home, University of York

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Posted on 25 January 2021 We know how difficult it is at the moment to be in touch with others and meeting new people to form connections. By telling us a bit about yourself through our online form, we can match you with other students, usually from your course or college, so that you can make new friendships with other like-minded people.

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Crafts are a great way to brighten your spirit. Make it a gift or treat yourself, Rainbows are super nice and friendly and accessible

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Ceramic items start from £10.00. Please note we no longer have a studio fee. The price you see is what you pay. We stock a large range of ceramics for adults and children including plates, bowls, mugs, teapots, vases and piggy banks. Check out our gallery to see what our customers have painted!

A special party package is also available, please see Kids Parties or Adults Parties for more details.

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Ceramic items start from £10.00. Please note we no longer have a studio fee. The price you see is what you pay. We stock a large range of ceramics for adults and children including plates, bowls, mugs, teapots, vases and piggy banks. Check out our gallery to see what our customers have painted!

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Spring is here and walks are a thing again. Give it a go. Bus 3 from town will take you straight to the start of the route.

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We regret that, as a result of COVID-19, the Astrocampus will be closed until further notice. No events, public openings, or outreach activity will take place. For any enquiries, please email astrocampus@york.ac.uk. However, don't forget that our monthly newsletter is a great way to find out about the latest news in astronomy, what to look for in the night skies, and the best apps and websites focussed on astronomy and space science. Sign up here!

CYCLE THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Welcome to the York Solar System model. This scale model of the Solar System is spread out along 6.4 miles of the old East Coast main-line railway. Along it you can find scale models of all the planets in our solar system as well as models of the Cassini and Voyager spacecraft.
The scale of our model is 575,872,239 to 1. So every 100 metres along the track corresponds to more than 57 million kilometres in space. This means that along the route the speed of light is about 1.16 mph, so it is easy to walk at around 3 times the speed of light and to cycle at about 10 times the speed of light!

THE ROUTE

Of course you could get to the Solar System by bike! The model lies on the national cycle network route 65. There is an excellent cycle map of York available from the City of York council which you can find here. The Solar system model is marked in bottom left-hand corner of square C9.

Your can download our map and some more information about the route by clicking on the links below.
DOWNLOAD A MAP OF THE ROUTE > DOWNLOAD A INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROUTE >

Parking: If you're planning to cycle the whole solar system model from the York then parking is available at the Askham Bar Park & Ride. The car park is only 500m from the Sun and the start of the route.

Bike Hire: Bike hire is possible in York from Cycle Heaven and Get Cycling.
VIEW GOOGLE MAP OF THE ROUTE >

ALONG THE ROUTE

There's lots to see and do along the solar system model. The track is a wonderful nature reserve with many different species of trees along the way, and an abundance of wild life to see and hear. Remember too that this was once a railway line. There are several good pubs not far from the track, most of which serve good food.

The Fisher of Dreams is one example of an feature you will find along the route. Constructed in the main from galvanized 2cm diameter steel rod, the height of the fisher from the top of the bridge to the top of his head is over 4 metres. The dog is 3.3 metres from nose to tail and 2 metres tall. The bike wheels are 8 feet in diameter.
FEATURES & ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE >

THE PLANETS

The Making of the Route

When the Selby coal field was developed in the early 1980s the train line was diverted. The route was bought by the newly-formed Sustrans for £1. The construction of this track in 1985-1987 was the first venture for Sustrans, who have gone on to create the National Cycle Network with the help of a £43.5 million grant from the Millennium Commission.

In 1999 Adam Hart- Davis cut the tape and officially opened the route. Since then many events have taken place along the tracks such as guided tours of the model and even a unicycle ride.

The Solar System model was constructed over a period of about 6 months at the end of 1999. First the track needed to be measured to get the correct scale. The positions of the sun and Pluto were known so distance between them was measured and remeasured. The distance is 10.2 km or about 6.4 miles.

The planet bases are made from concrete sewer pipes. The tops of the bases are made from stainless steel which was shot-blasted. The bases were filled with concrete and the tops set into the concrete after a few fine adjustments. Then the smaller planets were screwed in place. Saturn and Jupiter were welded in place on the stainless steel tops.

