School of Education launch event: more fragmented, and yet more networked

The School of Education presents the launch event: More fragmented, and yet more networked: analysing the responses of two Local Authorities in England to the Coalition’s “self-improving school-led system” reforms

Tags: government, politics, school, School of Education, teaching, Toby Greany

University of Nottingham Malaysia joins No. 10 and BIS trade delegation to Southeast Asia

The University of Nottingham featured heavily in education and trade discussions during the UK Prime Minister’s […]

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Tags: business, Christinne Ennew, Claire O'Malley, Malaysia, Malaysia Campus, politics, Sayed Azam-Ali, UNMC

What’s new about ‘blue collar’ conservatism? First 100 days of Cameron’s majority government

This conference will examine the trajectories set for public policy during the first 100 days of David Cameron’s new government. It will explore tensions within government policy, the extent to which the new government is pursuing ‘One Nation’ conservatism, whether there is continuity in policies from the coalition to the new government, and the consequences of austerity.

Tags: Andy Slaughter, conference, International Centre for Public and Social Policy, Natalie Bennett, politics, Richard Wilkinson, Ruth Lister, School of Sociology and Social Policy, social policy

Westminster Hall Debate on science and research in the UK and regional economies

On Wednesday 24 June from 9.30am to 11am, MPs from across the House of Commons and […]

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Tags: Alex Miles, debate, higher education, House of Commons, MP, policy, politics, public affairs, research, science, UK, University of Oxford, Westminster

Free online course – Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life MOOC

Explore how propaganda is used to instil political ideologies and its impact on our lives. The […]

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Tags: FutureLearn, history, Maiken Umbach, Matthew Humphrey, MOOC, politics, propaganda

Circling the square 2: universities, the media, citizens and politics

The ‘Circling the square 2: universities, the media, citizens and politics’ conference will be hosted by the Science, Technology and Society Priority Group, and will explore the role of knowledge in policy making.

Tags: academia, Circling the square, David Nutt, debate, media, Mike Hulme, politics, science, Technology and Society Priority Group

The Enigma problem – Alan Turing and the British establishment

Join Dr Max Biddulph, Chair of the LGBTQ Staff Network, and Professor David Brailsford, School of Computer Science, for a public lecture addressing ‘The Enigma problem – Alan Turing and the British establishment’. Part of LGBT History Month.

Tags: Alan Turing, David Brailsford, history, LGBT, LGBTQ Staff Network, Max Biddulph, politics, School of Computer Science

Free online course – ‘Shale Gas and Fracking: the Politics and Science’

Led by Professor Sarah O’Hara from the School of Geography and Mathew Humphry, Head of the […]

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A state of play: representing politics in popular fiction

Steven Fielding, School of Politics and International Relations, delivers the lecture ‘A state of play: representing politics in popular fiction’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by César Moreno.

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Popular Culture Lecture Series — starts spring term

A new weekly lecture series exploring the diverse facets and features of popular culture begins at […]

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Tags: audience, books, comics, Doctor Who, poetry, politics, Popular Culture Lecture Series, scary movies, Sparta, Star Wars, The Hunger Game, TV, video, Wyndham Lewis, zombies