Brendan McGeever 1. The number of days lost to strike action in Britain currently sits at a historic low. And yet, [...]
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Category "QuickFire"
In Defence of the Public University: The USS Strike in Context
Gurminder K Bhambra Our strike is about pensions, but it is not only about pensions. It is also about the structural [...]
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‘Not one of you any longer’: EU nationals’ Brexit uncertainty and mistrust
Hannah Lewis, Majella Kilkey, Julie Walsh and Louise Ryan The Brexit vote has plunged EU Nationals resident in the UK into [...]
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Refugee and Asylum Support: Is Civil Society Filling the Gaps?
Lucy Mayblin and Poppy James Successive UK governments since 2002 have argued that restrictions on asylum seekers economic rights and entitlements [...]
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Dispossession: The Great Housing Swindle
Lisa Mckenzie Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle premieres at 6.30pm, Thursday 15th June at Picture House Central, in London followed [...]
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Requiem for the Public University
John Holmwood The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 received Royal Assent on 27th April as one of the last items [...]
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The Unbearable Whiteness of the Holberg Prize
Alf Gunvald Nilsen Every year, the Holberg Prize – an award established by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and [...]
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Is my feminism intersectional or anti-capitalist? Reflecting on International Women’s Day
Srila Roy Let me begin with some of my frustrations with feminist politics today. These largely stem from how far feminism [...]
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Remembering Deborah Lynn Steinberg
Ruth Pearce In the early evening of Monday 6th February, Deborah Lynn Steinberg died following a long battle with cancer. Any experience [...]
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Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017)
Mark Davis Zygmunt Bauman. What does the name mean to you? Chances are the name means ‘inspiration’, ‘imagination’, perhaps ‘perspiration’, such is the [...]
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