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This UK Parliament Week find out how anyone can make change
7th November 2023
UK Parliament Week (UKPW) 2023 is the annual event that aims to remind people what the UK Parliament is.
Professor Simon Usherwood gives expert testimony to Parliament
3rd August 2023
Open University Professor Simon Usherwood gave evidence to two Parliamentary Committees on the Windsor Framework and the future of the UK’s relationship with the EU.
OU Politics academic’s video essay included in German art exhibition
28th July 2023
Precious Chatterje-Doody collaborated with Darya Tsymablyuk to make a video for a new exhibition, “Art and Life in Times of War”
Prof Simon Usherwood gives evidence to UK and devolved governments on UK-EU relations
20th July 2023
OU Politics academic gave evidence to the Welsh Senedd, House of Lords and House of Commons.
OU Politics academic contributes to journalism course on migration
17th July 2023
A new course from Oxford University and the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) will help journalists get right to the heart of stories that deal with migration and its effects, and avoid errors in reporting. The free course, on the NCTJ website, was launched with input from Dr Donna Smith, Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Politics at The Open University.
Edward Wastnidge invited to speak on Iranian foreign policy
3rd July 2023
POLIS academic invited to speak on Iranian foreign policy at the 'European Insititute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)' thinktank tank in May 2023.
What is the future of UN peace operations?
20th June 2023
POLIS academic Georgina Holmes has been invited to contribute her research on UN peacekeeping and UK defence as well as working with policymakers in Rwanda.
FASS academic chosen out of hundreds for a broadcast project
12th April 2023
OU academic Dan Taylor has won one of the nation’s 10 coveted places as a “New Generation Thinker” to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us.
Society’s biggest challenges explored by third annual SSGS magazine
26th September 2022
The new SSGS magazine showcases the most up-to-date teaching and research from the school, delving into everything from the cost-of-living crisis to space ethics, via the science of long-term love and decolonising religious studies.
Tory leadership race: FASS Politics academics help make sense of the debate
16th August 2022
The countdown is on – after weeks of vociferous campaigning, on 5 September the Conservative Party will have a new leader and the UK will have a new Prime Minister.