News

New OU/BBC Series: Inside the Foreign Office
15th November 2018
On Thursday 15th November a fascinating new three-part documentary series, Inside the Foreign Office begins on BBC2 at 9pm. There’s never been a more significant time to look behind the scenes. Film-maker Michael Waldman captures the extraordinary world of the men and women working in some of the most complex and sensitive jobs in government, over the last 12 months. The OU's academic consultants on the series are Dr William Brown and Dr Edward Wastnidge from FASS.
New Book: Understanding Statelessness
26th June 2018
The book Understanding Statelessness by OU Politics and International Studies lecturer Tendayi.Bloom with colleagues Katherine Tonkiss and Phillip Cole and a team of more than twenty scholars artists, journalists, lawyers, and others is now available.
New Book: Noncitizenism: Recognising Noncitizen Capabilities in a World of Citizens
26th June 2018
Politics and International Studies lecturer Tendayi.Bloom's new book Noncitizenism: Recognising Noncitizen Capabilities in a World of Citizens is now available.
New Book Release: Complicit Sisters
26th June 2018
FASS academic in Politics Sara De Jong has recently released her book 'Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women's Issues across North-South Divides'.
Meet The Lords starts on BBC2 27/02/17
27th February 2017
Meet the Lords, a new, timely, three part series begins on BBC TWO on 27 February at 9pm. In a TV first, Meet The Lords takes viewers behind the scenes at the House of Lords, with exclusive access and unique insights into what was a turbulent year for the peers, as they battled it out with the Government over dramatic changes to the political landscape.