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Homeless man graduates with first-class honours
Homeless man graduates with first-class honours

BBC News

time2 days ago

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  • BBC News

Homeless man graduates with first-class honours

A man who slept in his car for 40 nights has graduated with first-class honours from Swansea Eaton-Lees, from Wolverhampton, left his job to pursue his dream in Devon. He found room to rent but when he arrived it was no longer available. After sleeping in his car, Mark began working as a long-distance courier driver, where he met a homeless man and decided he wanted to make a change. He has since volunteered with Shelter Cymru, Llamau, Crisis, and Expert Link - supporting helplines, advising boards, and preparing meals for those in need. The former recruitment worker left his job to pursue his dream of launching a scuba diving discovering the room he was due to rent was no longer available, he was left with no alternative accommodation and limited savings, and all that remained was his car."I found a free restaurant car park in Exeter, bought a pillow and a duvet, and slept in my Volkswagen Polo," Mark and afraid of being discovered, Mark would wake up at 06:00 BST and would not return until late in the access to clean clothes or facilities, applying for office jobs was impossible. Instead, Mark began searching for work as a HGV driver, hoping to sleep in the truck but his health deteriorated."There was a night when I struggled to wake up, and when I did, I had huge brain fog. I'm pretty sure these were early signs of hypothermia," he said. "It was scary, but I knew then that I couldn't go on as I was." 'Conversation changed me' With his family's support, Mark moved back to Wolverhampton in early 2015 and began working as a long-distance courier delivering he met a young homeless man who "looked so cold and frightened" and had no money. "All he wanted was some stability - a job and a place to live," Mark said. "That conversation changed me. Rebuilding my own life wasn't enough. I wanted to be part of the solution." Determined to gain a deeper understanding of homelessness, Mark completed a foundation course and, in 2022, began a degree in criminology and social policy at Swansea University."It's helped me explore issues like the Vagrancy Act and how homelessness is criminalised. I've realised how interconnected social policy and homelessness are." Through a lecturer's introduction, Mark began volunteering with Shelter Cymru, and later with Llamau, Crisis, and Expert Link. He is also working with the Bevan Foundation to research the impact of temporary accommodation on children in Wales."Wales is leading the way with preventative approaches like Upstream Cymru, which focuses on school-based early intervention," he said. "And, if passed, the proposed Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill could be a game changer. There's still a lot to be done, but it's a promising step forward."Mark will head to the University of Sheffield to pursue a masters in social research, exploring the connections between autism and homelessness - an area he said remained largely experience of homelessness now fuels his studies - and his determination to make sure others do not face the same struggles."It might sound strange, but I'm glad I went through it. That experience shaped who I am."

Art Basel Miami Beach Reveals 2025 Exhibitor Lineup
Art Basel Miami Beach Reveals 2025 Exhibitor Lineup

