Podcasts about Queen Margaret University

Send us a textDr. Abdullahi Jawobah takes us deep into the critically overlooked world of maternal mental health, where his groundbreaking  research reveals a staggering statistic: approximately 50% of pregnant and lactating mothers in Sierra Leone experience psychological distress. This silent epidemic has far-reaching consequences not only for mothers but for their unborn children, as Dr. Jawobah explains how stress hormones cross the placenta to affect gene expression in developing fetuses. Addressing this is a pathway to reducing stillbirths, preeclampsia, infant malnutrition, and physical health outcomes.The conversation illuminates how mothers in Sierra Leone express their psychological suffering through culturally specific language—describing their distress as "my heart is spoiled" or "my heart is crying"—rather than using Western terms like depression or anxiety. Dr. Jawobah shares the heartbreaking cultural context where women who undergo cesarean sections may be viewed as "not fit to be women" and mothers whose babies develop malnutrition might be accused of infidelity, creating significant barriers to seeking mental health support.What makes this episode particularly powerful is Dr. Jawobah's innovative solution: adapting Zimbabwe's "Friendship Bench" intervention for Sierra Leone. By training elderly women from existing mother-to-mother support groups to provide problem-solving therapy, his team created a culturally appropriate support system that produced "phenomenal" results. These elderly women, once feeling marginalized themselves, find new purpose in guiding younger mothers through their challenges, creating a beautiful intergenerational healing model. (Research)Abdulai Jawo Bah completed his PhD in Global Mental Health at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. He is an NIH Diversity Supplement Research Fellow and Research Associate at Boston College's Department of Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA), investigating transmission of trauma from former child soldiers to their offsprMaternal Health impacts child and family wellbeing, and is an indicator of societal wellbeing as well. If you want to support this work, please give to the HCW Maternal Health Mission - Maternal Health Matters! A new documentary on orphanage response - the right way! Travel on International Mission with Helping Children Worldwide to Sierra Leone, meet the local leadership and work alongside them. Exchange knowledge, learn from one another and be open to personal transformation. You can step into a 25 year long story of change for children in some of the poorest regions on Earth.https://www.helpingchildrenworldwide.org/mission-trips.htmlSupport the showHelpingchildrenworldwide.org

Practice makes perfect - discussing creative practice research at QMU. In this episode of the Queen Margaret University podcast series, members of the QMU Creative Practice Research Cluster discuss different interpretations of creative practice research and how art can "count" as research. Topics covered include the difference between art and research, advice for researchers and students considering working in this area, and personal experiences of balancing multiple identities such as practitioner, artist, researcher, academic, and pracademic. This podcast features contributions from Lecturer in Media Practice and doctoral candidate Andrew Rooke, Assistant Lecturer and filmmaker Regina Mosch, Lecturer in Drama and Performance Bianca Mastrominico, and Reader of Arts Management and Cultural Policy Dr Anthony Schrag. 

HIV Matters explores the power of personal narratives in "Our Stories Told By Us." Join Michelle, extra special guest host Winnie, and Oonagh O'Brien for a discussion on the impact of sharing lived experiences and the diverse journeys within the HIV community.Episode GuestOonagh O'BrienOonagh is a Lecturer in Global Health and Development at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work focuses on gender, sexual health, and the prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM). Oonagh has a long-standing commitment to human rights, especially the women's movement and the rights of people living with HIV. She brings a wealth of international experience and a passion for social justice to her teaching and research.Additional Information and Links CW Plushttps://www.cwplus.org.uk/HIV Matters Bookstorehttps://uk.bookshop.org/shop/HIVMattersHow to contact the show Hello@hivmatterspodcast.co.ukhttps://hiv-matters.captivate.fm

In this Christmas Special, which Julia refers to her ‘Christmas Gift' she talks to Prue Leith, celebrated restaurateur, author, and television personality. Prue offers a candid and deeply reflective look into her leadership journey, shaped by honesty, optimism, and persistence. From transforming toxic kitchen cultures to championing better school food systems, she shares the lessons learned from a career defined by creativity and determination. Prue also explores the balance of being both flexible and dogged in leadership, highlighting her relentless five-year campaign to bring sculptures to Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. On her approach to leading, she reflects on the responsibility of channeling Energy “You must have Energy as a leader. You can't just sit still and expect things to happen. You need to galvanize others, inspire them with enthusiasm, and make them believe that the goal is not just possible, but exciting.” This episode dives into Prue's evolving leadership style, the power of persistence, and the nuanced art of fostering talent while respecting individuality. Listen to this episode to gain fresh insights into leadership, creativity, and optimism from a life lived with purpose. About the Guest: Dame Prudence Leith is a renowned South African-born restaurateur, cookery writer, and broadcaster. Best known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off since 2017, she has had a long and influential career in the food industry, from founding the Michelin-starred Leith's restaurant to establishing Leith's School of Food and Wine. An advocate for food education, she has written 12 cookbooks and seven novels, while also chairing initiatives like the School Food Trust. Leith has been involved in various educational and charitable endeavors and is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. In 2024, she launched Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen, further cementing her legacy as a culinary icon.

There's only one thing you need for flawless skin, outstanding memory, and no more stress. No, not sorcery, a pomegranate! A research team at the UK's Queen Margaret University discovered that pomegranate juice works wonders for lowering the stress hormone cortisol. The research also proved that pomegranate has a great effect on heart health too since a lot of cardiovascular problems are connected to cortisol one way or another. This colorful fruit will totally transform your mind and body. TIMESTAMPS: You'll have no more joint pain 0:38 Your hair will grow faster 1:25 Your blood pressure will stabilize 2:14 Your stress levels will decrease 2:52 Your system will be protected from cancer 3:30 Your teeth will be healthier 4:15 Your exercise performance will be top-notch 4:54 Your skin's condition will improve 5:39 You'll lose weight 6:53 Your memory will improve 7:28 How to pick your fruit 8:12 #pomegranatediet #loseweight #growtaller Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ SUMMARY: This fruit is a source of crucial antioxidants called flavonols that act as anti-inflammatory agents to reduce the swelling that causes joint pain in the first place. Pomegranates contain a very important element called punicic acid. The best of its effects is its ability to enhance circulation and, consequently, improve blood flow to the scalp. A daily intake of about 5 oz of pomegranate juice can reduce blood pressure levels in just 2 weeks! Pomegranate extract slows down the reproduction of prostate cancer cells. Pomegranate fruit has impressive anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties that can really benefit your teeth in the best way possible. If you go to the gym regularly, you know that good and stable exercise performance takes time, patience, and dedication. However, if you want to get to your desired result quicker, pomegranate can help you with that. By eating pomegranate every day, you'll see fewer bumps and skin irritation. What's great about this is that it works from both the inside and the outside. Among all the other things, pomegranates are also a great diet food that should be on your menu if you wanna lose a couple pounds. Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightside Instagram: / brightgram 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we examine the critical role of health systems financing, especially in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Our expert guests discuss how different governance challenges, external actors, and political landscapes shape health financing. We explore strategies to make efficient use of resources and ensure essential services for vulnerable populations. (See ‘useful links' for links to the other 5 episodes from the series).Chapters:00:00 – Introduction to the Podcast and Today's Topic01:00 – What is Health Systems Financing?02:56 – Challenges of Health Financing in Crisis Situations05:17 – The Role of External Actors in Health Financing07:34 – The Complexity of Parallel Health Systems09:30 – Financing for Long-Term Recovery13:22 – Health Financing Innovations and Examples from the Field17:26 – Advice for Improving Health Financing in Crisis Settings20:34 – Final Thoughts and Next Episode TeaserIn this episode:Dr. Maria Bertone – Reader, Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, EdinburghA health systems specialist with extensive experience in health financing, governance, and service delivery in fragile and conflict-affected settings.Dr. Awad Mataria - Director, UHC/Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern MediterraneanSince his early life – born in a refugee camp and spending childhood under occupation – and throughout his professional career, Dr. Mataria developed a special interest in working in fragile and conflict-affected settings. He is an expert in health economics, focusing on conflict-affected settings and global health system reforms.Dr. Ibrahim Bou Orm – Lecturer, Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University EdinburghA leading expert in health systems and financing, with deep knowledge in governance and health system recovery in conflict-affected regions, particularly in the Middle East.Useful LinksNon-state and informal actors in fragile settings - Connecting Citizens to Science - In this episode, we explore the critical role of non-state actors and informal providers in health systems within fragile settings. Our guests share insights on their legitimacy, roles during emergencies, and the challenges they face. This is the fourth episode in the six-part miniseries "Stories of Resilience: Local Lives and Health Systems," brought to you by ReBUILD for Resilience.Migration, displacement and health systems - Connecting Citizens to Science - In this fifth episode of our six-part miniseries, we examine the intersection of migration, displacement, and health systems in fragile settings. With over 1 billion people on the move globally, including 84 million forcibly displaced, this episode addresses the challenges and opportunities that migration presents to health systems. Our co-host, Dr. Joanna Raven, joins us alongside Professor Fouad Fouad and Dr. Santino Severoni, to share their experiences and insights on how health systems can respond to the needs of migrants and refugees through integration, cultural changes, and evidence-based practices.The Health Workforce in Times of Crisis - Connecting Citizens to Science - This episode is the third part of the six-part mini-series "Stories of Resilience: Local Lives and Health Systems," brought to you by ReBUILD for Resilience. In this episode, we discuss the challenges faced by the health workforce in fragile settings such as conflict zones and areas hit by political and economic crises. Our guests share their first-hand experiences and insights on how health systems and workers strive to provide care under extreme...