Construction of the Sun was another matter.... The Sun is made from 2 fibreglass hemispheres manufactured for a septic tank. A hole was cut into one of the hemisphere and then the two halves were fiber glass together. Next the internal steel work to support the Sun was installed and the sphere sealed before being painted gold. The supporting steel-work was manufactured by Minster Engineering. The foundations were prepared, 10 tons of concrete poured in and finally the finished model was installed.

SPONSORS

Cycle the Solar System was made possible by a Millennium Award to its creators Dave Coulthard, Willy Hoedeman & Peter Thompson. Our award was administered by The Royal Society and the British Association. The community partner for the project was Sustrans. The project would have not been possible without the generous support of Dave Jackson and his sons Paul and Phil.

CONTACT US

Want a guided tour by the creators of the Solar system? If your group would like a guided tour, contact us! We have experience of taking school groups, families and adults.

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We regret that, as a result of COVID-19, the Astrocampus will be closed until further notice. No events, public openings, or outreach activity will take place. For any enquiries, please email astrocampus@york.ac.uk.

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A local radio with amazing music and a place to keep up to date with what is on in YORK

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Jorvik Radio York's Community Radio Station

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With this pandemic I started to look closer to nature. This is a nice series to listen to.

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Check for jobs and other oportunities in and out of the deparment

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Supporting children with SEN as they go back to school

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Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs as the Schools Open Again

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Listen to this episode from The Irwin Mitchell Podcast on Spotify. As schools open their doors again up and down the country, it marks the start of another period of uncertainty for children with special educational needs and the parents, carers and charities that support them.

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The Institute of Education and Child Studies of Leiden University, The Netherlands and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) project SellSTEM offers an Early Stage Researcher (ESR and PhD Student) position at the intersection of educational sciences and developmental cognitive psychology.
Thesis project:
Spatial ability, working memory and STEM learning in primary school
Background and objectives of the thesis project:
The PhD project at Leiden University lies at the intersection between educational sciences and developmental cognitive psychology. The overarching goal of this project is to examine the relation between working memory, spatial cognition, and STEM learning, with a specific focus on primary school mathematics (3 rd to 6 th grade). The PhD candidate will examine developmental and individual differences in spatial ability and STEM learning in relation to measures of working memory. In addition, the PhD candidate will develop and test new learning materials that train domain‐specific spatial working memory routines and strategies in managing working memory overload.

The PhD student will be part of the Educational Sciences group, an interdisciplinary group of researchers studying learning and development in the context of education. For more information about the research group, see https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/social-behavioural-sciences/educati...
Duration
The successful candidate will be recruited by the university for 48 months (1.0 FTE, 38 hrs per week) and enrolled on a doctoral programme.
About SellSTEM
SellSTEM (Spatially Enhanced Learning Linked to Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network whose aim is to find new ways to raise the spatial ability levels of boys and especially girls across Europe so they are better prepared for the cognitive demands of STEM education. SellSTEM will recruit 15 early-stage researchers across 10 universities in Europe and provide them with a comprehensive doctoral training programme including a secondment of several months to another university or a non-academic partner.

Through three work packages, SellSTEM ESRS will collect spatial ability data from children in Europe, measure their relation to academic performance and career choice and analyse interaction by gender, region and socioeconomic status. ESRs will create ways to develop spatial ability among children through online learning, tactile activities, integrated with other subjects and through project-based learning including maker space workshop. ESRs will work with teachers and teacher educators to identify barriers and enablers to developing spatial ability so they can provide sustainable classroom solutions to increase the spatial ability of children beyond existing levels. Education policy and curriculum design will be critiqued against latest research on cognitive development. Improved policies and curricula will be produced along with strategies to change teacher education and teaching practice. Guides for teachers to assessing spatial ability and classroom teaching activities for different age groups will be developed so teachers can assess and promote growth in spatial ability especially among girls. SellSTEM ESRs will produce new knowledge and methods to promote spatial development, increase STEM enrolment and reduce gender imbalance and help to open up an important research topic in Europe. In this way, SellSTEM will directly support the EU agenda for growth and jobs both now and into the future. SellSTEM ESRs will be at the forefront of this exciting new venture.