Hypebeast

time24-07-2025

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  • Hypebeast

Art Basel Miami Beach Reveals 2025 Exhibitor Lineup

Summary Art fair season is just around the corner and as galleries around the world ready for this fall's Armory Show and Frieze Seoul,Art Baselis chiming in with the exhibitor lineup for its upcomingMiami Beach edition. Set to take place from December 5 through 7, 285 galleries hailing from 44 countries and territories will come together at the Miami Beach Convention Center for the 2025 iteration of Art Basel Miami Beach. Under the direction of Bridget Finn for the second year, the fair will spotlight 'the most urgent artistic currents shaping the American scene today,' with a sharpened focus on Latinx, Indigenous and diasporic practices. Over two-thirds of the featured galleries operate in the Americas. In addition to the usual roster of mega-galleries and blue-chip names, 2025 fair will welcome 41 first-time exhibitors, including El Apartamento, Crisis, Parallel and Pasto Galeria from Latin America. New York's downtown gallery scene is also stepping up its presence, with inaugural booths from YveYang,Margot Samel, Candice Madey andKate Werble Gallery. Akin to previous editions, the the fair will be organized across four key sectors: Galleries, Nova, Positions and Survey. While details for a 2025 Meridian section have yet to come, Art Basel states that details regarding additional sectors and programming will be announced in the coming months. The strength and caliber of this year's exhibitors reaffirms Art Basel Miami Beach's centrality within the global art ecosystem' Finn expressed in a recent statement. 'This edition reflects the vitality of artistic production across the Americas—which continues to shape contemporary art practice, patronage, and discourse worldwide—and the fair's role as a critical gateway for introducing pioneering international artists and perspectives to the American market. It is bold, rigorous and attuned to the moment.' The winter fair will also reveal the medalists of the inauguralArt Basel Awards. Launched in February, the initiatives aims to spotlight 'exceptional achievement' across various creative landscapes. The 36 gold medalists announced in may will vote amongst themselves to reveal this year's gold medalists on December 4. The 2025 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will take place from December 5 to 7, with VIP Previews held on December 3 and 4. See the full list of exhibiting galleries below. GALLERIES1miramadrid / 2miraarchiv303 Gallery47 CanalA Gentil CariocaMiguel Abreu GalleryAcquavella GalleriesAfriart GalleryAlexandre GalleryAlisan Fine ArtsAlmeida & Dale Galeria de ArteAltman SiegelAmes YavuzGaleria Raquel ArnaudAlfonso ArtiacoBANKBarrovon BarthaGallery BatonNicelle Beauchene GalleryLivia BenavidesRuth Benzacar Galeria de ArteBerggruen GalleryBerry CampbellPeter Blum GalleryMarianne Boesky GalleryTanya Bonakdar GalleryBortolamiBradley ErtaskiranLuciana Brito GaleriaBroadwayBen Brown Fine ArtsMatthew BrownCanadaCardi GalleryCasa TriânguloDavid CastilloCayónCentral FineGaleria Pedro CeraChapter NYJames Cohan GalleryCommonwealth and CouncilGalleria ContinuaPaula Cooper GalleryCrèvecœurCristea Roberts GalleryGalerie Chantal CrouselThomas Dane GalleryDastan GalleryTibor de NagyMassimodecarloJeffrey DeitchDocumentAnat EbgiEdel AssantiAndrew Edlin GalleryEl Apartamentogalerie frank elbazDerek Eller GalleryThomas Erben GalleryLarkin ErdmannGalerie Cécile FakhouryDaniel Faria GalleryEric Firestone GalleryKonrad Fischer GaleriePeter Freeman, Friedman GalleryJames FuentesGagaGagosianGalateaGavlakGemini GhebalyGladstone GalleryGomide&CoGalería Elvira GonzálezGoodman GalleryMarian Goodman GalleryGrayAlexander Gray AssociatesGarth Greenan GalleryGalerie Karsten GreveHales GalleryHauser & WirthGalerie Max HetzlerHirschl & Adler ModernEdwynn Houk GalleryPippy Houldsworth GalleryXavier HufkensGallery HyundaiIngleby GalleryInstituto de visiónIsla FlotanteAlison JacquesCharlie James Galleryrodolphe janssenJenkins Johnson GalleryNina JohnsonJohyun GalleryGalerie JudinKalfayan GalleriesCasey KaplanJan KapsKarmaKasminkaufmann repettoSean KellyAnton Kern GalleryGalerie Peter KilchmannTina Kim GalleryMichael Kohn GalleryDavid Kordansky GalleryAndrew Kreps GallerykurimanzuttoPearl Lam GalleriesLeeahn GalleryLehmann MaupinGalerie LelongLévy Gorvy DayanJosh LilleyLisson GalleryLocks GalleryJane Lombard GalleryLuhring AugustineMagenta PlainsMai 36 GalerieMaisterravalbuenaMatthew Marks GalleryPhilip Martin GalleryMartos GalleryBarbara Mathes GalleryMayoralMazzoleniMiles McEnery GalleryAnthony MeierMendes Wood DMMennourMaruani MercierMignoniVictoria MiroMnuchin GalleryThe Modern Institutemoniquemelochemor charpentierEdward Tyler NahemHelly Nahmad GalleryNanzukaneugerriemschneiderNicodim GalleryNight GalleryCarolina NitschGalerie NordenhakeGallery Wendi NorrisGalerie Nathalie ObadiaOMRGalleria Lorcan O'Neill RomaOrtuzarRoslyn Oxley9 GalleryPace PrintsParagonParker GalleryParrasch Heijnen GalleryFranklin Parrasch GalleryPatronPerrotinPetzelPKM GalleryPolígrafa Obra GràficaProyectos MonclovaGaleria Marilia RazukAlmine RechRegen ProjectsRele GalleryRoberts ProjectsNara RoeslerThaddaeus RopacMeredith Rosen GalleryMichael Rosenfeld GalleryLia RummaRichard Saltoun GallerySCAI The BathhouseEsther SchipperSchoelkopf GalleryGalerie Thomas SchulteMarc Selwyn Fine ArtJack Shainman GallerySusan Sheehan GallerySicardi Ayers BacinoSies + HökeSikkema Malloy JenkinsJessica SilvermanBruce SilversteinSimões de AssisSkarstedtSMAC Art GalleryFredric Snitzer GallerySociétéSperone WestwaterSprüth MagersSTPILuisa StrinaGalería SurTimothy TaylorTemplonCristin Tierney GalleryTilton GalleryTornabuoni ArtLeon Tovar GalleryTravesía CuatroTwo PalmsUffner & LiuULAEVadehra Art GalleryVan de WegheVan Doren WaxterTim Van Laere GalleryNicola VassellVedovi GalleryVermelhoVielmetter Los AngelesGalleri Nicolai WallnerWentrupMichael Werner GalleryWhite CubeYares ArtDavid Zwirner NOVAGalería Isabel AninatEspacio ValverdeRebecca Camacho PresentsLuis De Jesus Los AngelesGypsum GalleryUnion PacificHeidiLohaus SominskyCandice MadeyMax Estrella Gallerymother's tankstation limitedNazarian/CurcioGalerie Alberta PanePequod UltravioletaPhillida ReidRolf ArtChris Sharp GallerySilverlensPark View / Paul SotoWelancora GalleryKate Werble GalleryW—galeríaYveYang POSITIONS56 HENRYGalerie AllenCarbon 12CrisisFranz KakaLodosLomexMadragoaProyecto NasalNicolettiPasto GaleríaGaleria Dawid RadziszewskiMargot SamelThetaVerveZielinsky SURVEYPiero Atchugarry GalleryJack BarrettCatharine Clark GalleryErin Cluley GalleryDavid Peter FrancisSebastian GladstonekóGaleria MapaGaleria Elvira MorenoPaci contemporaryParallel OaxacaPauline PavecDiane Rosenstein GalleryRyan LeeSapar ContemporaryThe PitVoloshyn GalleryWooson