In this episode, we explore the critical role of non-state actors and informal providers in health systems within fragile settings. Our guests share insights on the legitimacy, roles and challenges of informal and non-state actors. This is the fourth episode in the six-part miniseries "Stories of Resilience: Local Lives and Health Systems," brought to you by ReBUILD for Resilience (see ‘useful links' for links to the other episodes from the series).Chapters00:00 Introduction to Connecting Citizens to Science00:14 Overview of ReBUILD for Resilience00:31 Non-State Actors and Informal Providers in Health Systems01:12 Introducing the Guests02:31 Understanding Non-State and Informal Actors03:19 Current Situations in Myanmar and Sierra Leone04:59 Roles and Impact of Informal Providers07:59 Challenges and Coordination in Crisis Situations14:02 Advice for Improving Health Systems in Fragile Settings18:04 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsIn this episode:Dr. Karin Diaconu - Reader, Research Lead, Institute for Global Health and DevelopmentKarin is a health policy and systems researcher interested in how to achieve better health outcomes for disadvantaged groups and persons living in fragile, conflict affected and vulnerable settings. She has been involved with the ReBUILD for Resilience programme since it began and is interested in understanding how communities and health systems can better work together to support health, particularly in situations where communities have often been disempowered due to longstanding crises.Dr. Kyu Kyu Than - Research Director, Burnet Institute MyanmarKyu Kyu is a health system researcher from Myanmar who is passionate about advocating for gender-equitable and inclusive healthcare access for the most vulnerable population. She is currently a Research Director at Burnet Institute Myanmar and is also one of the Principal Investigator for the ReBUILD consortium. Her expertise and leadership in public health have earned her recognition both nationally and internationally, making her a pivotal figure in shaping health policies and initiatives in Myanmar. She is a researcher who is well known for her dedication and courage towards health policy shift for the health care workers in the least developed communities. Ayesha Idriss - Principal Investigator, ReBUILD for Resilience - Sierra Leone, Institute for Development (IfD)Ayesha is a seasoned pharmacist, dedicated educator, and accomplished multidisciplinary researcher. As the research lead at the Institute for Development (IfD) for the ReBUILD for Resilience programme, Ayesha focuses on strengthening health systems in fragile and conflict-affected states. Her research addresses critical health challenges in Sierra Leone, including non-communicable disease interventions, Community Health Workers (CHW) motivation and health policy implementation. Pursuing a PhD in Global Health at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, her doctoral research enhances healthcare delivery in diverse communities, including the informal health sector, emphasising culturally sensitive approaches. Ayesha's work bridges research and practice, fostering positive change in healthcare systems and promoting equity in access to healthcare services.Useful Links;The Health Workforce in Times of Crisis - Connecting Citizens to Science - This episode is the third part of the six-part mini-series "Stories of Resilience: Local Lives and Health Systems," brought to you by ReBUILD for Resilience. In this episode, we discuss the challenges faced by the health workforce in fragile settings such as conflict zones and areas hit by political and economic crises. Our guests share their first-hand experiences and insights on...

Exploring Health Systems Resilience with Experts.The podcast episode, hosted by Dr. Kim Ozano and co-hosted by Professor Sophie Witter, engages in an insightful discussion on health systems resilience, particularly in fragile settings affected by violence, conflict, pandemics, and other shocks. This conversation is part of a mini-series titled 'Stories of Resilience - Local Lives and Health Systems', powered by the ReBUILD for Resilience research consortium. The episode features insights from Dr. Sushil Baral of HERD International and Dr. Seye Abimbola from the University of Sydney, who share their experiences and reflections on building resilience in health systems. The discussion navigates the complexities of resilience as a concept, emphasising the importance of community engagement, co-creation, and adopting a learning approach to health systems strengthening. The panel explores the balance between self-reliance and demanding accountability from government systems, addressing the power dynamics and the necessity of a fair distribution of responsibilities across levels of governance.In this episode:Dr. Sophie Witter - Professor of International Health Financing and Health Systems, Institute of Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, EdinburghSophie has worked in health and development for the past 35 years, starting with development roles at Save the Children and moving on to academia. Much of her work has focused on reducing financial barriers to accessing health care – how can people get the essential care they need without having to make terrible sacrifices? – but she has also worked on many other important health system topics, such as incentivising health care workers and health system strengthening more generally. All of her research is oriented towards implementation – how to make systems work better for people, especially those who are most disadvantaged.Dr Sushil Baral - Managing Director, HERD InternationalDr. Baral, hailing from a remote hill district in Nepal, brings over two decades of experience in health systems, public health policy, and implementation research, with a particular focus on South Asia. His contributions have significantly impacted national and global health systems, policies, and public health agendas. He emphasises evidence-based practices tailored to local contexts, reflecting a dedication to global health research excellence. Dr. Baral's academic journey highlights innovative problem-solving and substantial contributions to health systems, policies, and disaster response in fragile and shock-prone settings in LMICs.Dr Seye Abimbola - Associate Professor of Health Systems, University of Sydney, AustraliaSeye Abimbola is a health systems researcher from Nigeria, where he has worked at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on initiatives to strengthen the Primary Health Care system across the country so that it can deliver integrated health services to communities. Seye has also been involved in research on how decentralisation affects health system performance and how community health committees influence and support health services in their own communities. Seye is currently based at the University of Sydney in Australia, where his teaching and research focus on knowledge practices in global health, health system governance, and the adoption and scale-up of health system innovations.Want to hear more podcasts like this?Follow Connecting Citizens to Science on your usual podcast platform or YouTube to hear more about the methods and approaches that researchers apply to connect with communities and co-produce solutions to global health challenges. The podcast covers wide-ranging topics such as NTD's, NCD's, antenatal and postnatal care, mental wellbeing and climate change, all

In this week's Scotland Outdoors podcast, Mark chats with Landward's Cammy Wilson about his sheep-farming career. We hear an excerpt where Cammy is telling Mark the story of Fiona, the 'world's loneliest sheep'.Killiechassie Burial Ground near Aberfeldy holds just six graves, five of which are covered over with recumbent flat slabs. For years, it was allowed to become neglected but in the 1990s, the Breadalbane Heritage Society started to take an interest and discovered that it not only dates back hundreds of years but also has connections to King Robert the Bruce and the Wolf of Badenoch. Ian Stewart shows Rachel around.On last week's programme, a listener got in touch to ask how they could stop badgers from leaving droppings in their garden. Mark meets with Eddie Palmer, the chairman of Scottish Badgers, to learn about the ways that we can stop badgers from causing problems in our gardens.A Scotland-wide test of the nation's rivers for microplastics, pharmaceuticals and various other chemicals is underway. The study has started in the north east with sampling being carried out on the rivers Dee and Ugie, which takes in both rural and urban areas. Rachel met with Dr Jessica Gomez-Banderas on the riverbank near Peterhead to find out about how they take the samples and what they're actually looking for.In March, Queen Margaret University opened a new state of the art outdoor learning hub. The facility aims to improve understanding of outdoor learning amongst the teaching profession, whilst also enabling the community to connect to the natural world in new ways. Mark meets with Patrick Boxall, lecturer in Education, to find out more.Over the last wee while, thousands of new trees have been planted on the nature reserve at Loch Ardinning near Glasgow as part of a project by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to create a new oak woodland at the site. To stop the grassland chocking out the saplings, staff have been laying mulch mats and recently they roped in some helpers who were on a corporate volunteering day. Rachel chats to Chris Thomson from the Scottish Wildlife Trust and his corporate volunteers from SPL Powerlines Lee, Cassandra and Lewis.The Natural Trust for Scotland have built a new oak tree nursery as part of the long-term sustainability of the Old Wood of Drum. The wood dates back to Robert the Bruce, and the team there have been really busy planting and growing from acorns harvested from the wood. Mark meets NTS Woodland Ranger Bronwen Thomas to find out more.

In this episode, I am joined by Emma Lomax, a Speech-Language Pathologist and owner of Communication Kids. Emma graduated from Queen Margaret University with a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology. She is registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) as well as with Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC). Emma has experience working with both children and adults in a variety of settings such as schools, client's homes and hospitals.   Through these experiences, she developed a passion for working with children with a variety of speech and communication needs such as developing social communication skills, language development, motor speech and no-tech and lite-tech Alternative and Augmentative Communications (AAC) strategies and devices. Visit Speechie Side Up to learn more about this episode.

The topic of migration is one of the most challenging and divisive subjects of our time. Gianluca Palombo from the Institute for Global Health and Development at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh talks to research colleagues about how we can reframe the topic of global migration, challenge hostility in the media and politics, rediscover our humanity and create a more welcoming community.In this episode, our researchers will talk about human migration – its history; media and political messaging, what research actually tells us about migration; and how we can build a stronger, more inclusive and welcoming society now and in the future. Sharing their research, thoughts and personals experiences are Dr Arek Dakessian, from the Institute for Global Health and Development at Queen Margaret University, and Dr Hyab Yohannes, from the University of Glasgow.

Watch Video or Get Slides August 15 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Seán Paul Teeling, Programme Director for the Professional Certificate and Graduate Certificate in Process Improvement in Health Systems at UCD Health Systems. Lean is one of the most internationally popular process improvement methodologies around the world. Similarly, person-centred approaches have risen in popularity since the millennium with political and policy intentions now widely advocating that person-centredness should be at the heart of the health system. In this webinar, we discuss the first research internationally into the combined use of Lean and person-centred improvement approaches, lessons learnt, and how to be a person-centred improver in any industry or setting.Learning objectives: Understand what is meant by person-centred improvement Identify the synergies between Lean and person-centred improvement Understand where person-centred improvement diverges from Lean and how to address it Be able to incorporate person-centred approaches into your Lean work Seán Paul Teeling is the Programme Director for the Professional Certificate and Graduate Certificate in Process Improvement in Health Systems at UCD Health Systems. Prior to this, he worked as Lean Manager at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, working closely with the Hospital and the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems on the development of the highly successful Process Improvement in healthcare programmes. Seán Paul is an accredited facilitator of Person-centred Cultures in Healthcare. He completed his PhD with and is a member of, and honorary lecturer with, the Centre for Person-Centred Practice Research, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is also an affiliate of the Stanford Medicine Centre for Improvement, Stanford University, CA. His research is in the use of process and quality improvement methodologies in healthcare including the Model for Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Agile and in particular the influence and contribution of Process Improvement methodologies on Person-centred Cultures. In January 2011, he was appointed by the Minister for Health as a member of the Health Products Regulatory Authority Advisory Committee on Medical Devices, on which he served for two terms.

