By Professor Amelia Hadfield, Canterbury Christ Church University
On Tuesday 25th October 2017, The Guardian published an article entitled “Universities deplore ‘McCarthyism’ as MP demands list of tutors lecturing on Brexit”, regarding a letter written by Chris Heaton-Harris, MP for Daventry and Assistant Whip, to UK university Vice Chancellors.
Dr Mark Bennister, Reader in Politics was invited to take part in a new partnership event for A level Government and Politics teachers at Parliament on 14 June.
This post combines the provision of teaching support within the Politics and International Relations Programme with the requirement to study half-time in one of our priority research areas
As part of the Programme’s relationship with the civil society organisation GlobalNet21, a live WebTV event was run on Wednesday 10th of December. The topic was food scarcity and it was further organised with the assistance of the British Council.
On Friday 5 December the Politics Programme once again played host to the Parliamentary Outreach team. As part of the ongoing partnership between Dr Mark Bennister, Senior Lecturer in Politics and the Parliamentary Outreach team CCCU welcomed Kate Anderson, South East Regional Outreach Officer and Mary Brown, Speaker’s Parliamentary Placement Scheme.
On 7 July 2014 teachers from across the South East of England attended a specialist workshop addressing how Politics and IR are taught at schools and universities.
The Politics and International Relations programme continues its development of simulation games as a key tool of teaching.
