Welcome to the first post for the ‘Be Seated’ project. Over the coming weeks we hope to share with you the process of how ‘Be Seated’ has developed in our quest to produce a unique and relevant social network service. What is ‘Be Seated’? Be Seated is a new social …
Gerry Stoker, Mark Evans and Max Halupka examine how younger generations are engaging with democratic politics by comparison with older generations in Australia, at The Conversation. The findings of their survey work and analysis challenge negative stereotypes and give grounds for optimism. They show that within the younger generations are …
During several ESN meetings, I took a lot of notes on people very often addressing the question of identity in relation to themselves or others. This happened during presentations, speeches or simply random conversations with people in the network. Here are some of the things I found interesting.
It’s been a while since my last blog post. I was afraid I had nothing much to report, that not much progress had been done with my research. It turns out that I only needed some time to clear out all the thoughts that I had gathered and all the …
After discussing our project, our team deliberated about what our team name could be. Our project focuses on assisting users in finding the most suitable and wonderful seats when they attend an event. Thus, we need a name corresponding to this function. We considered several names, such as thrones & …
[Cross posted at Policy Network] Only when politics changes and the behaviour of politicians becomes more focused on ‘doing the right thing’ will citizens be prepared to engage The reform plans for the UK parliament captured in the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy deserve the accolade afforded to the British …
Our MOOC (free online maritime archaeology course) film maker, Joe Brett, has been nominated for the British Universities Film and Video Council Learning on Screen Awards for the Courseware and Curriculum In-House Production section for ‘Medieval Seafaring’. The short video on ‘Medieval seafaring and shipbuilding‘ presented by Prof Jon Adams and …
I realise it has been almost 2 months since my last post, so I would firstly like to apologise for keeping you in the dark, and for this post being very long! I have been doing a lot of work and making good progress with the YARP since my last …
Will Jennings will be speaking about anti-politics at a Westminster Abbey current research seminar on 9 February 2015. Click here for more information.