In this episode of Why Change? co-hosts Karla and Ashraf discuss their perspectives on navigating work and life. Ashraf shares his interview with Nikki Kirk, a cultural equity practitioner who focuses her work on reframing the role of philanthropy in the cultural sector. Karla and Ashraf break down the throughlines of Nikki's work through the use of linguistics, community-driven funding, and ‘radical' approaches to systems change. In this episode you'll learn: About the role of language in framing the purpose of philanthropy; How communities can drive funding priorities towards goals of equity; and The ways change can be radical and productive within larger systems. Some things from the episode: Indy Arts Council Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship A Look Into What Drives Changemakers From The First Season Of Why Change? The Podcast For A Creative Generation Why Change? Why Poetry?: Poetry Is The Language Of The People Making It A Movement, Not A Moment, an analysis of funder perspectives About Nikki Kirk Nikki Kirk (she/her) is a cultural equity practitioner who is dedicated to advocating for systemically excluded and institutionally oppressed populations. She has worked across the country centering on youth and leadership development, and supporting local, regional, and national communities. Through her work with organizations like Americans for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, and El Sistema USA, she has supported individual and organizational growth. Nikki has diverse experience as a grant manager, facilitator, curriculum developer, program coordinator, project manager, mentor, and advisor. She currently serves as the Director of Community Impact & Investment with the Indy Arts Council, as well as a Project Consultant for the Aspen Institute's Artist Endowed Foundations Initiative. Nikki earned a Master's degree in Arts, Festival, and Cultural Management from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she researched the impact of programming at the intersection of arts and social justice. She received a Bachelor's degree in Political Linguistics from Pitzer College in southern California, where she affirmed her interests in and the significance of language and identity, human rights, and cross-cultural understanding. This episode was produced by Ashraf Hasham. The artwork is by Bridget Woodbury. The audio is edited by Katie Rainey. This podcasts' theme music is by Distant Cousins. For more information on this episode, episode transcripts, and Creative Generation please visit the episode's web page and follow us on social media @Campaign4GenC. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whychange/support

This episode is Luke's conversation with Giorgos Tsiris, with a focus on spirituality and music therapy. Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Giorgos moved to London in 2007 for his music therapy training. For the past 14 years, he has worked as a music therapist in diverse palliative care contexts for adults with incurable illnesses, their families and their local communities. He has developed collaborative community and intergenerational projects disrupting societal assumptions about death and dying, and his work has received national awards and informed similar arts initiatives internationally. Alongside his practice, Giorgos has a multifaceted research portfolio with extensive experience in issues pertaining to service evaluation and professionalisation in music therapy and within the wider field of arts and health, and in 2014 he co-authored two books on service evaluation and research ethics respectively. His doctorate focused on spirituality and its place in music therapy. Through an ethnographic lens, his research has brought to the fore the ‘doing' of spirituality, its messiness and its performance within everyday music therapy contexts. Giorgos is the founding editor of Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, and in 2022 he co-chaired the 12th European Music Therapy Conference. He currently serves as Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy at Queen Margaret University and the Arts Lead at St Columba's Hospice Care, Edinburgh, Scotland.   References:   Bucar, L. (2022). Stealing my religion: Not just any cultural appropriation. Harvard University Press.   MacKian, S. (2012). Everyday spirituality: Social and spatial worlds of enchantment. Palgrave Macmillan.   Tsiris, G. (2017). Music therapy and spirituality: An international survey of music therapists' perceptions. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 26(4), 293-319. Tsiris, G. (2018). Performing spirituality in music therapy: Towards action, context and the everyday (Doctoral dissertation, Goldsmiths, University of London). https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/23037/ Tsiris, G. (2021). Tracing spirituality in everyday music therapy contexts: Methodological reflections. In K. Hendricks & J. Boyce-Tillman & (Eds.), Authentic connection: Music, spirituality and wellbeing (Chapter 10). Peter Lang.   Tsiris, G., & Ansdell, G. (2019). Exploring the spiritual in music. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, 11(1), 3-8. https://approaches.gr/tsiris-e20191124/      

Today, I'm joined by Marcela, an Art Therapist based in Scotland, about her work and training in Art Therapy. In our conversation, she explains what art therapy is and how it relates to other creative therapies, why it's such a powerful tool for helping children, and gives us an insight into what her sessions with clients look like. Before our chat, she shared with me the following interview with Graham Music, who's talking (among other things) about the importance of play and creativity in children and how therapists can make use of this in their work. She recommended I just watch the first 15-20 minutes but I ended up watching the whole thing - it's really interesting! Play; an interview with Clearsky Childrens Charity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vLCi2mtfuY Marcela is an Art Therapist and Lecturer in Art Psychotherapy at Queen Margaret University. +++ Join our Deep Talkers community on Patreon. Head to: https://www.patreon.com/deeptalkers to sign up! +++ Get in Touch: Join my mailing list here: www.rhiannonelt.com Follow me on Instagram: @rhiannonelt Email me: info@rhiannonelt.com

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

For the past two decades, the arts and cultural establishment in the UK has been trying to engage a broader set of audiences in their work. Countless initiatives to make the arts more accessible to the public and to make them more relevant have been advocated for in policy and funding settlements. But the dial on who participates and how much has not shifted, despite many thousands of projects trying to address the problem. And this isn't even the punchline. Not only do the interventions not work, nobody involved in them admits that the interventions may have been a failure. Having spent many years working in cultural policy studies and in arts practice, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson take the arts and culture sector to task over this fiction. Their book Failures in Cultural Participation puts a mirror to the industry and invites cultural policymakers, organisations, and practitioners to confront their failures. David Stevenson speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the culture sector's refusal to acknowledge failure in widening participation and moving the debate from the ‘value' of culture to considering how policies can be designed and implemented. David argues for an honest and transparent acknowledgement of failure at individual, organisational and governmental levels. The Failspace Project tools A special issue of the Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation edited by Leila and David David's “I hate opera” paper. Leila Jancovich is a professor of Cultural Policy and Participation at the University of Leeds. Before entering academia, she worked for many years in the arts and festivals sector as a producer, researcher, and policy maker. David Stevenson is the Dean of The School of Arts, Social Sciences, and Management at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on relations of power and the production of value within the cultural sector. ************* Failures in Cultural Participation Leila Jancovich, David Stevenson Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 (open access) ISBN 9783031161155 ************* Find many more interviews, projects, and my writing at https://petitpoi.net/ You can sign up for my newsletter at https://petitpoi.net/newsletter/ Support my work: https://petitpoi.net/support/

Episode 70 is the fourth and final dispatch from the EMTC conference at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, June 2022 (see also episodes 63, 65 and 68). Luke had the opportunity to speak to a genuine music therapy pioneer in the person of Inge Nygaard Pedersen.  Inge Nygaard Pedersen is an Associate Professor, Emerita, PhD, Aalborg University, Denmark. She is the founder of the Aalborg Music Therapy Training Program and the Head of the Music Therapy Research Clinic at Aalborg University Hospital, Psychiatry 1995-2021. Her research areas include psychodynamic music therapy and psychiatry, supervision, and experiential/resonant learning processes for music therapy students (438 publications). For publications see https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/?search=Inge+Nygaard+Pedersen&originalSearch=Inge+Nygaard+Pedersen&pageSize=50&ordering=rating&descending=true&showAdvanced=false&allConcepts=true&inferConcepts=true&searchBy=PartOfNameOrTitle References Jacobsen, SL., Pedersen, IN & Bonde, LO (2019) A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy. Second Edition. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Pedersen, INP., Lindvang, C & Beck, BD (2022) Resonant Learning in Music Therapy. A Training Model to Tune the Therapist. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Pedersen, IN., Bonde, LO., Hannibal, N., Nielsen, J., Aagaard, J., Gold, C., Bertelsen, LR., Jensen, SB. & Nielsen, RE. (2021) Music Therapy vs. Music Listening for Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Randomized, Controlled, Assessor- and Patient-Blinded Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Sec Psychiatry. 12, 738810 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.738810

Kirsten Sinclair is a Scottish podiatrist who qualified from Queen Margaret University in 2001. She believes that if you're unhappy with any aspect of your podiatry career, you need to take action and change it.  Kirsten initially worked in the NHS; however, after falling pregnant with her first child, within the first 12 months of her employment, she was not allowed to return to the NHS part-time. She was given a choice; work full-time work or leave the NHS. Kirsten decided to leave the NHS and instead developed a part-time home visit service to work around her children.   From Routine Care to MSK In 2018, after her children had grown up, Kirsten decided to open her own stand-alone private practice, some 17 years after graduating, and as Kirsten puts it, “it's never too late”. However, after doing home visits and routine care for 17 years and not using her MSK knowledge, it did take some time for her to transition back into this area of podiatry. She found attending biomechanical seminars and weekend workshops and asking questions, especially from her orthotic laboratory, was especially helpful in improving her MSK skills. “If you want something bad enough, you will be prepared to do the work”. Bigger is Not Always Better Kirsten learnt that owning her own business can be stressful and bigger is not always better. You have far more responsibilities and stress when you expand and take on more team members. The stress of business ownership was difficult, and she often asked herself if going bigger was a good idea or if she should have stayed small and continued to work as a solo practitioner.  “I think a lot of podiatrists as themselves this same question”. Therapeutic Lasers In 2019 Kirsten was introduced to therapeutic lasers (aka photobiomodulation therapy/PBMT), which changed everything for her. Before this, she only used shockwave therapy but found laser therapy far more effective. In 2021 she started working for Celtic part-time and then in January 2022, decided to transition again from business ownership and take on a full-time position as a clinical demonstrator and trainer, teaching others how to use MLS laser to benefit their patients, their practice and them as practitioners. You can connect with Kirsten on Facebook: @kirstenatceltic or via email at ksinclair@celticsmr.co.uk.  If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at tf@tysonfranklin.com.  Business Coaching  Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently? If you are, please email and let's chat to see if we're a good fit for each other. Alternatively, you can schedule a 30-minute appointment directly into my calendar by following this link - https://calendly.com/tysonfranklin/podmeeting30. YouTube Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tip videos.  Podiatry Business Owners Club Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook if you want to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.  12-Week Podiatry Business Reboot Have you done the 12-Week Podiatry Business Reboot? It will change the way you think about your podiatry business. 

“We're doing music therapy because of people's humanity, not because of what people lack” Luke spoke to Hakeem Leonard at the EMTC conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, in June 2022. Hakeem Leonard is an Associate Professor of Music Therapy and the Assistant Provost for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia (United States). In his music therapy role, he has taught a range of courses, but most enjoys his social justice in music/arts and psychology of music courses, where the nexus of his current research focus lies in developing a desire-based, lifespan developmental framework to shape education, training, and personhood in and beyond music therapy. His published scholarship includes rehabilitation work as well as work rooted in anti-racist and culturally sustaining perspectives. Those include the article “The Problematic Conflation of Justice and Equality: The Case for Equity in Music Therapy” and his most recent co-authored chapter in the new Colonialism and Music Therapy text.  He has a passion for walking alongside students in their developmental growth process as culturally reflexive, confident, whole persons, with excellent music therapy knowledge and skills. He likes to stay grounded through various practices of listening and to experience joy through rest, creating things, and vibing with experiences and people. He is invested in conversations of anti-colonial and anti-oppressive practice from a place of intuition, desire, sustenance, love, wholeness, and relationship.  He is active on Instagram (@musicallman) where he shares about life, music therapy, and inclusion.  References Devlin, K. (2018). How do I see you, and what does that mean for us? An autoethnographic study. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36(2), 234-242. Dissanayake, E. (1993). Homo aestheticus: Where art comes from and why. University of Washington Press. Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The souls of black folk. Chicago: McClurg. Fisher, C. & Leonard, H. (2022). Unsettling the classroom and the session: Anticolonial framing for Hip hop music therapy education and clinical work. In CAMTI Collective, Colonialism and music therapy (p. 305-334). Barcelona Publishers. Kenny, C. (2014, March). The field of play: An ecology of being in music therapy. In Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 14(1). The Colonialism, & Music Therapy Interlocutor's (CAMTI) Collective. (2022). Colonialism and Music Therapy. Barcelona Publishers. Trondalen, G. (2016). Relational music therapy: An intersubjective perspective. Barcelona Publishers. Persons Referenced Clifford K. Madsen http://www.cliffordmadsen.com Jayne Standley https://music.fsu.edu/person/jayne-standley/ Tom Sweitzer http://www.aplacetobeva.org/a-place-to-be-staff    