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PhD position (ESR07) with MSCA ITN SellSTEM to investigate spatial cognition, working memory and STEM learning

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The Institute of Education and Child Studies of Leiden University, The Netherlands and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) project SellSTEM offers an Early Stage Researcher (ESR and PhD Student) position at the intersection of educational sciences and developmental cognitive psychology. Thesis project: Spatial ability, working memory and STEM

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The Asia Careers Insight Series offers an opportunity to familiarise yourself with organisations looking to hire students and graduates across Asia. During March 2021, you will be able to attend a series of employer presentations, panel discussions and skills workshops to help you enhance your employability and become more attractive to local and international employers. All sessions will be delivered online.

The programme includes over 30 employer webinars and labour market panels, and over 20 skills workshops. Participating employers include Unilever, AstraZeneca, JP Morgan, ByteDance/TikTok, Bloomberg, Mars, Standard Chartered Bank, Paypal and EY. Follow the links to find the webinar schedule for employer sessions and skills workshops. You can also see a full list of participating organisations including background information and roles available.

Where organisations permit, their sessions will be recorded and the recording will become available on the YouTube Playlist and Bilibili account.
Please note: This programme is the result of a partnership of 16 UK universities, including York. As all events are hosted by the University of Manchester you must follow the registration link in the event information in order to attend.

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Asia Career Insights Series - Research Student Community

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Connect with organisations and discover career opportunities across Asia The Asia Careers Insight Series offers an opportunity to familiarise yourself with organisations looking to hire students and graduates across Asia. During March 2021, you will be able to attend a series of employer presentations, panel discussions and skills workshops to help you enhance your employability ...

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We are currently hiring tutors and have high demand for tutors in Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. We also welcome applications from tutors in other subjects such as Economics, Modern Foreign Languages, History, Geography, Psychology, Computer Science and SEND.

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Become A Tutor | At Tutor Doctor, we offer customised lesson plans to address your student's needs. Call today for a free consultation and start a journey to success.

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Student Hub provides advice and support on a range of issues.

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Sometimes students returning from Leave of Absence or placement worry that they might not know anyone on their course. All students may experience times when they struggle to make connections with others and get involved in activities and groups, whether that's because they don't know anyone who shares their interests and passions, or because they face barriers such as social anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, or lack of confidence. If you would like help to get to know others on your course or in your college, please complete this short form, and someone from your College or your Department will make contact with you.

Request support for connecting with others

Use this form to let us know if you would like help to get to know others in your college or on your course (or both!). There are all sorts of reasons why people may struggle to get to know others, for example they may:

Be returning from a Leave of Absence or a Placement

Be the only person in their flat who has a particular hobby, interest or passion (for example, a sport)

Have social anxiety, depression, or lack of motivation, that makes it hard to get involved in social activities

Might not know what kinds of things are available (such as groups, societies, events etc.)

Might not know anyone who wants to take part in a particular activity (for example, going to the gym, yoga, or an event)

For all of these, there are things we can do to help you link up with others and overcome any barriers you may face. If you complete this form it will be reviewed and someone will contact you from the most relevant part of the University, for example, someone from your department or your college.

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Student Hub - Student home, University of York

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Sometimes students returning from Leave of Absence or placement worry that they might not know anyone on their course. All students may experience times when they struggle to make connections with others and get involved in activities and groups, whether that's because they don't know anyone who shares their interests and passions, or because they face barriers such as social anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, or lack of confidence.

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Sexual health supplies and sanitary products

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Sexual health supplies and sanitary products

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Form is to order sexual health supplies and sanitary products for on-campus James students

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Google Forms - create and analyze surveys, for free.

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The Open Door Team is a team of professionals who provide support to students who are experiencing emotional, psychological or mental health difficulties.

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SHOUT

Shout is a 24/7 free text service for support in a crisis. Text 85258 (it's free on all major mobile networks).

Student Minds

​Student Minds is the UK's student mental health charity, providing peer support programmes and resources.

Students Against Depression

Students Against Depression is a service run by students offering advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking.

Hopeline

Hopeline is a confidential support and advice service for people under 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide or anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide. Call 0800 068 4141.

The Mix

The Mix provides essential support for under 25's. Call 0808 808 4994 or use the chat service.