Zelensky withdraws Ukraine from landmark anti-mine treaty
Zelensky withdraws Ukraine from landmark anti-mine treaty

Canada News.Net

time16-07-2025

  • Politics
  • Canada News.Net

Zelensky withdraws Ukraine from landmark anti-mine treaty

Kiev has been actively using the banned munitions in Donbass despite being a signatory of the convention Ukraine officially suspended its participation in the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention on Tuesday. The respective bill was passed by the country's parliament and signed into law by Vladimir Zelensky. The landmark agreement, also known as the Ottawa Treaty, bans the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. Ukraine joined the treaty in 1999 and ratified it in 2005. In announcing the decision, Zelensky claimed that it was necessary to withdraw from the convention to reach "at least parity" with Russia. Russia, as well as the United States, China, and several other countries, had never been a signatory to the treaty. Kiev has never been fully compliant with the Ottawa Treaty, as it failed to destroy the vast stockpiles of anti-personnel mines that it inherited after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ukrainian forces have been actively using the banned munitions since the early stages of the conflict in Donbass, which erupted in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup. Ukrainian troops have often been seen deploying various anti-personnel mines, including Soviet-made MON-family directional mines, as well as the notorious scatterable PFM-1 'petal' mines. The latter munitions, which are deployed through multiple rocket launcher-fired projectiles, have been repeatedly shot into densely populated civilian areas. According to the Ottawa Treaty, a party to the agreement is allowed to withdraw from it "six months after the receipt of the instrument of withdrawal by the Depositary," i.e. the UN Secretary-General. If the country is engaged in an armed conflict when this period ends, the withdrawal will not take effect until hostilities cease. Ukraine's withdrawal from the treaty, first announced by Zelensky on June 29, has been criticized by human rights groups. The use of anti-personnel mines only inflicts more casualties "over the short and long term," Mary Wareham, deputy director of the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, told the Kyiv Independent. "Given that Ukraine is in the midst of a war, this is a symbolic move aimed at giving Ukraine political cover to flagrantly violate long-standing prohibitions on developing, producing, and using anti-personnel mines," she stressed.