Episode 13: Leslie Appleget - C4 Initiative by Skylah Zayas This episode was recorded in the spring of 2022. Some information may be dated. Episode host Skylah Zayas is a sophomore at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Zayas interviews Leslie Appleget, District Arts Integration Specialist for North Adams Public Schools, the former project coordinator of BRAINworks and the C4 Initiative, and the producer of this podcast. The two discuss Appleget's arts-based education and how it led to the creation of Thinking Like A Region and the initiative as a whole. Along with this, Appleget tells how her experiences with the arts, such as dance, have taught her project management and collaboration skills. This episode focuses on the creative capacities of verbal and nonverbal communication, time management, collaboration, and awareness of both self and others. Listen in to hear Appleget's passion for arts education. You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/TLAR-LAA Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County's Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. Additional technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue. For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4. THIS EPISODE'S VOICES: Leslie Appleget is the former project coordinator for both the Berkshire Regional Arts Integration Network (BRAINworks) as well as the C4 Initiative, and the producer of this podcast. Her current role as the District Arts Integration Specialist at North Adams Public Schools allows her to continue to drive the goals of the Berkshire Blueprint for Arts Integration and Arts Education forward in the region. Leslie holds an MA in Arts Management from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and a BA in Communications & Government from American University. Leslie is the daughter of a public school educator of 40 years and the direct result of a vibrant arts education program. Skylah Zayas is a student at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts currently pursuing art and elementary education.

In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Paolo Costantini, Maria Varnakkidou, and Marta Mari. Berlin-based Italian director Paolo Costantini is a graduate of the Silvio d'Amico National Dramatic Academy. He joined the Interkulturelles Theaterzentrum, a Fabulamundi partner, in Berlin, before collaborating with Italian-German company Barletti/Waas. He is a trusted Assistant Director to Antonio Latella whose current production of Hamlet won the Ubu Award for best show of the year. In 2021, Paolo won the Venice Biennale Teatro's Under 30 Directors competition with the project "Uno Sguardo Estraneo",  still touring across Italy today. He was recently selected for a project “Il Fondo” led by the Santarcangelo Festival, supporting non-conventional artistic research. Maria Varnakkidou is a Cypriot theatre director who studied at Brunel University and completed her master's degree in Theatre Directing at Royal Holloway University in the UK. She has worked in the theatre and film world for the past ten years across various projects. Her interests include devised, immersive, and community theatre, creating work for social change and critical thinking.  She was a creative director of the Buffer Fringe Festival 2020-21, and this year she is one of the artistic curators. Edinburgh-based Polish director Marta Mari, is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, & has an MA in Arts and Cultural Management from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.  Marta is a director, producer, & teacher and was an artistic director of Asylon Theatre for 9 years creating new writing, site-specific, devised as well as classic works. Her work as a director for young audiences and as a producer and arts manager has been presented at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Science Festival, Puppet Animation Festival, Edinburgh Mela Festival, and Universal Arts.Mentioned in this episode-HamletAntonioniTarkovskyBela TarrThom LuzFranko BForced EntertainmentApitchatpongBoal Sheldon PatinkinMrozekSupport the show

Episode 6: Tom Bernard - Berkshire United Way Today's episode is hosted by Leslie Appleget, District Arts Integration Specialist at North Adams Public Schools and former C4 Coordinator at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Appleget interviews Tom Bernard, President and CEO of Berkshire United Way, and the former mayor of North Adams, MA. The two discuss the goals of the nonprofit, the role of arts education in the nonprofit world, and the countless ways that engagement with art builds confidence. This episode focuses on expression, communication, confidence, and presence. Listen in to hear more of Bernard's passion for serving the region. You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/TLAR-TWB Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County's Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. Additional technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue. For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4. THIS EPISODE'S VOICES: Tom Bernard is the President and CEO of the nonprofit Berkshire United Way. Previously, he served as Mayor of North Adams, MA from January 2018 to January 2022, and worked in various positions at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts for 8 years. Bernard received his B.A. in History & Religion from Williams College and his Masters of Public Administration from Westfield State University. Leslie Appleget (she/her) is a researcher and arts manager who has worked with arts and cultural organizations in both the U.S. and the U.K. for a decade. As the District Arts Integration Specialist at North Adams Public Schools and manager of the Berkshire Cultural Asset Network, Leslie is driving change region-wide in arts education through collective impact in Berkshire County. Leslie holds an MA in Arts Management from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and a BA in Government from American University. She produces this podcast, Thinking Like A Region, as part of the C4 Initiative, which she leads with Dr. Lisa Donovan. A former dancer, Leslie is the daughter of a public school educator and the direct result of a vibrant arts education program.

The interviews in this episode were recorded at the conference of the European Music Therapy Confederation at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in June 2022. Tilly Mütter is a student on the MSc Music Therapy Course at QMU. She completed her degree in music at Canterbury, where she first became aware of music therapy. After graduating, Tilly became the Music Lead at The Sunflower Federation Schools in Hertfordshire, for students with additional needs and profound multiple learning disabilities. This role inspired her to study music therapy. This episode was edited by Tilly from conversations with twenty-one music therapy students across Europe, sharing their journeys. She asked each person four questions: 1. Please introduce yourself: what course are you on? 2. What have you found challenging and rewarding about your course so far? 3. What have you enjoyed about the EMTC conference? 4. What advice would you give to someone wanting to study music therapy? She spoke to Folke Wiemann, Marie Winneke. Laura O'Neill, Harry Harris, Clare Woodham, Lona Frießner, Hannah Quigley, Dorothy Ogilvy, Megan Thomas, Lisa Johnston, Kelly Nga-Ying Luk, Erin McGonigle, Karen Biørnskov Christensen, Phoebe Janisch , Alice Paine, Emma Keeling , Hiu Tung Yan, Tao-Deva Stingl, Susanne Gruss, Calum Frame and Alphonso Archer.

We sat down with Prof. Paul Miller, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) & Anti Racism Adviser to QMU's Principal, Sir Paul Grice, to talk about inclusive leadership. What does it mean and how does it apply specifically to QMU?In his role at the University, Paul is providing advice and guidance on the further advancement of equality, diversity and inclusion and fostering an anti-racism culture of understanding.***This podcast recording is part of a range of initiatives across Queen Margaret University to highlight and communicate the work being undertaken by Paul in his role as DEI & Anti-Racism Adviser to the Principal and the activities of QMU's Equality and Diversity Committee and the Race Equality Steering Group.In May this year, QMU launched its first Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing (DIW) Calendar, reflecting each month on key social justice themes. The calendar highlights key dates, related events and activities taking place both at QMU and in the wider community, as well as articles and reflections contributed by staff and students.The calendar is designed to act as the focus of communications, events and initiatives associated with its themes, which for this month of August is all about Fostering an Inclusive Environment.LINKS:Paul Miller's appointment to QMU: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/20220601-paul-miller-appointment/QMU's Equality and Diversity strategy: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/about-the-university/equality-and-diversity/QMU's Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion calendar: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/media/5lhbvhwh/qmu-equality-calendar-2022.pdf

In Episode 84, Jamie has a brilliant conversation with Actor and Writer Jack Hunter about everything from his upcoming Fringe Show 'One of Two', understanding disability, their time studying at Queen Margaret University, being a creative, impersonating Bob Dylan and much much more.   Jack Hunter: The Social Model of Disability (Inclusion London): https://www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/disability-in-london/social-model/the-social-model-of-disability-and-the-cultural-model-of-deafness/  Jack's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jackhunter 'One of Two' Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/one-of-two    Check out our website!: https://www.justgetarealjob.com   Donate to our Patreon page ☺️: www.patreon.com/justgetarealjob    Follow us on... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgetarealjob/    Twitter: https://twitter.com/justgetarealjob     

Recorded on 30 June 2022 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Calum MacKellar. What will it mean for society if science enables us to choose a future child whose health, athletic ability or intelligence is predetermined? This future is becoming ever more likely with the latest developments in human reproduction. New procedures, making possible heritable genome modifications open the door to ‘sanitized' selective eugenics; but these practices have some unnerving similarities to the discredited eugenic programmes of early twentieth-century regimes. A Christian perspective is urgently needed to evaluate both current and future selection practices. After completing his Diplome d'Ingénieure in bio-organic chemistry with the European High Institute of Chemistry, now part of the University of Strasbourg, in France, Dr MacKellar obtained his doctorate in Biochemistry with the University of Stuttgart in Germany. He worked with the University of Edinburgh as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then in Glasgow industry synthesising new kinds of DNA to be used as possible drugs against disorders such as AIDS. He taught biological chemistry & bioethics at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, before returning to Strasbourg to work with the Bioethics Division of the Council of Europe. Since 2003 he has been the Director of Research of a Scottish bioethics charity and a Visiting Lecturer & Professor in bioethics at St Mary's University, London. He is a member of the United Free Church of Scotland and is the author of The Ethics of the New Eugenics (2014) and Christianity and the New Eugenics (2020). To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/

On this week’s Business Matters, Ciaran O’Donnell talks to hearing aid audiologist and owner of Donegal Hearing Clinic, Sabrina Robb. Sabrina is a graduate of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and a member of the Irish Society of Hearing Audiologists. Having worked in hearing healthcare for twelve years, she decided to set up her own … Business Matters Ep 95 – Sabrina Robb & Tara McGuire Read More » The post Business Matters Ep 95 – Sabrina Robb & Tara McGuire appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

In this QMU Podcast episode, Walid Salhab, now an award-winning filmmaker and media practice lecturer at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, shares his early experiences as a refugee and immigrant fleeing war torn Lebanon and how it felt to find that no-one wanted to hear his stories once he reached safety in the UK. He is speaking out now to influence the current discourse about refugees and their right to sanctuary. His lived experience has influenced his short films which give voice to the marginalized and dispossessed and have won accolades at film festivals worldwide. During this intimate and emotional interview, Walid opens up to his friend and colleague Emma Wood, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Queen Margaret University, about the impact of the start of the war in Lebanon, his time spent as a child in Iraq and his work retrieving injured soldiers from the fighting. Walid also discusses his varied work as short filmmaker, on projects such as The Kelpies and Avaritia, and his passion for producing thought-provoking films which tell the stories of refugees and migrants. View the trailer of Walid's latest film ‘The Sea of Hope' at: https://vimeo.com/661266501

In this episode of MCC Podcast Series Dr. Paul Gilfillan is our guest. Dr. Gilfillan is a Scottish scholar who graduated from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and received his PhD from Edinburgh University. His academic expertise and research foci are ethnography, social class, Scottish nationalism, sociology of Christianity, sociology of Scotland and pilgrimage. In this podcast, Huub Ruël will speak with Dr. Gilfillan about what brought him to Hungary, the state of Scottish nationalism, Hungarian nationalism, Brexit, religious education and the shaping of identity of generation Z and millennials.