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is especially aimed at males who may be experiencing isolation and low mood. Contact them between 5pm and midnight on 0800 58 58 58 or use the chat service.

The Haven @ 30 Clarence Street (out of hours service)

The Haven @30 Clarence Street provides a warm and welcoming space to access support and relieve emotional distress. It's open every night between 6pm and 11pm. No appointment is needed, just turn up or phone 07483 141 310.

Mental Health and Wellbeing in York

The Mental Health and Wellbeing in York (PDF , 1,179kb) directory provides a comprehensive list of external resources for support, advice and information on mental wellbeing available in York.
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Shout is a 24/7 free text service for support in a crisis. Text 85258 (it's free on all major mobile networks). ​Student Minds is the UK's student mental health charity, providing peer support programmes and resources. Students Against Depression is a service run by students offering advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking.

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Radio Interviews with multi level diverse people in a unique manner (wearing just a towel)

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The Naked Truth gives a voice to young people as they share their revelatory, personal and surprising perspectives on life and their bodies...while naked.

The Naked Truth gives a voice to young people as they share their revelatory, personal and surprising perspectives on life and their bodies...while naked. Every episode focuses on one body image subject matter: loose skin (post weight loss), tattoos, male body image and limb difference.

In each episode, contributors with the same type of body appearance, but with differing experiences of it, are interviewed separately before two of them meet each other naked to talk about how they feel about their own and each other's bodies. By sharing their experiences, will our contributors come to terms with their own Naked Truth?

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The Naked Truth gives a voice to young people as they share their revelatory, personal and surprising perspectives on life and their bodies...while naked. The Naked Truth gives a voice to young people as they share their revelatory, personal and surprising perspectives on life and their bodies...while naked.

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Every Tuesday - 12-1pm
Make a coffee/tea and join us on zoom for an hour of crafts and chatting with other postgraduates.

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A show run by people with autism dedicated to neurodivergents and friends.

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The podcast that makes you think about how you think.

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There was a time when the Indigenous women of the Pacific Northwest's coastal regions paddled their canoes to small, rocky islands once a day or so to care for packs of small white-furred dogs. The dogs would greet them, yelping and pawing as they implored their keepers for food. The women, in turn, would pet the dogs and dispense a stew of fish and marine mammal bits-not scraps, but quality food. Once the dogs (most of them perhaps females, probably in heat) had eaten their fill, the women might linger awhile to sing to them and brush their long white fur. The dogs-and their fur-were the women's source of wealth, and the women kept watch to ensure that no village cur crept onto the islands to taint the breed.

Once or twice a year, the women arrived as usual with a supply of food, but also brought mussel-shell knives. The dogs knew the routine: settle down and relax so that the women could cut away their white tresses, shearing the dogs as closely as shearers do sheep.

Back in their village longhouses, the women transformed that fur into yarn, spinning it and mixing it with the wool of mountain goats and adding plant fibers and goose down to make the thread strong and warm. They beat the yarn with white diatomaceous earth to deter insects and mildew. They dyed some of the yarn red with alder bark, tinted it a light yellow with lichen, and produced blue and black threads using minerals or huckleberries. The rest-an ivory-hued yarn-they set aside. Then the women set up their looms and began to weave, turning out twill-patterned blankets of various sizes, some with elaborate and colorful geometric designs, others with simple stripes. The dogs did more than provide fur. They were also part of village life: sometimes, a favorite wooly dog would keep a weaver company.

The finely woven blankets symbolized wealth, and also a connection to ancestors and the spirit world. They represented a person's generosity, too-great numbers of blankets were given away at potlatches, gift-giving ceremonial feasts. The blankets had other uses as well. Sometimes they wrapped together a couple in a marriage ceremony, or adorned a chief, while smaller ones might swaddle a newborn, or were worn as garments. People used blankets to negotiate the purchase of brides and slaves or to settle disputes. Blankets cloaked chiefs and other members of the nobility for burial. Proud owners stored their blankets in scented cedar boxes.

Indigenous oral traditions attest to a robust weaving industry in some coastal nations-such as the Cowichan on British Columbia's Vancouver Island and the Squamish on British Columbia's southern coast-that endured for thousands of years.

