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SAGE guidance on the risks of covid-19 and teaching at UK universities in 2020/21 – updated

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The SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) guidance Principles for Managing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with Higher Education was published on Friday evening [4 Sept 2020] (though dated to the previous day). It can be downloaded…

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Edgar de Picciotto International Prize awarded to Saskia Sassen

The Edgar de Picciotto International Prize for 2020 has been awarded to Saskia Sassen. She joins a very impressive set of previous winners – Amartya Sen, Saul Friedländer, Paul Krugman and Joan Wallach Scott. The Edgar de Picciotto International Prize was created … Continue reading →

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SAGE guidance on the risks of covid-19 and teaching at UK universities in 2020/21 – updated

The SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) guidance Principles for Managing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with Higher Education was published on Friday evening [4 Sept 2020] (though dated to the previous day). It can be downloaded here. It is important, though … Continue reading →

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William Davies, This is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain – Verso, August 2020

William Davies, This is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain – Verso, August 2020 What just happened and how did we get into this mess? Since 2016, the UK has been in a crisis of its own making; this … Continue reading →

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Rob Kitchin and Alistair Fraser, Slow Computing: Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives – Bristol University Press, September 2020

Rob Kitchin and Alistair Fraser, Slow Computing: Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives – Bristol University Press, September 2020 The book has a companion website where the first chapter and coda are available to download. Digital technologies should be making … Continue reading →

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Keith Dowding, It’s the Government, Stupid: How Governments Blame Citizens for their own Policies – Bristol University Press, September 2021

Keith Dowding, It’s the Government, Stupid: How Governments Blame Citizens for their own Policies – Bristol University Press, September 2021 Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, including homelessness, gun crime, obesity, drug addiction … Continue reading →

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The Post-Pandemic University, September 18th

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September 18th, Faculty of Education, University of Education Organising committee: Mark Carrigan, Michele Martini, Hannah Moscovitz, Susan Robertson, Milan Stürmer Social distancing could, perhaps, better be described as ‘physical distancing’, given that we are…

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Books received – Kristeva, Lévi-Strauss, Huffer, Palti, Löwith, Barthes, Stanek

Some books in recompense for review work from Columbia University Press, and a copy of Łukasz Stanek, Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa and the Middle East in the Cold War, sent by the publisher.

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Mark Carrigan, Some thoughts on blogging during a pandemic

Mark Carrigan, Some thoughts on blogging during a pandemic Mark’s book, Social Media for Academics, is now in its second edition.

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Frictionless sovereignty – special issue of b20 online

frictionless sovereignty | special issue b2o: an online journal is an online-only, free-to-read, peer-reviewed journal published by the boundary 2 editorial collective, with a standalone Editorial Board. Volume 5, Issue 2 (August 2020)Special Issue: Frictionless SovereigntySpecial Issue editor: Ryan Bishop Ryan Bishop, “Frictionless Sovereignty: An Introduction” … Continue reading →

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