Alongside the thousands of Cochrane Reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, there are many that look at how to organise and deliver health care. One of these, on the use of a strategy called “paying for performance” was updated in May 2021. Here's one of the authors, Sophie Witter from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in Scotland, to tell us about the strategy and its effectiveness.

Alongside the thousands of Cochrane Reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, there are many that look at how to organise and deliver health care. One of these, on the use of a strategy called “paying for performance” was updated in May 2021. Here's one of the authors, Sophie Witter from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in Scotland, to tell us about the strategy and its effectiveness.

It was such a privilege and pleasure to talk with Dame Prue Leith DBE on my podcast this week. We talk about so many different topics including school food, hospital food, Michelin Stars, school cookery lessons and more. Prue Leith's career has included her own restaurants, catering and cookery school businesses; she's been a board director of companies such as British Rail, Halifax, Safeway, Whitbread, Woolworths, and Belmond (ex-Orient Express) Hotels. She has published eight novels, a memoir, Relish and 14 cookbooks. Her latest cookbook, The Vegetarian Kitchen, which she co-wrote with her niece Peta Leith, was published in 2020. Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, but she has also been a judge on The Great British Menu and My Kitchen Rules. She has also taken part in Journey with my Daughter, co-presented Cook More, Waste Less and presented Prue's Great Garden Plot. Prue has had a deep involvement with education and the arts: she chaired the first of the companies charged with turning round failing state schools and was Chair of the School Food Trust, responsible for the improvement of school food and food education. She started and led the campaign for contemporary sculpture to be exhibited on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. She has been active in many charities and is the Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She was an advisor for the Government's Hospital Food Review. Among her awards she has a DBE, 12 honorary degrees or fellowships from UK universities, the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the year, and her restaurant, Leith's, won a Michelin star. She is married with two children and four grandchildren. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd be delighted if you would give us a 5* rating and leave a review, so other people can find us too. Thank you!⁠

There's only one thing you need for flawless skin, outstanding memory, and no more stress. No, not sorcery, a pomegranate! A research team at the UK's Queen Margaret University discovered that pomegranate juice works wonders for lowering the stress hormone cortisol. The research also proved that pomegranate has a great effect on heart health too since a lot of cardiovascular problems are connected to cortisol one way or another. This colorful fruit will totally transform your mind and body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Στο 5o επεισόδιο της δεύτερης season του "Dieticious Podcast", με καλεσμένη την κλινική διαιτολόγο - διατροφολόγο Αννούση Κάτια (@katia_talksdiet), μιλάμε για την χορτοφαγία. Είναι ασφαλής; Είναι πλήρης; Σε ποιες περιπτώσεις πρέπει να αποφέυγεται; Είναι εύκολη στην εφαρμογή; Ποιοι είναι οι συνδυασμοί που πρέπει να κάνουμε για να πάρουμε όλα τα θρεπτικά συστατικά; Που μας βοηθάει η μείωση του κρέατος; Ποια η επίδραση της κατανάλωσης κρέατος στο περιβάλλον;Λίγα λόγια για την καλεσμένη:Η Αννούση Κάτια είναι κλινική διαιτολόγος-διατροφολόγος, απόφοιτος του πανεπιστημίου Queen Margaret University of Edinburgh.Ξεκίνησε τις σπουδές της ως φιλόλογος στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ωστόσο μετά την αποφοίτησή της στράφηκε στην επιστήμη της διαιτολογίας λόγω προσωπικής της πάθησης από διατροφικές διαταραχές.Στηρίζει την προσέγγισή της στην χορτοφαγία, καθώς είναι κάτι που και η ίδια ακολουθει ως τρόπο διατροφής.Περαιτερω εκπαίδευση πραγματοποίησε στο Κέντρο Εκπαίδευσης και Αντιμετώπισης Διατροφικών Διαταραχών(ΚΕΑΔΔ).Μπορείτε να την βρείτε στο instagram account @katia_talksdietΓια περισσότερες πληροφορίες, για συνταγές και διατροφικά άρθρα, βρείτε με στο Instagram @dieticious_sam.Have fun!Groovy Intro/Outro track:Title: Little Lily SwingCreator: Tri-TachyonSource: Free Music ArchiveLicense: “CC BY-ND 4.0”

Think you know a lot about food? Wait until you have met Stan Blackley: Co-Programme Leader of the MSc in Gastronomy at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. In this episode, we hear about the importance of diverse food in creating healthy lifestyles (it'll surprise you to hear how many types of potatoes there are in the world!), how to tackle the current climate change crisis using our stomachs and food choices, and why food sciences and production can be the key to challenging social inequalities all over the world. To start on our food-themed series of pods, consider yourself now a foodie, as you will be transported into the delicious world of consumption as Stan puts the ‘Me' into ‘Gastronomy'. You can find Stan on Twitter on @stanblackley and for more info on the QMU Gastronomy course, check out https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-study/2021/msc-gastronomy/ Not Another Science Podcast is co-created by Helena Cornu (@helenacornu) and Tom Edwick (@edwicktom), brought to you by Edinburgh University Science Magazine (EUSci). The hosts are Alix Bailie (@alixbailie) and Hannah Muir. Our podcast manager is Lili Paradi. The logo was designed by Apple Chew (@_applechew), and the cover art was designed by Heather Jones (@heatherfrancs). You can visit our website at www.eusci.org.uk to check out the latest issue of the magazine, a ton of other cool science content by our student journalists, and to see how to get involved. You can also follow EUSci on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. All podcast episodes and transcripts can be found at www.eusci.org.uk/podcasts/. Music by Kevin Macleod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music by Professor Colin Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZhfAZ-gCEQ&ab_channel=ChemistryEdinburgh

As part of this year's World Mental Health Day, the U.S. Institute of Peace and the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Religious Freedom's Strategic Religious Engagement Unit hosted a discussion on religion, MHPSS and migration. The conversation drew on findings from USIP's initiative on Religious and Psychosocial Support for Displaced Trauma Survivors, which has identified specific ways in which faith-sensitive mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) can increase the effectiveness of trauma healing interventions for migrants and refugees. Panelists offered insight on actions that can be implemented in current efforts to assist migrants from highly religious contexts and to improve the quality of and accessibility to MHPSS to facilitate integration and reconciliation. Speakers Palwasha Kakar, opening remarks  Interim Director, Religion and Inclusive Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Dan Nadel, opening remarks Senior Department Official, Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State  Dr. Alastair Ager Director, Institute of Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Dr. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh Principal Investigator, Refugee Hosts; Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies, University College London Dr. Wilson López López  Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  Cristal Palacios  Founder and Director, Psicodiáspora Camilo Ramirez Parra   Country Director, HIAS Colombia Nida Ansari, moderator Policy Advisor, Strategic Religious Engagement, U.S. Department of State  Andres Martinez Garcia, moderator  Program Manager, Religion and Inclusive Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Jerry White, closing remarks  Award-Winning Humanitarian Activist and Professor of Practice, University of Virginia    For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/incorporating-religious-sensitivity-trauma-healing-displaced-persons  

Many people develop pelvic floor problems during the course of their lives, such as incontinence (both bladder AND bowel), sexual dysfunction, obstructed defecation and other related painful conditions which can very often be so deeply embarrassing & distressing that they find it difficult, if not impossible, to reach out for help and as a result often suffer in silence. In our discussion Aoife shares an abundance of knowledge gained throughout her career as a physiotherapist specialising in helping people overcome pelvic floor dysfunction. We wanted to have an in-depth discussion about all aspects of it especially the embarrassing bits so that anyone listening might not feel so alone and know there absolutely is help out there. Aoife says no amount of leakage is normal, and even a 100-year-old muscle can be trained. Pelvic Floor Muscle problems are truly awful, but with pelvic floor muscle training the results are great! Biography Aoife Ni Eochaidh is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Clinical Specialist Women's & Men's Health & Continence. She qualified as a physiotherapist in 1995 from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and went on to develop an interest in men and women's health early in her career. She completed a postgraduate Certificate in Women's Health Physiotherapy from the University of Bradford in 2000. She regularly attends Local, National and World meetings in the field of Men and Women's Health & Continence Physiotherapy, often as an invited speaker herself. She is a multi-award-winning physiotherapist, and has worked in Scotland, Belgium, Australia and in Irish Public and private Hospitals. She set up a private Men & Women's Health Physiotherapy practice in Galway in 1999 and runs her clinic now from the Bon Secours Consultant Clinic in Galway where she provides expert physiotherapy assessment and treatment for Men & Women with pelvic floor muscle dysfunctions including, Incontinence (Bladder & Bowel), Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Obstructed Defecation, Pelvic Pain and Sexual Dysfunction. In addition she uses innovative technological approaches with her patients to ensure optimal results. Aoife is based in Galway City, West of Ireland however she can also treat people online and can be contacted at the following:- Website - www.ippm.ie Social Media - @pelvicexpert LADY TIME would love your feedback, let us know what you like, what you don't, what you'd like to hear more of or if you have an experience in relation to midlife that you'd like to share with us - you can email us confidentially at ladytimepodcast@protonmail.ch

Over the past year, during the Covid-19 pandemic, we've been working with a group of people from all over the world, teaching them to podcast and helping them to tell personal stories about the experience of moving from one place to another. Everyone who took part was brand new to podcasting, and most of the episodes were made without any professional equipment, using mobile phones and free editing software. The results of this course are seven episodes: each one about a very different migration experience, and each person bringing their own style and personality. We hope you love them as much as we do. *** From Maria: I am originally from Bulgaria and I have lived in Edinburgh for the last ten years. During that time, I collected a couple of degrees, including PhD in Phonetics from Queen Margaret University. Right now, I am finishing a Master's programme in Speech and Language Therapy and I am hoping to start practicing soon. I love learning about people's stories about their accents and recently I started the #AccentPositivity campaign for Bilingualism Matters with this blog post. You can share your accent story using #AccentPositivity and you can find me on twitter @drdokovova. *** You can find out more about Bilingualism Matters here, and you can find their, podcast Much Language Such Talk, here and on the podcast streaming apps. *** Our Accentricity t-shirts are out now! Get yours here. They're designed by artist Cat Ingall, who also makes other cool things that you can buy from here Etsy shop. You can also support the podcast on Patreon or Steady, or with a one-off donation to help keep Accentricity going. *** Find us @accentricitypod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or sign up to our newsletter for updates on what's going on behind the scenes.

