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John Hully “I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left.” (Liam Byrne) For there to be austerity, there [...]
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Andrew Wallace, University of Lincoln ‘Austerity’ Britain has proliferated all manner of retro fashions, dispositions and attitudes, none [...]
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Liz Morrish, Nottingham Trent University Some months ago, the Times Higher enlived a dull summer marking period with [...]
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Image: Brightest comms + film. All rights reserved 2014 David Clark, University of Glasgow Have you ever considered how [...]
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Hannah Jones, Gargi Bhattacharyya, Kirsten Forkert, Will Davies, Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Emma Jackson and Roiyah Saltus, [...]
Read moreWhat is Performative Social Science? The Potential of Arts-based Research and Dissemination
Kip Jones, Bournemouth University Performative Social Science (PSS) is currently gaining attention, even popularity, amongst academics who are [...]
Read moreThe Centre for Social Justice: Decision-Based Evidence-Making to Punish the Poor?
Daniel Silver, Becky Clarke, Amina Lone, Patrick Williams Iain Duncan Smith established the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) [...]
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Giacamo Orsini, University of Essex, Ilaria Vechhi, filmmaker, and Giacomo Sferlazzo, activist When their boat capsized less than [...]
Read moreGoverning Inter-Dependence: Prospects for a new Scottish-(r)UK relationship if Scotland votes YES
Nicola McEwen, University of Edinburgh On 18 September, the Scottish electorate will make an historic choice, completing a [...]
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