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@andypearce.bsky.social

Associate Professor, UCL. Director, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. Historian & educator rambling about the past in/as the present. Seascapes & sunsets. Just let me go or take me with you

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Great South Run 2025 - fundraising for Alzheimer's Society Help Andy Pearce raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

I'll be plodding the streets this October in the Great South Run to raise money for Alzheimer's Society. Anything you can afford to give would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!

www.justgiving.com/page/arp

30.06.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great South Run 2025 - fundraising for Alzheimer's Society Help Andy Pearce raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

I'll be plodding the streets this October in the Great South Run to raise money for Alzheimer's Society. Anything you can afford to give would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!

www.justgiving.com/page/arp

30.06.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.

But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

21.03.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1343    πŸ” 798    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 91

If you are a writer/academic, Meta very likely pirated your work to build its AI model. Use the search in the article to find out if Zuck has been stealing from you too...

20.03.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 15
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Today Pears Foundation, Public First @staracademies.org publish findings of its Commission into Countering Online Conspiracy in the Classroom, & they make for essential, sobering reading.
counteringconspiracies.publicfirst.co.uk

@amybraier.bsky.social
@alisonpeacock.bsky.social

10.02.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HOPE not hate | Careers | Researcher HOPE not hate are looking for a researcher to join the HOPE not hate Research Team. Application deadline is 31 January 2025 at 7pm.

I'm recruiting a new researcher to join my team @hopenothate.org.uk. Come join us! hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...

09.01.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’ve extended our student survey in England's secondary schools until January!
Take part in our research in the run up to
#HMD2025.
You’ll also get a detailed UCL report of findings for your school.
Find out more: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/tak...

09.12.2024 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In this HERJ blog, the authors explain how their research, at
@ioe.bsky.social, links with the theme of the current HERJ series on History education in historical perspective.

Delve into the work of the authors, and their reasons for publishing in HERJ:
journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/59/

09.12.2024 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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