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Roberta Mock

@robertamock.bsky.social
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Professor at Royal Holloway, London, with focus on performing arts, creative industries, skills development, access, & climate care. 🇨🇦 in UK for a long time now. Tikkun olam 🍉. She/her. Posting in personal capacity only.

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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Facebook & Instagram have banned ads for a Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they mention "social topics" like civil rights and feminism. 😠
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Patrick McKelvey @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminder! My department at Notre Dame (amazing colleagues and students!) is hiring an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Musical Theatre Writing. Apply! Circulate! Etc! apply.interfolio.com/188580
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TransActual is working with Dr Kat Gupta, a researcher in Politics, to examine how trans people and our supporters responded to this consultation. Please visit transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... for more information.
Text reads: Did you fill out the 2025 EHRC consultation on the revised Code of Practice? 
Are you trans, non-binary or supportive of trans people? 
Are you over 16? 
Do you want to include your consultation response in a research project? 
Visit our website for more details.
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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
csvich.substack.com/p/after-beck... today in pocket theatre, I write Abt the Beckett effect
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after Beckett
theatre making
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Meet the new meat puppets
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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The hands down best piece of media about Dolly is Jean Carlomusto’s 1991 short doc “L Is for the Way You Look,” in which a group of queer women discuss what it meant to (maybe) see Dolly in the audience of a show by Reno (the popular lesbian stand up) at PS122 vimeo.com/166066583
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Trailer: L is for the way you look, 25 min
This is "Trailer: L is for the way you look, 25 min" by Jean Carlomusto on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Doug Eacho @dougeacho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
kusama is a difficult figure to place in performance history, but terribly important to it. like ono and kawara she introduced the ideas of the japanese avant-garde(s) to those of nyc; though not of gutai she at times shared that group's interest in doing painting and performance at once. (1/10)
b&w photo of Kusama Yayoi's "Kusama's Self-Obliteration," 1967. two nude men unfurl a banner on the brooklyn bridge walkway with the title of the piece; two nude women touch heads under the banner; kusama, clothed in leggings and a smock, paints splotchy dots on the performers' bodies.
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Stephen Guy-Bray @stephengb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The University of Toronto is advertising a tenure-track job in Global Anglophone Literature and Postcolonial Theory. I pasted information below. Full details: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Closing Date: October 15, 2026
jobs.utoronto.ca
Assistant Professor - Global Anglophone Literature
Assistant Professor - Global Anglophone Literature
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Are using or thinking of using menopause tech? My colleagues at @royalholloway.bsky.social have just published research identifying significant security gaps, privacy issues, & lack of medical professionals on community forums, leading to unverified medical advice and misinformation.
royalholloway.ac.uk
New study looks at hidden privacy concerns of menopause tech
New research by academics at Royal Holloway has revealed privacy and advice concerns surrounding technology aimed at helping women navigate the menopause.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've been sitting with Cleansed for 2 weeks now, reflecting on the cracks it forged in me and how/if they can/should be filled or repaired. Thank you to Stella Green for articulating how theatre is a mass "prising ourselves loose from the sovereignty of our own viewpoint" & surrendering to faith.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
📢 Are you a parent or carer of a young person aged 5–24 in Surrey UK? If so, please take 10-15 minutes to complete this anonymous survey: engage.zencity.io/surrey-count... Your views will be used to make recommendations to strengthen creative opportunities & career pathways in the county.
Poster for Survey for parents and carers of children and young people in Surrey with QR code.
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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Fascinating piece in @forward.com about the Yiddish and Ladino translators of The Odyssey. forward.com/uncategorize...
forward.com
Sing to me, Muse, of two Moshes and their Odysseys!
Moshe Leyb Pitshenik translated "The Odyssey" into Yiddish. Moshe Ha-Elion translated it into Ladino. This is their epic journey.
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Jewish Women's Archive @jwaonline.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Nita and Zita (aka the Gellert Sisters) rose to stardom in the 1920s before becoming legendary New Orleans eccentrics. Their lives challenge Jewish and gender norms while illuminating a rarely told chapter of American history: the world of burlesque dancers and outsider artists: buff.ly/0oO9pog
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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We're excited to share that we've been awarded a £5million grant from The Leverhulme Trust to fund the 'Next Generation Democracy' doctoral programme, training up to 30 PhD scholars to investigate how 16 and 17 year-olds will shape, and be shaped, by UK democracy. More: ow.ly/Cw6R50ZuWt8
Group of young people standing outside UK parliament with one holding a sign with 'Voted at 16' written on it.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
3 August 1902 | German Jewish woman Regina Jonas was born in Berlin. In 1935 she became the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi by the liberal rabbi Max Dienemann. Arrested in Nov 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt & in mid-October 1944 deported to #Auschwitz where she perished.