Dr. Joe Goldblatt is the Godfather of the special events industry! On this episode we sit down with my good friend and colleague of 20+ years, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, emeritus professor at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Goldblatt shares his insight into the special events industry during the pandemic, what he envisions for the future and how he tries to make every day like a special event. Links in this Episode: https://joegoldblatt.scot/ (https://joegoldblatt.scot/) The Big Ask Podcast is hosted by Nicole Matthews as inspired by her book https://www.amazon.com/Permission-Stop-Competing-Start-Creating/dp/1480811947 (Permission), to contact her or learn more about her work please use the links below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msnicolematthews/?hl=en (@msnicolematthews) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigaskpodcast/ (@bigaskpodcast) Twitter: https://twitter.com/henleyco?lang=en (@henleyco) https://www.facebook.com/MsNicoleMatthews (Facebook) http://www.nicolematthews.com (www.nicolematthews.com) http://www.thehenleycompany.com (www.thehenleycompany.com)

In this episode we talk to three speech and language therapy students about the importance of placements to their education:Vivian Wong, Masters student, Reading University. Presented at an RCSLT event last year giving student perspectives on challenges and opportunities for best practice in on clinical placements. Kerry O’Sullivan, Masters student, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Writing her Masters thesis on, 'What makes a positive placement experience for SLT students in the UK.'Ruth Filer, SLT student, Leeds Beckett University, recently collaborated on a toolkit for technology enabled care services for practice learning. This is the second in a short series of podcasts in which we explore how placements are evolving, the impact of the pandemic, and how we hope to create more placements in the future to meet the needs of the profession.The recently launched new guidance for practice-based learning can be found here (note that this is open access so non-members can see it too).The interview is conducted by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.

This QMU podcast discusses Queen Margaret University's research into the loneliness and isolation that our refugee community in Scotland has experienced during the pandemic, the real impact it has had on their lives and how it has affected their ability to integrate and contribute to their new communities. Importantly, we will look at the impact that loneliness and isolation can have on forgotten groups of people in society, and what lessons can be learned for the future to help support people with their integration into a new country, ensuring that they become valued and engaged members of society. Contributing to the discussion from Queen Margaret University's Institute for Global Health and Development are Senior Research Fellow Dr Alison Strang, Research Assistant Dr Nicole Vidal, and Lecturer Oonagh O'Brien. Dr Olivia Sagan, Head of the Division of Psychology, Sociology and Education at Queen Margaret University also provides an insight into the subject of loneliness.

Episode Notes Lending his voice to today's podcast is David Stevenson,  Dean of Arts, Social Sciences and Management, and a professor of cultural policy and arts management at Queen Margaret University.

On this episode, Charlotte speaks with her friend and colleague, Kenny Murray. Kenny was brought up in Easterhouse. When he was 11 years old, he and his brothers and sisters were taken into care across separate parts of Glasgow. They would not be reunited again until Kenny turned 14 years old. After leaving care, Kenny pursued his passion for creative writing. He went onto study at City of Glasgow College and then completed a degree in Public Relations and Marketing at Queen Margaret University. Since then, Kenny has established himself as an award-winning campaigner, PR professional and aspiring screenwriter, with a particular interest in media representations of Care Experienced people.

It’s Tuesday the 9th of February. Welcome to this edition of Porty News. It seems that the Spaces for People scheme is now causing issues in Duddingston - in particular, the plans for Duddingston Road. The team running the project met up with the 4 local councillors and agreed to organise a residents’ meeting to discuss the concerns some residents have. Some of these include the idea that the scheme doesn’t really make sense here as it’s not part of a bigger network and cyclists don’t use the road much; that local residents can’t park in front of their house anymore, in particular blue badge holders especially as their driveways are too narrow to get in or out of their car from a wheelchair; that there’s more speeding on the road; and a number of other issues. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams tomorrow evening at 7pm. Those affected should have received an email which included the relevant meeting link. Mid and East Lothian Chamber is based right next to the campus of Edinburgh College on Milton Road. It’s been drawing members attention to something called the Scottish Marine & Outdoor Tourism Restart Fund (catchy title) which was set up to support the marine, boating and outdoor adventure sectors, all of which have been significantly affected by the pandemic and are faced with seasonal re-commissioning and re-start costs ahead of the coming season. The fund is worth £2.5 million and was developed with Wild Scotland and Sail Scotland. It’s being delivered by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. The only problem is that I have only just heard about this and applications are only open until 5pm tonight – so I would hope that those involved in the sector will already have heard about it! There’s a link in the transcript as usual. (Pic: ©PSKC) https://bit.ly/2LvNUAB Some of you may have noticed in Cllr Maureen Child’s latest update a reference to ‘20 minute neighbourhoods’. She points out that the concept is behind the development of space planning for the future of cities like Edinburgh – and that we have the makings of this in Portobello already. So what are ‘20 minute neighbourhoods’? Well, according to the document she refers us to (again the full version can be found by following the link in the transcript) the aim is “to actively work towards all places becoming more connected and people living more locally in order to support everybody’s choices to enable wellbeing for our people and our planet.” https://bit.ly/2Nb1t9a Finally, I have seen a lot of comment online about the number of people in Portobello, myself included, who have received their appointments for the Co-Vid jag… at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston. We’ve heard of people who don’t drive being sent there – and those with serious mobility issues – and OK, Handicabs, as we heard on Thursday, are offering a free service to get people there. But we remain puzzled at why others, those over 70 it seems, are getting their injections nearby at the drive-through at Queen Margaret University. I’m just shy of 70 – so why do folk like me have to make a 25 mile round trip instead of going locally – which would have be how it would work in a ‘20 minute neighbourhood’, wouldn’t it?! Anyway, rant over. More tomorrow.

Lewis C. Baird sits down to talk theatre with some of his friends; Jessie, Lauren, Marcus, Rebecca, Ellis, Sam, Rachel & Hannah. They are a mix of current students and recent graduates from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh Napier University & University West of Scotland.

Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His twelfth novel, The Big Chill, was published by Orenda Books in August 2020. His previous novel, A Dark Matter, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. His other books include Breakers and The Jump, Gone Again and Hit & Run.Doug has been Writer in Residence with William Purves Funeral Directors. He is also a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow, and was RLF Fellow at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh 2014-2016. Doug was also Writer in Residence at the University of Strathclyde 2010-2012 and before that worked as a lecturer in creative writing there. He’s had short stories appear in various publications and anthologies, and since 1999 he has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and literature. Doug has a degree in physics, a PhD in nuclear physics and a diploma in journalism.Doug is one of the co-founders of the Scotland Writers Football Club, for whom he also puts in a shift in midfield as player-manager. He is also a singer, musician and songwriter, with three solo EPs and five albums in various bands to his name. He plays drums for the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers, a crime writing supergroup featuring Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville and Luca Veste. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  Luke interviewed eight colleagues from the team at Oxleas Music Therapy Service about their experiences of adapting practice during lockdown. This has inevitably included a wide range of experiences, some very positive, some frustrating, but all of them demonstrating the ability of music therapists to adapt and improvise in a crisis, keeping the children and young people they are working with at the centre of their practice. You can also find a shorter edit of this project (with a musical bonus) on the service website. Here are their biogs in order of appearance: Sarah Hadley is the manager of Oxleas Music Therapy Service. You can see a more extensive biog for Sarah in the notes for her own episode of Music Therapy Conversations (Episode 36 from March 2020). Oonagh Jones is Principal Music Therapist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust where she is Caseload Manager and Lead for the Under 5s service.  Oonagh works in mainstream, special schools and children's centres; with a particular interest in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma. Anthony Voelcker has worked in secondary schools since graduating from Roehampton in 2013, specialising in working with young people with learning disabilities. He currently working in two South London SEN schools, leading the music therapy team at Charlton Park Academy and working as the music therapist at Greenvale School. Nicky O'Neill is one of the Principal music therapists. She is the Contracts Manager for the Service, with a career-long interest and specialism in children with complex needs -ASD as well as health needs.   Jimmy Lyons' musical background is in live performance, songwriting and recording. After completing a Master’s degree in music technology in his native Ireland, Jimmy moved to the UK and trained at Nordoff Robbins in London where he qualified in 2013. He currently runs a private music therapy practice (Right Note Therapeutic Services), studies Family & Systemic Psychotherapy studies at The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and works for the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust music therapy service. Hannah Smith has worked for Oxleas NHS since 2014, initially alongside other Music Therapy posts in acute mental health, forensic mental health and as a self-employed therapist, but moving to full time from 2017. Hannah's clinical work encompasses mainstream and special education, children's centres and the core NHS service, as well as co-ordinating student placements and the service audit of clients accessing Music Therapy and the outcome measures relating to their provision. Since qualifying as a music therapist at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Gillian O’Dempsey has worked for the NHS Borders CAMHS service and the Cheyne Child Development Service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, she currently works for NHS Oxleas with children in mainstream primary schools and special schools.  Gillian taught the Introduction to Music Therapy module at Napier University, Edinburgh and now teaches on the Interactive Music-Maker training course run by Music as Therapy International.  Before music therapy training, Gillian worked in education in a variety of teaching roles.​ Richard Murison has worked in this team with children, young people and adults, since qualifying from Roehampton in 2008. He is a guitarist and singer-songwriter. Richard has led on several research projects for the service, including a qualitative investigation of transitions from childrens to adult services, which was awarded the poster prize at the BAMT 2016 Glasgow conference.

Queen Margaret University graduate and Students' Union trustee Keith Easton chats with our Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Sir Paul Grice, about the University's response to COVID-19 and how the QMU community can stay connected in these challenging times.