Eighteenth-century European explorers wrote about seeing flocks of wool dogs and observing people robed in blankets partly woven from the canines' fur. The material remains, however, are scant. Many scientists doubted the existence of wool dogs and the fabric. If it had been such a large-scale enterprise, then where were the textiles? Or the dogs, or their bones? A researcher who, in the 1970s, studied more than 100 weavings made during a time when using dog hair was plausible could not find a trace.

But new avenues of research have merged to underscore the presence, and importance, of the dogs and their wool.

Over the years, scientists have employed new techniques to study coastal peoples' blankets in museum collections-and discovered some that do contain dog hair, although blankets woven entirely from our best friends' pelts have yet to be found. Just last year, archaeologists and experts on animal remains reexamined thousands of mammalian bones collected from archaeological sites along the west coasts of Canada and the United States. Their analysis reveals that canids-wolves, coyotes, foxes, and dogs-were ubiquitous across the sites, making up nearly 10 percent of all mammalian bones. Further, domesticated dogs proved to be the most common type of canid.

"That was one of the problems," says Iain McKechnie, a zooarchaeologist with the Hakai Institute* and University of Victoria in British Columbia, and the lead author of the new study. "Any doglike bones were put in a catch-all category: canid." Until now, nobody had embarked on the time-consuming challenge of identifying such a large collection.

But McKechnie and his colleagues drilled even further into the data, far enough to find that in southern British Columbia, small-sized domestic dogs were particularly abundant. The weight of evidence points to one overwhelming probability: wool dogs. They played an important role in the social and economic practices of Pacific Northwest peoples, and they're a testament to a remarkable accomplishment-using selective breeding to invent a wool dog. "It was likely unique in the world," McKechnie says.

Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest's coastal regions have a deep and rich history with dogs. Wool dogs have been elusive, but they were part of communities that lived in the areas around Puget Sound, Vancouver Island, and the BC Lower Mainland for thousands of years.

Elders from the Nuu-chah-nulth communities on Vancouver Island's west coast and Coast Salish elders on the island's east coast and the province's mainland have described the care of these unique canines. They've told stories of how women weavers groomed and tended the dogs; never fenced or restrained them, but kept them isolated on small islands so that they would not breed with the hunting dogs; and fed them special diets. For anyone who breeds dogs today, that kind of effort speaks to the importance of the animals.

McKechnie and his colleagues went to great effort to support what they long suspected. The team analyzed data on 175,000 mammalian bones collected at 210 sites from southern Oregon to southeast Alaska over the past five decades. Of those sites, 173 had canid bones, and nearly 54 percent were identified as dogs. Domestic dogs were obviously a significant animal. "They were part of these Indigenous communities for at least 5,000 years," says McKechnie.

The scientists found that the second most common type of canid was the wolf, although wolf bones were found at only 19 of the sites-perhaps because the Indigenous people in this area believed it was spiritually dangerous to kill a wolf, says McKechnie. Coyote and fox bones were even rarer. But prior to the 18th century, wolves probably kept out coyotes, and foxes may have been restricted to the eastern Cascade Range.

Susan Crockford, a coauthor of the new study, first began to tease apart the canid bone collections in the 1990s. Because dogs descended from wolves, the two share many skeletal similarities, though dogs are typically smaller. Domestication adds other differences. In general, domesticated animals retain more juvenile features-as seen in dogs' shorter snouts and narrower skulls. Using these and other differences, Crockford revealed that many canid bones were those of domesticated dogs. Further, she found that these could be easily separated into two sizes: large and small, reflecting what the Indigenous peoples and early European explorers had reported. The coastal peoples had a large dog for hunting and a smaller one that they bred specifically for its long, white spinnable fur.

The new study supports Crockford's findings and further shows that these small dogs outnumbered the larger ones-especially on the south coast of British Columbia and in Washington State's Puget Sound. Coastal peoples had developed the wool dog as a separate breed.

The first Europeans to visit the region seemed intrigued by the numerous little white dogs. In May 1792, Captain George Vancouver noticed the dogs and weavings-he'd not encountered such an industry elsewhere in North America. He wrote about the animals, struck by these dogs that resembled large Pomeranians. "They were all shorn as close to the skin as sheep are in England; and so compact were their fleeces, that large portions could be lifted up by a corner without causing any separation." Indeed, he noted the dogs' "very fine long hair [was] capable of being spun into yarn." And the captain quickly put two and two together. "This gave me reason to believe their woolen clothing might in part be composed of this [dog] material mixed with a finer kind of wool from some other animal ..."

