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Our Favourite Places to Visit Outside of the City
Posted on: 8 August 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
Sometimes you just want to take a break from city life, escape for a few hours. We know the feeling! We've put together a few suggestions of where you could go, including some stops along the way. So get your comfy trainers ready because you're about to go on an adventure.
Opinion: Why the government's race report is deeply flawed
Posted on: 21 April 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
Dr Leona Vaughn, Derby Fellow in the politics department, gives her view on the government's recent report into race and racism in the UK.
Your guide to the 2021 local elections in the North West
Posted on: 13 April 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
With the 2021 local elections on the horizon, Professor Jon Tonge provides a breakdown of the key events and numbers before ballot-boxes open on Thursday 6 May.
New perspectives on Corbyn and Corbynism
Posted on: 11 February 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
Alan Bennett uses the character Irwin in The History Boys to argue that “our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground. We don't see it, and because we don't see it this means that there is no period so remote as the recent past. And one of the historian's jobs is to anticipate what our perspective of that period will be.”
COVID-19, nationalism, and students: how we are impacted and why you should care
Posted on: 8 January 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
First year Politics student Charlotte Marshall gives her view on the emergence of COVID nationalism, and how government restrictions have impacted her student peers.
2020: My year in review as a Politics student
Posted on: 9 December 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
Third year International Politics student Ash Mears talks about how 2020 has changed her perspective on why her degree is important and how she wants to help in developing a more equal world in her career.
How Covid-19 has highlighted the value of citizenship
Posted on: 10 November 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
Mate Subašić is a PhD student at the University of Liverpool. His research is focused on nationalism, identity politics and trans-border groups in South East Europe. Within this blog post he discusses how Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of citizenship within Europe.
Sweet Home Alabama to Washington DC - an election Spotify playlist
Posted on: 28 October 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Senior Lecturer in Politics, provides your soundtrack to the US election with a playlist of songs to represent each state.
The Electoral College: A flawed system? - How America elects its leaders
Posted on: 28 October 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
With the US presidential election just around the corner, politics student, Jack McNulty, looks at how America elects its leaders and explains the key battleground states.
Why is the appointment of the next US supreme court judge so important?
Posted on: 15 October 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
The debate continues about Amy Coney Barrett, who has been selected by President Trump as the nominated replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg, for the role of supreme court judge. We asked politics lecturer, Dr Sean Haughey, to give an explainer as to why the role is such a pivotal appointment in the US and how this relates to the upcoming presidential election.
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Our Favourite Places to Visit Outside of the City
Posted on: 8 August 2021 | Category: 2021 posts
Sometimes you just want to take a break from city life, escape for a few hours. We know the feeling! We've put together a few suggestions of where you could go, including some stops along the way. So get your comfy trainers ready because you're about to go on an adventure.