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The purpose-driven university
Author: Debbie Haski-Leventhal Drawing on her own personal journey and research from her recently published book, author Debbie-Haski-Leventhal…
September 2020
Tackling the nation’s literacy challenge can create a fairer society
Author: Jason Vit, Head of Local Areas at the National Literacy Trust Most people reading this will probably take literacy for granted. It vaguely…
September 2020
Are you sitting uncomfortably? How access to the experience and expertise of mental health service users can enhance professional learning
Author: Charlotte Wilson, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin Email:…
September 2020
Democracy in the age of digital feudalism
Author: Jakob Linaa Jensen, Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark @jakoblinaa The platform economy of the Internet bears a strong…
September 2020
No democracy without civil society
Author: Richard Hornik, East-West Center in Honolulu, USA, @RHornik The death in August of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui elicited many well-…
September 2020
Democracy and trade unions
Authors: Miguel Martínez Lucio, University of Manchester, UK (@mmartinezlucio) and Andy Hodder, University of Birmingham, UK (@hodderandy) When…
September 2020
Future of democracy: equal voices building an equal society
To build more equal societies we need strong democracies, where everyone has an equal voice, holding governments and institutions to account.
September 2020
The future of work
The future of work is a key contemporary area of debate both in business and management research, but also in wider social, political and economic…
August 2020
New age and blended learning-views
Author: Ananya S Guha A lot is being discussed on online learning. Some argue that this will come to stay, while others say that because of the…
August 2020