Sylvia Olsen, a historian and wool worker on Vancouver Island, has studied a few of the remaining samples of dog hair and goat wool blankets. She's also sheared and made yarn from her own dog, a mutt. Like others who've worked with dog hair, Olsen says that the yarn "doesn't bind like sheep's wool; it lacks the nubs and hooklike fibers." The coastal weavers mixed their dog hair with the wool of mountain goats, another highly prized commodity that was difficult to harvest, Olsen says, and would have been acquired through trading or by making long journeys to mountain goat territory far from Vancouver Island.

"They were making blankets up to 10 to 20 feet [three to six meters] long and very heavy, because of the many materials, including diatomaceous earth in them," Olsen says. That was a lot of fur.

Imagine a fine September day in 1828. Coast Salish people from Cowichan on eastern Vancouver Island are traveling down the Fraser River on mainland British Columbia, paddling a flotilla of 160 canoes, returning from a fall fishing trip. A formidable armada from a distance, perhaps, but the cedar-trunk carved boats are full of mothers, fathers, children-and dogs. The dogs are shorn; their remaining white fur just stubble. About half a dozen dogs are tucked in each canoe, making up a flock of nearly 1,000 dogs on this trip across the sea. It is likely a merry voyage, as the people sing and the dogs yip and yodel. European explorers noted that the wool dogs did not bark, but howled.

Perhaps the women brought with them baskets filled with dog fur to trade with other Indigenous communities for mountain goat fur. Some researchers think that it was the love of mountain goat fur that led to the wooly dog breed. Hunting the goats, which live in precipitous, rocky mountains on the mainland, was dangerous and time consuming, and not necessarily feasible if in another nation's territory. Even collecting goat fur in the spring as the animals sloughed off their winter coats required lengthy journeys. Maybe that's why some enterprising women hit on the idea of breeding dogs for their similarly colored hair, suggested Oxford University archaeologist Rick Schulting in 1994. If they were to keep their breed pure, they knew they had to devise a way to keep their female wooly dogs from mating with the village or (later) European dogs-islands provided a perfect solution.

But at Hudson's Bay Company trading posts, an insidious economic threat awaited the dogs and weavers: stacks of inexpensive, manufactured woolen blankets. They could be easily purchased for sea otter skins, and in general, the company and Indigenous communities engaged in a brisk trade.

Despite the wool dogs' abundance in the early 18th century, they were almost extinct by 1858, anthropologists say; the blankets, too, were increasingly scarce. It was far easier to acquire a ready-made woolen Hudson's Bay blanket than to go to all the trouble of caring for dogs, bargaining for mountain goat fur or traveling to distant mountains to search for it, cleaning and spinning the fur into yarn, and then producing the weavings. The wooly dogs disappeared, too, as the women ceased isolating them and they interbred with village and European dogs.

As the wool dogs disappeared, so too did the prime evidence for the Pacific Northwest peoples' invention. Because the dogs as a distinct breed no longer exist, scientists cannot easily trace their evolution. They do know that the earliest dogs in the Americas were a lineage of now-extinct Arctic dogs. They were probably used for hunting, hauling supplies, and guarding camps-not unlike some breeds today-and traveled with their human companions from Eurasia some 10,000 years or more ago.

It's likely some type of dog traveled with human migrants into western North America from Siberia and other parts of Asia and did not go extinct. At some point, over 10,000 years ago, people and their dogs settled the Pacific Northwest coastal regions. Scientists don't know when people began selectively breeding the wool dogs, or what type of dog they used. But they likely started their wool dog breed by working with a spitz-like dog-dogs that have thick, dense fur; pointed ears and muzzles; and fluffy tails that curl up and over their rears. A spitz actually describes several such breeds today, including the Samoyed, American Eskimo dog, Shiba Inu, and chow chow-all of which descend from ancient breeds that evolved in Arctic regions and fit early European explorers' descriptions of the wool dog.

