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Five things to do during Welcome Week
Posted on: 13 September 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Welcome Week kicks off on Monday, giving new students the opportunity to get to know their new flatmates, explore Liverpool and settle in before they start lectures. Take a look at our top five tips to help you get started with university life.
"A dramatic shift in constitutional assumptions, political conventions, and the traditional support bases of political parties"
Posted on: 5 September 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Dr Andrew Crines, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool, summarises a tumultuous few days in British politics and suggests how the situation may unfold in the coming weeks and months.
Department of Politics Graduation 2019 — Social media roundup
Posted on: 22 July 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Last week we said goodbye to our Class of 2019 at the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures graduation ceremony as they begin the next step of their journey as University of Liverpool graduates. Check out our roundup of social media messages from the day.
What's it like to intern in public affairs?
Posted on: 11 July 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Politics graduate James Maxwell is back to share his experience as a Junior Researcher intern with the RPP Group.
Your guide to the 2019 local elections in the North West
Posted on: 18 March 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
With the 2019 local elections on the horizon, Professor Jon Tonge provides a breakdown of the current state of play before polling stations open on Thursday 2 May.
"Images are powerful" - new exhibition of all 209 female MPs
Posted on: 8 March 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Open Eye Gallery's '209 Women' exhibition features new portraits of all women MPs, shot by women photographers. The new exhibition opened in Liverpool on 28 February 2019 and aims to amplify the call for gender equality across all spheres of society. At the launch event, MP Alison McGovern said: \"These images are not only beautiful, they are a political act.\"
BISA South East Europe Working Group Annual Workshop
Posted on: 10 January 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
The Europe and the World Centre (EWC) was delighted to host the British International Studies Association South East Europe Working Group Annual Workshop at the University of Liverpool in November 2018. The workshop's focus was on External Influences in South East Europe, as PhD student Mate Subasic explains.
Why I no longer view Western political thought as a 'canon'
Posted on: 5 December 2018 | Category: 2018 posts
When I started at university in the UK, political theory meant studying a very particular canon, taught by a very particular type of scholar. In recent years, calls for the need to change how we think about and teach international relations and politics have started to gain traction. It is about time.
What are the US midterm elections - and why do they matter?
Posted on: 9 November 2018 | Category: 2018 posts
Politics student, Tom Laing, gives his take on the fall-out from the 2018 midterm elections and the effect the results will have on the Trump Presidency. What does the future hold?
What’s it like to be an intern for a member of parliament?
Posted on: 19 July 2018 | Category: 2018 posts
Visiting Number 10 Downing Street, supporting an MP at a demonstration and drinking with friends in a beautiful palace!
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Five things to do during Welcome Week
Posted on: 13 September 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Welcome Week kicks off on Monday, giving new students the opportunity to get to know their new flatmates, explore Liverpool and settle in before they start lectures. Take a look at our top five tips to help you get started with university life.