By Steve Greenfield, University of Westminster Calamity marred the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France, with two harrowing crashes in the final 45km of the stretch from Brest to Landernau. The second of the two was a “normal” cycling…
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Author: Dr Kathryn Waddington The need for compassion in our universities, and more widely in society and for the planet is an urgent one; the neoliberal universities of the 21st century have been described as “anxiety machines”. The charity Student…
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Dr Kate Graham & Dr Paul Breen UEFA’s delayed 2020 European Championship has been creating a lot of headlines this past month for reasons both positive and negative. The English Football Association’s strong support for racial equality has been one…
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Author: Dr Cangbai Wang Situated in the bustling area of Soho, London’s Chinatown is a focal point for many people of Chinese and East Asian backgrounds living in the UK. As an iconic cultural space of the Capital, it has…
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Author: Dr Matthew Morrison On 27 February 2021, Guy Osborn and I produced an online play reading of Sus by Barrie Keeffe. This was part of the Difference Festival, the annual event that has given Guy and I so many opportunities…
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By Karen Jackson, University of Westminster and Oleksandr Shepotylo, Aston University During the G7 summit in Cornwall, the group of nations unveiled a global initiative to help low and middle-income countries to cover the vast cost of green infrastructure. Intended as a green…
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Author: Prof. Pippa Catterall It is good to see that diversity and inclusion in the public spaces have been widely discussed over the last years Because of COVID-19, people had to deal with multiple lockdowns, and we have all become used to having less…
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By Steve Greenfield, University of Westminster The world of European football experienced one of the biggest shake-ups in its history when a prospective European Super League (ESL) was announced. Fans, football associations and even the government united in condemning the…
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Author: Dr Simon Flacks The relationship between race and the criminal justice system has attracted even more attention than usual over the past year. The brutal killing of George Floyd in the United States fuelled protests that spread throughout…
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The ever popular Difference Festival attracted a lot of new faces in February of 2021, despite Covid-19 requiring this event to be moved online. As the premier public engagement event of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the…
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