In academic retrospect, it makes sense that Indigenous peoples zeroed in on animal breeding early on. Coastal communities cultivated plants and practiced mariculture. They built clam gardens and managed salmon fisheries. "These were not subsistence cultures," says McKechnie. "The people were thriving, and they had ample free time to develop arts and add cultural material to their lives. Some of that time they invested in dog husbandry." The only other domesticated species in North America prior to the arrival of Europeans was the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, bred by Indigenous peoples in central Mexico about 800 BCE. The Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest did not breed dogs to eat, McKechnie says.

Dogs were so important to people on the coast that the canines were sometimes buried in association with humans-a practice not extended to other animals. The anthropologist William Elmendorf, who studied linguistics of the Coast Salish peoples, noted in his studies, which began in the 1930s, that especially valued dogs were typically wrapped in blankets prior to being buried. More recently, Washington State University graduate student Matthew Marino analyzed numerous such burials and concluded that some dogs operated as persons in the Coast Salish world, a conclusion that echoes Indigenous elders. Chief Janice George, who resurrected the art of weaving in the Squamish Nation has written about this special relationship. "You should think about blankets as merged objects," she wrote in the opening paragraph of Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth. "They are alive because they exist in the spirit world. They are the animal. They are part of the hunter; they are part of the weaver; they are part of the wearer."

Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth narratives are also rich with stories involving dogs-describing dog-human marriages, supernatural sexual relations and conception, and the passage of names and wealth from people to their dogs. One such narrative tells of a female dog and male human mating; their offspring become a new human community after a flood. And a Nuu-chah-nulth narrative explains the origin of the Broken Group Islands in Barkley Sound (off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island), says Denis St. Claire, an independent archaeologist, coauthor of the new study, and representative of the Tseshaht, a Nuu-chah-nulth nation. According to this supernatural tale, a chief's daughter gives birth to four curly, white-haired dogs, leading her people to abandon her. The four puppies transform into four strong young men who avenge the spurning of their mother when they spy their kin's canoes approaching-they wash their long hair in the sea, creating whitecaps that cause all the canoes to capsize. "All the peoples' boxes and goods were left floating in the sea; they turned into the Broken Group Islands," says St. Claire. "The dogs were not just cute and cuddly, they play a major role in spiritual beliefs."

It's fitting that in 2019, St. Claire and his colleagues completed the excavation of a wool dog skeleton dated to 800 years ago on Keith Island (Kakmakimilh), one of the islands in the Broken Group, in the territory of the Tseshaht Nation.

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As persons and ancestors, dogs were entitled to a better life than other animals. And since wool dogs provided wealth via their fur, they were accordingly well fed and treated kindly. The dog bones that Marino examined showed little damage, although some puppies may have been sacrificed to accompany the burial of a child; one adult dog had a healed broken vertebra, indicating it had been cared for long enough to recover from an injury. The wool dogs, in particular, ate well. According to another new paper by McKechnie and led by University of Victoria graduate student Dylan Hillis, dogs from sites in the Tseshaht Nation territory dating to 2,900 to 300 years ago were fed a rich mixture of salmon, herring, anchovies, and marine mammals-a diet likely similar to that of their human companions. The researchers teased out this information by analyzing chemicals in the dogs' bones.

Christyann Darwent, a zooarchaeologist at the University of California, Davis, who studies animal remains, including those of sled dogs in the Arctic, says the existence of such a unique breed says a lot about the people. "These dogs weren't simply scavenging for scraps at the margins of a village; they were being cared for," Darwent says. To create such a dog, she says, "takes effort, a surplus of food-and a love of dogs." In the broader story of dog domestication, Carly Ameen, a zooarchaeologist at the University of Exeter in England who has studied the Inuit peoples' sled dogs, points out that the new research focuses on a different part of the narrative about humans and dogs: what happens after dogs' initial domestication.

"Studying domestic dogs in the Americas is interesting because-unlike in Eurasia-we don't have the [puzzle] of figuring out their actual domestication," she says. In Eurasia, the long-standing riddle facing archaeologists is determining when and where dogs were first domesticated. Instead, the dogs that arrived in the Americas with humans were already dogs. The new research "explores ... how they've evolved and adapted alongside their human companions to fit into a wide range of roles," Ameen says.

