Dr Laura Cashman, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, discusses the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and the appointment of her new UK cabinet – the most diverse team […]
Liz Truss appointed as new Prime Minister but will Boris Johnson be back?
Professor David Bates offers his interpretation of new Prime Minister Liz Truss’ acceptance speech as well as Boris Johnson’s resignation and final statement as UK Prime Minister this week.
If there is a Hung Parliament in 2024…
Dr Christopher Stevens considers what the future may hold for the Labour Party The right-wing press likes to celebrate Boris Johnson’s next general election victory, sneering at Sir Kier Starmer’s […]
Communist Manifesto 2.0
If Marx were to write the Communist Manifesto today, what would he say? Third year students taking Political Ideologies in Action worked together to imagine a revised manifesto for the 21st […]
Marcus Rashford, political activism and people power
Tom Sharkey, PhD candidate and sessional lecturer reflects on the success of Marcus Rashford’s campaign to support hungry children during school holidays.
Global Goals Week: #SDGTeachIn
This week the Pol IR team joined more than 300 educators around the UK who pledged to teach about the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the third annual #SDGTeachIN. […]
Semester 1 In Review
The academic year 2019/20 has been incredibly busy thus far. As Semester 2 begins we are taking a moment to take stock of the highlights of semester 1. At the […]
MOVEMENT² ESRC Festival of Social Science
People craned out of windows and gathered on corners to watch as nearly a hundred young people chanted, danced and demanded their right to freedom from fear. On Tuesday 6th of […]
Professor Sir John Curtice visits Parliamentary Studies class
One of the highlights of semester one was the visit of Professor Sir John Curtice to our Level 6 Parliamentary Studies module. As Professor of Politics at the University of […]