From c0d5fd9c8220f1ba45eb03be33e0ea8eeec94a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: edsaperia Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:03:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added general election activities, removed call for fellowship applicants --- app/views/home/index.html.haml | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml index d8fa9c6c..03829b24 100644 --- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml +++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ Newspeak House is an independent residential college founded in 2015 to study, nurture and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector in the UK.  %a{:href => "/about"}> more... -%h3 Study with us +%h2 UK General Election +%p The election has been called! As has become a tradition at Newspeak House, we are excited to announce two things: + +%h3 Election Tech Handbook +%p An crowdsourced open resource for technologists building things for the upcoming UK general election. If you’re building something, come and tell us about it! You’ll also find election results data, data on constituencies & postcodes, polling data, data about politicians and political donations, data about candidates, predictions, policy analysis tools, voter registration projects, leaflet archives, data on targeted political advertising, disinformation & misinformation related projects, political games and simulators, election data visualisation tools, events & communities, tactical voting tools, voter engagement projects, voter education projects, campaigning tools, demographic analysis, and much more! %p - Applications for our year-long flagship course - %strong Introduction to Political Technology - are now open! -%p This year, in addition to the six residential places, we are pleased to offer six non-residential places on the course. -%p Course participants spend a year immersed in a wide range of communities working to change society with technology, everything from civil servants, activists, charities, journalists, to researchers. -%p The course is designed to support mid-career technologists to develop a holistic understanding of the civic landscape in the UK, in order to found groundbreaking new projects or seek strategic positions in key institutions. -%p The course has run since 2015 and has graduated 76 fellows. 2024-25 is the second year in which the course will include content led by Newspeak House’s faculty, a group with broad experience in branches of political technology practice and theory including political organising, collective behaviour, open source software, and game design. -%p The course entails a commitment of approximately 16 hours per week and is designed to fit around a day job. + %a.section-link{:href => "https://electiontechhandbook2024.uk"} electiontechhandbook2024.uk + +%h3 Election Hackspace +%p An open hackspace for people building things for the upcoming UK general election, welcoming partisan and non-partisan projects alike. Whether you're an experienced developer, a seasoned election veteran, or a curious citizen looking to contribute your skills, our hackspace welcomes you! For details and opening times, see: %p - %a.section-link{:href => "https://newspeak.house/study-with-us"} Tell me more + %a.section-link{:href => "https://electionhackspace2024.uk"} electionhackspace2024.uk %h2 Events = image_tag('Empty Space (front).jpg')