The importance of seeking support during your studies
Final Year Sociology student Lucy Rose Ashton reflects on her time at LJMU, all the support available for new and current students and how to reach out.
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Nepal’s menstrual huts: what can be done about this practice of confining women to cow sheds?
Despite being illegal, chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home – often to a cow shed – is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal. Chhaupadi is an extreme example of the stigmas and restrictions around menstruation that exist not only in Nepal, but also globally.
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Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance
As Transgender Awareness Week begins (13 -19th November) and ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance (20 November), Dr Bee Hughes (they/them/theirs), LJMU Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication and Co-Chair of LJMU Together LGBT+ Staff Network looks at the local, national and international picture when it comes to trans awareness and allyship in 2021.
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A trip to Clairefontaine
Sam Lee and Henry Ogden, BSc (Hons) Science and Football students, share their experiences of their trip to Clairefontaine, the training base for the French national team.