Took another digital jump across the pond to Queen Margaret University and spoke with their President, Mark, about their society that started just back in March! He's well armed with a network, information and the gumption to get this thing off the ground. Come find out more about what the UK, Edinburgh and Scotland have to offer in our world of collegiate esports. Mark's & QMU's info: https://twitter.com/qmuesports https://t.co/Vt9PmDOfXR?amp=1 https://twitter.com/AngstHD https://www.instagram.com/qmuesports/ https://www.facebook.com/qmuesports/ https://www.twitch.tv/qmuesports MisterrClouds info: https://twitter.com/TheMistrrClouds https://soundcloud.com/mistrrclouds Be sure to check me out on social media and leave feedback there or on the Anchor platform to be integrated into the podcast: https://linktr.ee/warlockrakaul https://anchor.fm/thesummoninghour/message Support the Podcast with a donation: https://anchor.fm/thesummoninghour/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesummoninghour/support

In episode 11 all of our Nasty gals have a great conversation with Jemima Levick the Artistic Director Of Stellar Quines Theatre Company The conversation covers everything from Jemima’s beginnings as a director to changing the narrative our young people see on stage and screen with her current production of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing to what the future holds for all of us. Jemima was previously Artistic Director and Associate Director at Dundee Rep Theatre for seven years until she joined Stellar Quines in May 2016. She trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and also on a Scottish Arts Council Director Traineeship. She is an extremely successful director and has won and been nominated for a number of awards. While at Dundee Rep she directed more than 18 productions, including, The Tempest, The Glass Menagerie, The Tempest, Time and the Conway’s, The Elephant Man and Beauty and the Beast. As a freelance director and producer she worked with a number of companies, including the Royal Lyceum Theatre, The National Theatre of Scotland, Perissology Theatre Productions, Borderline, Grid Iron Theatre Company, Traverse Theatre and Paines Plough. You can support Persistent and Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting wearecivildisobedience.com. You can also find us on all the usual social media platforms. On Twitter @weareohsocivil On Instagram @wearecivildisobedience And on Facebook at Facebook.com/wearecivildisobedience

Philippa Derrington leads the MSc Music Therapy course and is a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. She is one of the editors of the British Journal of Music Therapy, and passionate about promoting and developing the music therapy profession through research, practice and teaching. In this interview, Philippa talks about her music therapy work with adolescents at a social inclusion centre, attached to a mainstream secondary school. Although the work was primarily with young people in the centre, which became The Centre School in 2009 – a school for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs – she developed provision to a full time music therapy post and worked with students across both the mainstream and special schools. Press coverage of this work featured in The Times Educational Supplement and The Guardian. Philippa also talks about her PhD at Anglia Ruskin University, which set out to investigate the effectiveness of music therapy for young people at risk of underachievement or exclusion, and hereby acknowledges the support and enthusiasm of her supervisors, Amelia Oldfield, Tony Wigram and Helen Odell-Miller, as well as The Music Therapy Charity who funded the three-year study. Philippa continues to practise as a music therapist in a school for young people with complex social emotional and behavioural needs and since moving to Edinburgh in 2013, has led the MSc Music Therapy course through some major changes. Together with the Head of Division, Brendan McCormack, who is internationally recognised for his person-centred practice development and particular interest in the use of arts and creativity in healthcare research and development, Philippa is incredibly excited about the interdisciplinary potential within the School of Health Sciences and furthering new research opportunities for Music Therapy at QMU.   References McFerran, K. Derrington, P. and Saarikallio, S. eds. (2019). Handbook of Music, Adolescents, and Wellbeing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Tomlinson, J. Derrington, P. and Oldfield, A. eds. (2012). Music Therapy in Schools: Working with children of all ages in mainstream and special education. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

This edition includes: mining companies are looking at the ocean bed as the next source of metals and minerals in tech production, but does the potential environmental damage mean it should be off-limits to development? Chris Williams, managing director of UK Seabed Resources and Monica Verbeek, Executive Director of the environmental organisation, Seas at Risk, discuss. The decades-old spat between Greece and the UK over ownership of the Elgin Marbles blew up again this week. Journalist Anthee Carassava reports on the latest bust-up and how Greek sensitivities over the subject have deepened in recent years. The Scottish Government agreed to increase spending and powers for local authorities this week, but the problem of council funding remains an apparently intractable issue. Johanna Boyd, former Labour leader of Stirling Council, and Richard Kerley, Professor of Management at Queen Margaret University, examine potential alternatives to the current system and the political obstacles they face. It was Groundhog Day this weekend, and to mark it the show invited Ryan Gilbey, film critic for The Guardian and The New Statesman, to discuss the 1993 film inspired by the curious event, its abiding popularity and the many mystical interpretations of it.

The individual I have selected for the second episode is Kody Watson. Kody attended Laurier University, where he earned an honours BA studying kinesiology on the Dean’s Honour Roll. Following his BA degree, Kody earned a master of kinesiology at Laurier University; while being a teachers assistant (i.e. a TA), his thesis research focused on long term athlete development in youth Ontario soccer; his thesis has been presented at multiple conferences and his paper has received over 250 downloads online. Kody is currently completing his master of science (physiotherapy) at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. At QMU, he received the best level one pre-registration award. Kody represents QMU on the enhanced led institutional review board. Within the next few months, Kody will begin his research investigation exercise and age-related cognitive decline. After graduation, Kody plans on practicing physiotherapy in Canada, following the standardized Canadian examinations.

As this week's Kitchen Café is all about taste, Simon Preston visits the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation at Queen Margaret University to find out about food tasting and testing. In a nutshell who decides what food appears on our supermarket shelves and whether we're likely to like it. Also, we'll be telling you all about a really simple test you can do at home to see if you're one of Scotland's elite supertasters. When it comes to marrying sweet, sour, bitter, salty or umami, Thai food has it all. So Ghillie Basan and her daughter Yazzie are set to make your mouth water with one of their favourite Thai dishes...

For many of us, cooking and eating are great sources of joy and comfort. This week on The Kitchen Café, we're celebrating the food that makes us feel good. Simon Preston meets Melissa Hemsley to celebrate her new book, "Eat Happy". Meanwhile, Neil Forbes and Flora Shedden are joined by amateur baker Nadia Cassar and Charlotte Maberly, programme co-ordinator of the MSc Gastronomy course at Queen Margaret University, to dig deeper into the relationship between food and mood.

Join us and our special Guest Fatou Baldeh tonight on HerstoryToo!! Who is Fatou? Fatou Baldeh Fatou is one of Scotland's most well-known and knowledgable FGM activists. She holds an MSc in Sexual & Reproductive Health from Queen Margaret University and a degree in Health Studies & Psychology. Fatou has been involved in campaigning against FGM in Scotland for 5 years.  In addition to her research into NHS Scotland obstetric care for women who have experienced FGM, Fatou has worked on FGM in the Gambia and is a changemaker within her own family and community. She is the FGM mapping and network coordinator @WaverleyCare, Trustee for Dignity Alert & Research Forum (DARF). Tune in to learn more about FGM and what you and I can collectively do to END this harmful practice. Chat in, Skype in, Call in and Let's Talk!

Kenneth E. Millers' latest book, WAR TORN, focuses on stories of civilians in war zones and the courage and resilience they exhibit to survive their incredible scenarios. Many of these people end up becoming refugees, some of who are now banned from entering our country in the sweeping and shocking executive order by President Trump over the weekend. Kenneth is available for interview immediately and is the perfect resource to help audiences learn about the populations affected by these immigration policy changes. https://www.psychologytoday. com/blog/the-refugee- experience/201701/5-myths- about-refugees With some 200 million people affected by armed conflict or genocide, refugees are appearing in record numbers. War Torn takes us beyond the headlines into the lives of civilians caught up in war's destructive power in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Guatemala, and Sri Lanka. Alongside stories that convey the destruction and heartbreak of armed conflict, he captures the courage and resilience he calls “a remarkable kind of light,” an essential counterpoint to the grief and trauma that war creates. The stories in War Torn are powerful, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable. After reading them, we welcome the rich list of options Miller offers (at the end of the book) for ways we can help. Drawing on his extensive research and clinical experience, Miller also offers a nuanced critique of the overly narrow focus on PTSD among survivors of armed conflict. “In evocative and powerful prose, [Miller] captures the remarkable human capacity for resilience in the face of great adversity. He also writes with compassion about the lasting damage that war has on the human heart and mind, when the limits of resilience have been surpassed.” —from the foreword by James Garbarino, author of Lost Boys and No Place to be a Child An international expert on the impact of armed conflict on civilians, psychologist Kenneth E. Miller has been working with war-affected communities since 1991 as a researcher, clinician, organizational consultant, and filmmaker. A professor of clinical and community psychology for much of his career (San Francisco State University, Pomona College), in 2015 he joined the Dutch NGO War Child Holland and is currently based in Amsterdam. His website is www.kennethemiller.com “The courage and resilience on display in these eye-opening and heart-wrenching accounts is matched only by Miller’s brave and unflinching resolve to spend his life working in refugee camps and on the front lines, bearing witness to the individual horrors of armed conflict, while trying to help the victims heal, however imperfectly. With clarity of thought and prose, he also reminds us that "while people may be deeply wounded by the hardships they’ve endured, their spirits or psyches are seldom irreparably broken.”-- Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife “War Torn provides harrowing first-hand insights into human suffering across contexts burned into global consciousness as theatres of late 20th century and early 21st century inhumanity: Guatemala, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Syria. But the extraordinarily sensitive and insightful text ultimately communicates most powerfully regarding the humanity that endures in such adversity. This humanity is observed in those humanitarians seeking to respond to those in need but, above all, in the determination, humor, and love shown by those struggling against the destruction of their communities and identities by civil conflict. Miller’s narrative doesn’t lapse into sentimentality, however. The humanity that it witnesses to is a bloodied one, born of labor, sacrifice, and suffering. In the year when the UN Secretary-General, through the World Humanitarian Summit, is calling for recognizing our shared humanity as the key driver of our decision-making and collective action, we would benefit from this book being compulsory reading for all who need to grasp that that sharedness is not a principle, but a visceral, tortured and consoling reality.” —Alastair Ager,Director of International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Author of Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of Religion in the Support of Displaced Communities, editor of Refugees: Perspectives on the Experience of Forced Migration “War Torn is an exceptional, gripping account of the impact of war—a must-read for anyone interested in how war profoundly touches and shapes people. Ken Miller merges the expressive writing of a novelist with compassion and the profound understanding of a seasoned mental health professional. This collection of personal experiences and mosaic of situations provides rich and unique insights into the complexities of war torn countries.” —Dr. Mark Jordans, King’s College London "Ken Miller weaves together for us tragic stories of war, loss and injustice with tales of friendship, family, and laughter. Ken's gift is the way he listens, which takes him and his readers beyond simple categories of war victim or trauma to the complex experiences people have in settings torn apart by violence. I'm grateful for the way he has captured the simultaneously disabling and inspiring coexistence of darkness and light in these places." --Jeannie Annan, PhD, Director of Research, Evaluation, and Learning at the International Rescue Committee

