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PAIS MA student reports on the activities of the PSA Commission on Care
Keira Koroma, a MA student in PAIS, is currently working as a student research assistant with Dr. Juanita Elias on the Political Studies Association Commission on Care.
The Commission held an event in Coventry on 11 March that brought together policy specialists, academics, and paid and unpaid care workers to discuss the challenges facing those engaged in the care of older people in England. It is widely acknowledged that the adult social care sector is in crisis - a crisis triggered by rapid and sustained cuts to local authority budgets under the current government's austerity programmes.
Please read Keira's report to find out more about this important event and how the care crisis is impacting locally in Coventry:
Keira is employed as a student research assistant in PAIS as part of an important scheme that offers our students work experience and an opportunity to work with PAIS academics on areas of cutting edge research.
New blog post by Nick Vaughan-Williams for the European Green Journal
A new blog post by Professor , entitled 'Europe's border crisis as an autoimmune disorder', has been published by the European Green Journal.
"A crisis point has emerged, whereby the figure of the ‘irregular’ migrant is seen as both a security threat to the European Union (EU) and its borders and as a life that is itself threatened and in need of saving by the EU and its agencies. This contradiction leads to paradoxical situations in the field of EU border politics whereby humanitarian policies and practices frequently expose ‘irregular’ migrants to dehumanising and sometimes lethal security mechanisms."
The full article can be accessed here:
Professor Matthew Watson Introduces the New Colonial Hangover Project
Under Shahnaz Akhter鈥檚 expert organisation, the Department is running a Widening Participation project this year called the Colonial Hangover, in which students will be encouraged to challenge what they think they already know about the continuing legacies of the British Empire. Other project members are former PAIS undergraduate student Nikita Shah, who is now enrolled on the MA in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, current PAIS undergraduate student Honey Fafowora, and Matthew Watson.
Various events are being run on campus and in participating schools this year, culminating in a full Pathways to Politics Colonial Hangover Day on July 13th. The Pathways to Politics Day will have a distinct arts theme to it, as it will include a commissioned dance by the Sapnay School of Dance and an exhibition of commissioned artwork by Inkquisitive Illustration, alongside a showcase of the work that the participating students will have undertaken on the project, Honey鈥檚 own accompanying art exhibition and Nikita鈥檚 spoken word workshop. The project partners also include the British Film Institute, the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and the University of the Arts in London.
The video is a recording of the lecture that was delivered by Matthew Watson at 桃色视频 on March 22nd to introduce the project. Along with other learning materials, it will shortly be showcased by , 桃色视频鈥檚 online platform for outreach to teenage students around the world. IGGY has very kindly provided the Colonial Hangover project with its own pages on its website.
Dr David Webber discusses the impact of Champions League football for Leicester City
Leicester City's win at Sunderland over the weekend guaranteed the club Champions League football next season.
As the club close in on the most unlikely of Premier League titles, ITV Central News caught up with Dr , module director of the PAIS final year undergraduate module, The Cultural Political Economy of Sport, to ask what he thought the economic and cultural impact of the Europe's premier club competition might be for the city of Leicester.
The report can be watched below:
Dr Charikleia Tzanakou presents research to European policy-makers
presented her research on ‘Knowledge policies for whom’ to a workshop for European policy-makers ‘Researching the Europe of Knowledge: Insights for policymakers from the UACES CRN’. The aim of this workshop was to showcase the collaborative work of CRN members to a wider audience and create a unique opportunity to stimulate debates between scholars and policymakers through substantive exchange on the politics and policies of the Europe of Knowledge. It took place in Brussels, at the premises of the Directorate General of Research and Innovation, European Commission. More information can be found .
The workshop was organised by the UACES ERA CRN (European Research Area Collaborative Research Network) which has led to the creation of an .