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The polls are telling us: decisions are made by those who show up!

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.

02 Jun, 201715 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research
Baedeker Raids 75 years on

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. 

01 Jun, 201715 Jun, 2021 History, Research
What value education?

What value education?

Following the Conservative’s manifesto proposal of free breakfasts for primary school children, Kerry Jordan-Daus asks: what value education?

26 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Education, Research
Raising children in public – we need to think before we judge

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

22 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Education, Research
Election 2017: Manifestos and manifestations of childhood

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.

22 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Education, Research
Alcohol in pregnancy, why absence of evidence for a risk is not the same as evidence for absence of risk

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. 

19 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Research, Society, Sport
When is inclusion not inclusive?

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.

12 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Education, Research
“Integration, not multiculturalism”: UKIP, Nations, & Nationalism

“Integration, not multiculturalism”: UKIP, Nations, & Nationalism

Dr Mitch Goodrum, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, explores modern political views on integration and multiculturalism and how they mirror views from the early 20th century.  

12 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 History, Research
Erdoğan’s Turkey: yes, but…

Erdoğan’s Turkey: yes, but…

Dr André Barrinha, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, comments on the recent referendum in Turkey in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed victory.

11 May, 201715 Jun, 2021 Politics, Research

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