This is Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.  (http://shop.fender.com/en-US/about ). You will recall from Part 1 that I joined Andy in his new Hollywood offices, which were still in the finishing touches of the build out, on September 14th 2016. We had a sweeping conversation covering his leadership at Fender, his product orientation and brand focus and industry innovation that he is leading at Fender. Fender had their grand opening celebration of the new Hollywood offices one week after our meeting on September 22nd.  Please link to this LA Weekly article on the back of the album cover for some great photos of Fender’s new and inviting Hollywood space including shots of Andy and his executive team. (http://www.laweekly.com/music/fender-guitars-has-a-new-home-in-the-heart-of-hollywood-photos-7410496 ). In this Part 2 of 2 we’ll discuss new product lauches and touch on many of the considerations – from supply chain to marketing and communications. We’ll also discuss product growth and pricing.   Program Guide  Andy Mooney Interview Part 2 of 2 – “Product & Brand Leadership” 0:32      Introduction to Part 2 of 2 with Andy Mooney 1:22      Supply Chain / Product Line Management: Process and Execution 3:55      Breaking Up Organizational Silos through a Project Management Officer 6:00      Marketing Focus: Communications and Social Media 10:00    Supply Chain: Inventory Carrying Protocols 11:50    Break 12:06    Growth Potential and Gaining Market Share 16:47    The Value of the Guitar and Pricing 21:31    Wrap Up and Conclusion   Informative and Helpful Links  More about Fender: http://shop.fender.com/en-US/about More about Andy Mooney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Mooney More about the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM): https://www.namm.org   Prior National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Interviews with: Andy Mooney January 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbfAUVNgw-I With Phyllis Fender, Leo Fender’s wife: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/phyllis-fender NAMM’s Compelling Library of Oral History Interviews: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/all An Excellent Video Tour of the Fender Fullerton Manufacturing Facility Circa 1957 or 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswcAPvH0P8 Dan Orkin’s informative feature on gear history in Reverb.com and the impact of the CBS takeover of Fender on guitar designs in 1965.  https://reverb.com/news/fender-and-the-cbs-takeover Link to Rolling Stone Video and Article on The Edge and his Custom Signature Fender Strat.  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-u2s-the-edge-geek-out-about-new-custom-guitar-20160324 Funk Museum reference – The Funk Center, Dayton Ohio  http://www.thefunkcenter.org info@thefunkcenter.org   The Leadership Lyceum Podcast Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes: https://t.co/a70rtSiQnW or SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thomas-linquist Follow Leadership Lyceum on:          LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-linquist-682997          Twitter: @LeaderLyceum https://twitter.com/LeaderLyceum          Email us: Linquist@leadershiplyceum.com Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum at iTunes Podcasts which will enable future content to come to you automatically.  Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues.    Biography on Andy Mooney Andrew (Andy) P. Mooney has been the Chief Executive Officer of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation since June 2015. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Quiksilver Inc. from January 10, 2013 to March 27, 2015. Andy served as President of Walt Disney Company since January 2000. He spent 11 years leading Disney Consumer Products (DCP), first as President and then as Chairman of DCP.  He pioneered the $4 billion Disney Princesses franchise and retail lines based on the Pixar Animation films, “Toy Story” and “Cars.” While at Disney, he and his team revolutionized Disney's licensing business, re-invented the Disney Stores and opened Disney English Language Learning Centers in China, creating an exciting new growth opportunity for the company. Prior to Disney, Mooney spent 20 years with Nike, Inc. Originally, joining Nike's United Kingdom division as CFO, he transitioned to marketing in 1982.  He held several senior positions before relocating to the United States in 1984 and becoming Chief Marketing Officer for Nike in the US in 1994. Throughout his Nike tenure, Andy led Nike’s footwear product line management team, was General Manager of Nike’s $3 billion global apparel business and founded its equipment division. Andy worked for 20-years with Nike, Inc., and served as its Vice President of Global Brands. As Chief Marketing Officer, he was responsible for worldwide marketing strategies for the Nike and Jordan brands. Andy hails from Scotland and holds an Accounting Certificate in the United Kingdom. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration in 2008 by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.   Your host Thomas B. Linquist is a Partner at leading global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. Over his 15 years in management and leadership consulting he has served a wide array of industrial clients.  This includes leadership assessment and search for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and boards of directors.  He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and over his 25-year career has served in a variety of roles: as an engineer with Shell Oil Company, a banker with ABN AMRO Bank, and as treasurer was the youngest corporate officer in the 150+ year history at Peoples Energy Company in Chicago.  He is an expert on hiring and promotion decisions and leadership development.  Over the course of his search career, he has interviewed thousands of leaders.  Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum in the podcast section at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically. Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues. Copyright 2016 by The Leadership Lyceum LLC

Part 1 of 2: “Product and Brand Leadership” Interview with Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments.  Welcome to Episode 6 of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO’s Virtual Mentor.  This is Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.  (http://shop.fender.com/en-US/about ). I joined Andy in his new Hollywood offices, which were still in the finishing touches of the build out, on September 14th 2016. We had a sweeping conversation his leadership at Fender, his product orientation and brand focus and industry innovation that he is leading at Fender. Fender had their grand opening celebration of the new Hollywood offices one week after our meeting on September 22nd.  Please link to this LA Weekly article on the back of the album cover for some great photos of Fender’s new and inviting Hollywood space including shots of Andy and his executive team. (http://www.laweekly.com/music/fender-guitars-has-a-new-home-in-the-heart-of-hollywood-photos-7410496 ).   Program Guide  Andy Mooney Interview Part 1 of 2 – “Product & Brand Leadership”   0:32 Introduction to Part 1 of 2 with Andy Mooney 0:42 Fender Historical Context and Ownership History 2:50 Quick Intro to Andy Mooney 3:49 Interview: Servco Pacific and TPG Objectives for Andy Mooney as CEO 5:10 Aside: More Background Detail and Bio on Andy Mooney 6:19 Interview: Owners’ Objectives for Andy (continued) 7:49 View of the Fender Brand: Great Products First, Form Follows Function, Quality is a Business Model 9:43 Profound Depths of a Brand – Leo Fender’s Belief 11:49 Relationships with the Artists 13:30 Addressing the Abandonment Phenomenon with Musical Instruments 14:07 Break 14:23 Addressing the Abandonment Phenomenon (cont.) 17:29 Parents’ Education and Role in Development of Music 19:45 Music/Instrument Communities, Proficiency Development and Progression 22:00 Break 22:15 The Ritchie Blackmore Factor – Drawing Interest to Guitar 24:38 Changing Demographics and Tailoring Design 28:53 Communities and Proximity – Los Angeles/Hollywood Offices 30:49 Wrap up and Preview of Episode 6, Part 2 of 2 with Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender Instruments Informative and Helpful Links More about Fender: http://shop.fender.com/en-US/about More about Andy Mooney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Mooney More about the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM): https://www.namm.org   Prior National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Interviews with: Andy Mooney January 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbfAUVNgw-I With Phyllis Fender, Leo Fender’s wife: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/phyllis-fender NAMM’s Compelling Library of Oral History Interviews: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/all   An Excellent Video Tour of the Fender Fullerton Manufacturing Facility Circa 1957 or 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswcAPvH0P8   Dan Orkin’s informative feature on gear history in Reverb.com and the impact of the CBS takeover of Fender on guitar designs in 1965.  https://reverb.com/news/fender-and-the-cbs-takeover   Link to the Rolling Stone Video and Article on The Edge and his Custom Signature Fender Strat.  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-u2s-the-edge-geek-out-about-new-custom-guitar-20160324 Funk Museum reference – The Funk Center, Dayton Ohio  http://www.thefunkcenter.org   Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes: https://t.co/a70rtSiQnW or SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thomas-linquist Follow Leadership Lyceum on:          LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-linquist-682997          Twitter: @LeaderLyceum https://twitter.com/LeaderLyceum   Email us: Linquist@leadershiplyceum.com Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically.  Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues.    Biography on Andy Mooney Andrew (Andy) P. Mooney has been the Chief Executive Officer of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation since June 2015.  He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Quiksilver Inc. from January 10, 2013 to March 27, 2015.  Andy served as President of Walt Disney Company since January 2000. He spent 11 years leading Disney Consumer Products (DCP), first as President and then as Chairman of DCP.  He pioneered the $4 billion Disney Princesses franchise and retail lines based on the Pixar Animation films, “Toy Story” and “Cars.” While at Disney, he and his team revolutionized Disney's licensing business, re-invented the Disney Stores and opened Disney English Language Learning Centers in China, creating an exciting new growth opportunity for the company. Prior to Disney, Mooney spent 20 years with Nike, Inc. Originally, joining Nike's United Kingdom division as CFO, he transitioned to marketing in 1982.  He held several senior positions before relocating to the United States in 1984 and becoming Chief Marketing Officer for Nike in the US in 1994. Throughout his Nike tenure, Andy led Nike’s footwear product line management team, was General Manager of Nike’s $3 billion global apparel business and founded its equipment division. Andy worked for 20-years with Nike, Inc., and served as its Vice President of Global Brands. As Chief Marketing Officer, he was responsible for worldwide marketing strategies for the Nike and Jordan brands. Andy hails from Scotland and holds an Accounting Certificate in the United Kingdom. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration in 2008 by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.   Your host Thomas B. Linquist is a Partner at leading global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. Over his 15 years in management and leadership consulting he has served a wide array of industrial clients.  This includes leadership assessment and search for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and boards of directors.  He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and over his 25-year career has served in a variety of roles: as an engineer with Shell Oil Company, a banker with ABN AMRO Bank, and as treasurer was the youngest corporate officer in the 150+ year history at Peoples Energy Company in Chicago.  He is an expert on hiring and promotion decisions and leadership development.  Over the course of his search career, he has interviewed thousands of leaders.  Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum in the podcast section at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically. Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues. Copyright 2016 by The Leadership Lyceum LLC

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of My Big Idea, an ASOS podcast, with your host Asos editor Lucinda Greasley. This week's guest is Miriam Attwood, founder of Edinburgh based arts PR company, Storytelling. Storytelling's priority is working with artists, creators, theatre-makers, producers and arts organisations who do what they do with integrity, the desire to tell a story and excite and engage audiences. Since she was a child, Miriam had always had a passion for a great story, be it told through theatre, song or poetry. Miriam now has ten years of experience in press relations and holds a degree in Drama & Theatre Arts with a concentration in Arts Journalism from Queen Margaret University. She has also held roles at some of the most prestigious arts organisations in Scotland: Media Manager at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Press & Digital Officer at the National Galleries of Scotland 2011 – 2013, and positions at the Citizen’s Theatre Glasgow and Edinburgh’s Arts... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scotland is seeking to become a world leader in renewable energy, while the arguments continue to rage about oil, 'cleaner coal' and nuclear power. How do we provide fuel for the world without destroying it in the process, and can Scotland really be a key player? In this event - part our popular debates and environment strand in 2010 - our panel discuss the options. Featuring former MSP and Professor of Social Change at Queen Margaret University, Susan Deacon; Dr Benny Peiser, Director of The Global Warming Policy Foundation; Duncan McLaren and chair Ruth Wishart.

James Buchan, Professor & Professional Fellow, Queen Margaret University,(UK), UTS & AHWI.

James Buchan, Professor & Professional Fellow, Queen Margaret University,(UK), UTS & AHWI.