Pain is one of the most powerful weapons of war. Western Front soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon dubbed war a “sausage machine” because it tore through and crushed tissues and organs, and dismembered…
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As millions of people across the globe switch on their televisions to watch the FA Cup final many won’t know that the match coincides with the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT…
The former culture secretary, Maria Miller, is the latest in a series of MPs to have been caught up in an expenses controversy. The issue of what parliamentarians do with their allowances has now embarrassed…
New analysis of the ethnic diversity of both university students and the academics in charge of their education has revealed wide disparities in ethnic representation compared to UK population averages…
It is a shocking statistic that there were just 85 black professors in UK universities in 2011-12. In stark terms, this means that there are more higher education institutions than there are black British…
The winner of The Folio Prize is announced on 10 March. This prize may be young, but it has already administered some high profile snubs. Its creation was in itself an implied criticism: founded as a response…
More wet and windy weather arrives week after week, with the inundated areas of the south and southwest of Britain still at the mercy of the elements. Even while politicians begin the blame game, we should…
In the 20 years I have worked on issues around the night-time economy, I’ve seen sex workers treated in wildly varying ways: greeted with humane understanding and mild curiosity by residents’ groups, and…
The list of crimes alleged to have been perpetrated by brothers Mahinda and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa – respectively the president and defence minister of Sri Lanka – are truly horrifying. During the last few…
The fall-out from “plebgate” continues. What originally looked like a simple story of political arrogance turns out to have complex layers of police misconduct and mismanagement. Over the weekend it was…
And so the annual autumn ritual of American masochism begins again in New York. Like inviting your least likeable in-laws to detail your worst features to your nearest and dearest after an agreeable Christmas…
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Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Practitioner Fellow in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Political Economy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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PhD Candidate, Natural Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in Gender, Health and International Development, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Birkbeck, University of London
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Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Contemporary History, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing , Birkbeck, University of London
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Lambert Reader in Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Birkbeck, University of London