Vintage black and white photograph of a woman holding a book.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've been doing this for 4 weeks now to get my reading-for-pleasure mojo revving again. I'm not saying it's easy (like using forgotten muscles) but it's working. I've finished my first non-fiction book in well over a year (Oreo by Fran Ross) and am slowly making my way through another. 📖💪🏼✴️
theguardian.com
Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?
With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Anyone else obsessed with Chris Packham wearing the same camel coloured Fred Perry polo in every shot of Evolution? Just me then I guess.
Chris Packham sitting on a beach looking into camera, wearing a camel coloured buttoned up short sleeved Fred Perry polo shirt.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
static.klipy.com
Wez with Mohawk Screaming in Mad Max
Alt: Guy with mohawk and feathery armour screaming with blond twink sitting behind him
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A great artist 🖤🖤🖤 Rest in power, Betye Saar
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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
On this day, 81 years ago, my mother typed this and added it to her daily journal. #history #politics
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Well this is some excellent programming by the BBC!!
bbc.co.uk
BBC Four unveils landmark season of post-war British and Irish theatre
A landmark collection of theatre adaptations and accompanying documentaries, available in full on BBC iPlayer from 26 July and launching on BBC Four with Samuel Beckett's Not I
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In @timemagazine.bsky.social today @debbiemillman.bsky.social wrote a fantastic essay about successful women aging publicly on their own terms and what it can mean for living a good life. time.com/article/2026...
time.com
What Octogenarian Pop Divas Show Us About a Life Well-Lived
Cher, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, and Dionne Warwick, all in their 80s, show us that conviction outlasts fashion, writes Debbie Millman.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How lovely to see this wider recognition of @circomedia.bsky.social and the hugely influential work of Bim Mason to a generation of English performers. 🎪
bbc.co.uk
How a printer and a dream became a life-changing circus school
Physical circus performer Bim Mason has written a book on starting Circomedia with his partner in 1994.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 20/07/2026
The Guardian gets with the programme www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial
Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Are you a teacher, lecturer, careers adviser, youth or community worker, arts tutor/facilitator, SEND practitioner or adult in any other role who works with children & young people in Surrey UK? Please complete our survey on creative learning & career pathways: engage.zencity.io/surrey-count...
Poster promoting a survey for Educators, Practitioners and Professionals who work with children and young people in Surrey with a QR code for the survey. There is also a logo for Royal Holloway which is conducting the research on behalf of Surrey County Council.
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Jim Mussell @jimmussell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
JOBS! We’re currently looking for two people to join us in the School of English @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Lecturer in Creative Writing jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1086; Lecturer in English Language (with interests in DH) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1087 Both are FT ongoing appointments
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Daniel James @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system. Thread below ⬇️
cambridge.org
Hegel and Colonialism
Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Do you represent a creative or cultural business or organisation in Surrey UK that supports or employs young people (or would like to)? Please complete & share our survey to help understand & strengthen creative opportunities, skills development & career pathways: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A poster with a QR code advertising a Survey for Creative and Cultural Employers and Organisations that support or employ young people in Surrey. There is a Royal Holloway University of London logo on it as they are conducting the research on behalf of Surrey County Council.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
woh www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
theguardian.com
Nine out of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered
Author Wendy Jones highlighted the trend in an Instagram post: ‘What is going on here?’
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The truly iconic Louise Lasser has died. This is my favourite scene in any WA movie. She said it was entirely improvised. I love her restrained seemingly hesitant delivery, the way they play with rhythm & tone to create spaces within a spiralling structure for barely acknowledged doubled punchlines.
m.youtube.com
"Bananas"
YouTube video by TyRogerEbert
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Some perfect 4th of July reading by @cmcanning.bsky.social in @americantheatre.org 🇺🇲
americantheatre.org
We the (Theatre) People
The history of live performance on this continent has been about art, commerce, innovation, stereotyping, and the breaking of stereotypes—i.e., messy democracy in action.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The University of Manchester is hiring a full time fixed-term (11 month) Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies (Teaching & Scholarship) to cover for colleagues on Research Leave. The application deadline is 14 July. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
jobs.manchester.ac.uk
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies:Oxford Road
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
On Canada Day: "Nations have ideals they celebrate and histories they keep reckoning with. The distance between the story a country tells and the record it leaves is where accountability begins. A fuller story doesn’t ask us to celebrate less. It asks us to celebrate more honestly." 🍁
feminuity.org
Beyond the Fireworks
Why telling a fuller story about Canada Day and Independence Day matters.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🎂💖🪄⭐
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
On 8 July, Zoë Svendsen is presenting a talk and workshop at the @bushtheatre.bsky.social exploring climate dramaturgy: a holistic approach that centres artistic practice & treats climate crisis as a context for all aspects of theatre-making. Zoë is marvellous and tickets are only £5.
dramaturgy.co.uk
Climate Dramaturgy: Making theatre in the context of climate crisis | dramaturgsnetwork
Join us to celebrate the 2026 winner of the Established Dramaturg Award, as we partner with this year's winner - Zoë Svendsen - to explore a holistic approach to theatre-making that centres artistic p...