In his 1994 study, Schulting had identified one blanket as having dog fur. Pieces of a blanket donated to British Columbia's Simon Fraser University in 1978 provided the clue. The blanket had wrapped an infant laid to rest sometime between 1770 and 1860 and was found in Yale, British Columbia, along the Fraser River. The tightly woven fabric features a diamond twill pattern, and though stained, it was probably originally white, off-white, or brown. Schulting tested the stable isotopes in the fibers and found they contained a high percentage of protein derived from primarily eating marine animals-likely salmon. It "would be a strange mountain goat indeed" that lived on such a diet, he noted in his study. The fabric had to be from the elusive Salish wool dog.

It was, however, a dog named Mutton who cleared the way for definitively identifying wool dog fur.

Sometime before 1858, Mutton, a wooly dog, had found himself a new keeper, George Gibbs, a 19th-century ethnographer with the Pacific Railroad Survey and the Northwest Boundary Survey. Gibbs studied the customs and languages of peoples in the Pacific Northwest, and in his notes on the Nisqually language, he recorded the name of the dog wool blankets as Ko-matl'-ked. Mutton likely came from a Coast Salish village in British Columbia. Gibbs named the dog for his love of chasing sheep.

Not too much is known about Mutton in life, though apparently goats also attracted him. In 1859, Mutton ate the head off a mountain goat skin that was in Gibbs's care, bringing a colleague to near tears. Naturalist C. B. R. Kennerly had meant to send the skin as a specimen to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. "[Gibbs] sent it to me yesterday & when I opened the bag & saw the injury I could almost have cried," Kennerly wrote in a letter. And more ominously, he added, "Mutton was sheared a short time ago, & as soon as his hair grows out we will make a specimen of him." Which they did, at some point. In death, Mutton has shared the very essence of himself-his pelt-likely the only known wool dog hide to exist.

Mutton's pelage, however, tucked in a drawer at the Smithsonian, was only found in 2002, after historian Candace Wellman in Bellingham, Washington began digging into the historical record. Elaine Humphrey, a scanning electron microscope specialist at the University of Victoria, matched fibers from Coast Salish blankets to fibers from Mutton's pelt. In 2011, another study at the Smithsonian of 11 blankets-woven before 1862-revealed that seven contained wool dog fibers. And in 2016, Coast Salish spinning researcher Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa began a fellowship at the University of Washington's Burke Museum to study woven blankets. Peering closely at a small tear in the fabric of a blanket, she could see individual threads that she identified as sinew, likely from a deer or elk, and cedar fibers, but also wool that looked a lot like the wooly dog hair she had seen at the Smithsonian on an earlier research trip. Humphrey's subsequent microscopic analysis supported Hammond-Kaarremaa's hunch: the blanket did indeed contain wool dog fur. As Hammond-Kaarremaa said at the time, the find "confirms and validates First Nations oral history."

There is no doubt wool dogs underpinned a robust weaving industry on the coast, an activity noted in archaeological digs. For instance, excavations in the 1970s at the Makah village of Ozette on the westernmost point of today's Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, uncovered wooden looms, spinning whorls, combs, and beaters, as well as miniature looms for training children. A landslide-probably caused by an earthquake on January 26, 1700-had destroyed the village and buried several cedar longhouses beneath a three-meter wall of mud.

The disaster preserved numerous belongings of the people-kin to the Nuu-chah-nulth-including one blanket containing dog fur that was largely intact, as it was stored in a cedar wood box. They were very productive weavers. "They built 25-foot [7.5-meter] longhouses of cedar," says Dale Croes, an archaeologist at Washington State University, who helped on the excavation. "They could easily fit three to four looms inside. We calculated they could have easily had nine weavers per household. It was an absolute industry."

The discoveries are paying off for the Coast Salish people. Once again, women are picking up the ancient craft, albeit without the fibers of dog wool, and galleries and museums have held exhibitions of their weavings. The art of weaving is "the heartbeat of our nation," wrote Squamish elder Joy Joseph-McCullough or Siyaltenaat (her ancestral name) in Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth. It's fine to have it beating again-even without the wool dogs' assistance.

* The Hakai Institute and Hakai Magazine are both part of the Tula Foundation. The magazine is editorially independent of the institute and foundation.

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