There is a quiet and visible crisis in higher education in India that runs deep: Deepak Nayyar
There is a quiet and visible crisis in higher education in India that runs deep: Deepak Nayyar

The Hindu

time09-07-2025

  • Politics
  • The Hindu

There is a quiet and visible crisis in higher education in India that runs deep: Deepak Nayyar

There is a quiet crisis in higher education in India that runs deep, distinguished academician and former Chief Economic Advisor Deepak Nayyar said here on Wednesday (July 9, 2025), delivering the 2025 B.G. Deshmukh Lecture on 'The Crisis of Higher Education in India: Disturbing Present and Worrisome Future'. Holding the Narendra Modi government responsible for the crisis in higher education sector, Prof. Nayyar said the period since 2014 had witnessed a pronounced increase in political intrusion and government intervention in the universities, which had gathered further momentum since 2019. 'There is a quiet crisis in higher education in India that runs deep. It is visible. The educational opportunities for school-leavers are simply not enough, and those that exist are not good enough. The pockets of excellence are outcomes of an enormous reservoir of talent and Darwinian selection processes. It does little for those with average abilities or without social opportunities,' the eminent economist said. The challenges confronting higher education in India appear to need a massive expansion to educate much larger numbers, without diluting academic standards, Prof. Nayyar said. 'Indeed, it is just as important to raise average quality. What is more, in terms of access, it needs to be far more inclusive, and it needs some institutions, each with a certain critical mass that are exemplars of excellence at par with the best in the world. Such excellence, I am sad to say, is largely missing, while it is diminishing rapidly in the few pockets where it existed. Indeed, in terms of world university rankings, which have become the fashion in recent years, our performance is most disappointing,' he said. Political intervention and encroachment by the government gathered momentum after the General Election in 2014, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won an absolute majority in Parliament, and Mr. Modi assumed office as Prime Minister. 'The past five years since 2019 have witnessed a rapid acceleration in this process. It has now reached a stage where the future of public universities in India is at a grave risk, if not already over the edge of the precipice,' he said, adding that the decline of public universities in India had been an inevitable consequence of this encroachment. 'There are two apparent manifestations of this unfolding reality. First, there is a visible emergence of institutionalised control mechanisms that design what universities can or cannot do. Second, appointments in universities, which would be the domain of universities alone, are increasingly influenced, if not shaped by the political motivation, and the invisible hands of governments in office,' he said. 'Now, even admission processes have been centralised by the National Testing Agency. The rationale for such a centralisation is questionable and flawed. Why the need for centralisation? There is no transparency, there is no accountability in this process,' Prof. Nayyar said. The selection process for faculty members was manipulated through a purposive selection of subject experts, mostly not qualified for the role, he said. 'It would be no exaggeration to state that faculty appointments at universities and undergraduate colleges are increasingly driven by RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) ideology, and BJP preferences in politics rather than talent or merit,' Prof. Nayyar said.

Haftar Holds Talks with Egypt's El-Sisi on Libya's Stability
Haftar Holds Talks with Egypt's El-Sisi on Libya's Stability

Libya Review

time30-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Libya Review

Haftar Holds Talks with Egypt's El-Sisi on Libya's Stability

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA), in El Alamein city. The meeting held in the presence of senior Libyan security officials, including General Khaled Haftar, Chief of the Security Forces' General Staff, Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar, Chief of Army Staff, and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Major General Hassan Rashad. According to the Egyptian Presidency's spokesperson, the meeting highlighted the close fraternal ties between Egypt and Libya. President El-Sisi stressed that Libya's stability is an integral part of Egypt's national security. He reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to supporting security and unity in Libya, in coordination with Libyan stakeholders and the LNA's leadership. El-Sisi reiterated Egypt's full backing for all initiatives aimed at preserving Libya's sovereignty and paving the way for development and peace. He also underlined Cairo's dedication to maintaining the cohesion of Libyan state institutions and emphasised the importance of inclusive dialogue among all Libyan parties to formulate a comprehensive political roadmap. This roadmap should facilitate simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections. The Egyptian president also called for confronting foreign interference and ensuring the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libyan territory. The spokesperson added that El-Sisi praised the role of the Libyan National Army in combating terrorism, particularly in eradicating extremist groups in eastern Libya. For his part, Field Marshal Haftar expressed his appreciation for Egypt's pivotal role in restoring stability in Libya. He commended Egypt's consistent support for the Libyan people and lauded Cairo's contributions in sharing its development expertise and engaging leading Egyptian firms in Libya's reconstruction efforts. Haftar affirmed his commitment to overcoming challenges and achieving the aspirations of the Libyan people for stability and prosperity. Tags: Abdel Fattah El-SisiEgyptkhalifa haftarlibyaLibyan Crisis

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