Peter Vujakovic, Professor of Geography, explores President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate agreement and the rise of China.
Is Theresa May leaking leadership capital?
Analysing the components of political leadership, Ben Worthy and Mark Bennister review Theresa May’s leadership capital.
The polls are telling us: decisions are made by those who show up!
Professor Mike Weed explores the apparent inability of opinion polls to agree on our opinion.
Baedeker Raids 75 years on
On the 75th anniversary of the first of the Baedeker raids on Canterbury, Dr Martin Watts, Lecturer in Modern History, and Jordan Newton, a third-year Modern History student, look back at the attack on the City.
What value education?
Following the Conservative’s manifesto proposal of free breakfasts for primary school children, Kerry Jordan-Daus asks: what value education?
Raising children in public – we need to think before we judge
Dr Catherine Meehan offers a response to news reports about the Duchess of Cambridge speaking firmly to Prince George at a family wedding
Election 2017: Manifestos and manifestations of childhood
Dr Catherine Meehan and Professor Sacha Powell review the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties’ manifestos in relation to children, arguing they should be perceived by their contribution to society.
Alcohol in pregnancy, why absence of evidence for a risk is not the same as evidence for absence of risk
Dr Hayley Mills, Dr Marlize De Vivo and Dr Chris Beedie, all from the Sport and Exercise Sciences programme, respond to yesterday’s news suggesting that women are being unfairly alarmed with regard to consuming alcohol when pregnant.
When is inclusion not inclusive?
Kerry Jordan-Daus, from the Faculty of Education, argues for Special Education to be included in the election policy debates.