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How do we make theatre in a climate crisis? Maddy Costa talks to Zoë Svendsen about whether climate dramaturgy can change how we work
exeuntmagazine.substack.com
The burning question
How do we make theatre in a climate crisis? Maddy Costa talks to Zoë Svendsen about whether climate dramaturgy can change how we work
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"We urge the UK government to implement strict penalties and regulatory measures that compel water companies to adhere to environmental standards and engage in restorative practices that prevent pollution and protect our waterways." Please add your signature.
c.org
Sign the Petition
Hold UK water companies accountable for waterway damage
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We’ve launched a new Menopause and Perimenopause Hub for arts freelancers. Practical support, self-advocacy tips, rights signposting, inclusive resources, guidance for organisations, and more. You are not alone. Explore the hub: freelancersmaketheatrework.com/menopause/ #MenopauseSupport
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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excellent educators and researchers at the University of Exeter are at risk of redundancy. c.150 job roles will be cut across Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Climate Science and more. Please share & sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... @exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni
change.org
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Tim Etchells @timetchells.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Heard in the last days that Peter Thomson, who headed the Drama Department at Exeter when me + Forced Ents crew were there in the early 80s, died late last month. Some words at the link. Peter was a rare one + I'm so grateful that our paths crossed. www.forcedentertainment.com/remembering-...
forcedentertainment.com
Remembering Peter Thomson - Forced Entertainment
Even in this accelerated, overheated moment, news sometimes travels rather slower than you might think, and that’s how it was we missed, until recently, that Peter Thomson, who was head of the Drama D...
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For many women ADHD is revealed at menopause: "When estrogen drops for good, the dopamine it was quietly propping up drops with it, and the coping that hid everything for 60 years stops working."
open.substack.com
She Thought It Was Alzheimer's | Dr. Lucy McBride (MD, primary care physician, author of Beyond the Prescription)
She blamed anxiety, then menopause, then grief.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy Windrush Day. Today is the 78th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush at Tilbury Docks on June 22nd 1948, an occasion being marked by events and activities around the country.
Empire Windrush bamner at Tilbury
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Over the past few days I've been mainly listening to mixes by Raecola - twin sisters based in LA via Chicago who play booty-shaking crunchy housey-techno. You can find out more about them on this Femme House Radio podcast on SoundCloud.
soundcloud.com
LP Giobbi presents Femme House Radio: Episode 187 - RaeCola
Follow → RaeCola Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/raecolaa/ Follow → FEMME HOUSE Instagram → smarturl.it/FemmeHouse_IG Follow → LP GIOBBI Spotify: https://found.ee/lpgiobbi-sp Apple Music: http
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My colleagues are recruiting 2 part time, fixed term (36 mo.) Postdoctoral Research Associates for a Horizon Europe project called CIVIC STAGE. They're looking for expertise in civic education, theatre & performance studies, participatory arts or educational research. Closing date: 10 July
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Civic Education
Part-Time (0.4 FTE/ 14 hours per week), Fixed-Term (36 months). Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate - Civic Education in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance...
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
💯 this: "Detroit strips the self-consciousness of the dance floor away and returns the club to its original purpose: connection." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Dance Floor Isn’t Dead. It’s in Detroit.
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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No apologies necessary.
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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Detroit is opening a new museum of techno and hip hop! "Through curated exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach, MODEM will ensure Detroit’s musical legacy continues to inspire and impact artists on a global scale." 💖
modemdet.com
MODEM | Museum of Detroit Electronic Music
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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Can you help with this PhD Research Project on Useful Hedgerow Plants? rhulpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧵6/6
A poster advertising an online questionnaire about useful hedgerow plants. The background is a picture of blackberries and the text reads: “Can you help with a PhD Research Project on Useful Hedgerow Plants? Based at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Royal Holloway University of London, I am researching knowledge and attitudes to hedgerow plants across the UK and I need your input. Can you identify edible plants in hedgerows? Do you go foraging? Do you use plants for timber, fuel or crafts? Whether you have lots of knowledge on this topic or none at all your perspective is valuable to the research. Scan the QR code to fill in the survey. It's quick and easy and your response will be very helpful. Thank you! More information about about how answers will be used and what will be done with the data can be found at the start of the survey. If you have any questions or would like more information please contact: anna.lewis.2023@live.rhul.ac.uk “. There is a QR code in the bottom left corner.
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