Anti-politics: a supply problem, not an engagement problem
[Cross posted at Policy Network] Only when politics changes and the behaviour of politicians becomes more focused on âdoing the right thingâ will citizens be prepared to engage The reform plans for the UK parliament captured in the Speakerâs Commission on Digital Democracy deserve the accolade afforded to the British …
Medieval Seafaring video up for BUFVC award.
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 âMedieval Seafaringâ. The short video on ‘Medieval seafaring and shipbuilding‘ presented by Prof Jon Adams and …
Getting Into The Swing Of Things
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 …
EVENT: Delving into Disaffection
Will Jennings will be speaking about anti-politics at a Westminster Abbey current research seminar on 9 February 2015. Click here for more information.
Les mots Franglais
Last week (27th January 2015) I did one of my âcours supplĂ©mentairesâ with a 5e class (yes I willingly do more hours at work than Iâm employed to do, although to be fair, I am paid overtime and enjoy it), and I decided to work on reasons for learning English …
Evidence of Anti-Politics in Britain?
Today, Gerry Stoker presented evidence of anti-politics in Britain at the Westminster Conversation. He went on to discuss the electoral and policy impacts of public disengagement from formal politics. Click here for slides from Gerry’s Presentation.
The Impact of Anti-politics on the UK General Election 2015
In a Public Policy @ Southampton briefing in Westminster yesterday, Will Jennings and Gerry Stoker presented evidence and analysis on the phenomenon of anti-politics and its likely impact on the 2015 General Election. The âanti-politicsâ phenomenon is complex but is reflected in negative attitudes towards mainstream politics and political parties …
Getting more into participant observation
Recently I had the chance to attend another ESN event, a pretty important one actually. It was the Council of National Delegates in Vilnius.
Parlons-nous le franglais? Historical based blog
It’s been a while since my last blog, but here we go. (Apologies for the lack of photos – I can’t seem to upload them at present thanks to a bad wifi connection).