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Journalism lecturer has star quality
Will We Learn to Love Digital Magazines?
Study finds migrant sex workers not forced to sell sex
Wendy warns of the social cost of cuts
Professor calls for Human Rights clarity
Star Shelleze takes to the stage
Pauline Black and Caroline Coon at London Met symposium
The future of Stop and Search police powers
Criminology scoops funding first
London Met criminologists respond to UK riots
Mentors to give students the employment edge
Practical guide to Human Rights produced at London Met
A new internship opportunity with Oak Foundation
Suzanne Cohen documentary screened in Parliament
HRSJ (Human Rights & Social Justice Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Newsletter
Tim Parsons becomes a fixture on the Islam channel
Dr. Daniel Silverstone publishes on Chinese organised crime
Congratulations to Dr Nick Ridley for becoming Dr Nick Ridley again!
Professor Simon Hallsworth discusses authoritarianism in Sage journal
Seminar Series: Irish in Britain 2011 (10-31 May 2011)
Policing Prof Doc Course Leader Contributes Chapter to Gulf HR Publication
Event: Digital Media and Media Studies-FINAL SHOW 2011 (27th May 2011)
Event:
Turning a blind eye: the British state and migrant domestic workers' employment rights (26th May 2011)
Event: Voluntary, community &public sector - Career & employability fair (12th May 2011)
Event: American Popular Culture Network - An evening with Todd Gitlin (5th Aprill 2011)
Call for Papers: Struggle to create libraries for the people: a progressive international perspective
Event: AN EVENING WITH PETER TATCHELL (6th April 2011)
Internship Opportunity: Oak Foundation Human Rights Internship Programme
Event: PAUL GILROY From the study of race relations to the study of multiculture (4th April 2011)
Call for Paper: SUBCULTURES, POPULAR MUSIC & SOCIAL CHANGE
Tim Parsons Challenges Muslim Stereotyping in TV Discussion
Criminology Team Deliver Training for Senior Rwanda and Burundi Police
Wendy Fitzgibbon Wins Tender to Evaluate Women in Prison Programme
Second Research Degree for Professional Doctorate Course Leader
Head of Criminology Joins University of Oxford Academics for Hague Conference
Professor Philip Leach Shortlisted for the 2010 JUSTICE Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
Launch of new MA, International Journalism
International Alliance of Cultural Creative Industries symposium
China Industry & Cultural Experience Programme
AHRC Grant to Study the impact of Digitalisation on Independ...
University-wide Digital Media Symposium
American Popular Culture Group Gains New Partners
Community Development Students Launch New Study Group
Contribution to Sage Handbook of Criminology
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Keynote presentation by Liz Kelly for Map of Gap Project
Contribution to Commonwealth Environmental Initiatives
Social Work Senior Lecturer Highlights Child Protection Issues for Channel 4
Keynote presentation by Liz Kelly for Map of Gap Project
Introducing International Social Work, a new publication
Youth Studies-Youth Work new courses in the subject area
City Campus Students Organise World AIDS Day Human Rights Event
Tackling Childhood Obesity Report is Launched
John Grieve centre in Italy and Turkey
The Policing of Vietnamese Organized Crime within the
Fun With Software
Arnolfini, Bristol
Sat 25 Sept - Sun 21 Nov (exc Mon) 11am - 6pm
David Link, Erik Thiele, Christoph Haag, Martin Rumori, Franziska Windisch & Ludwig Zeller, Harwood, JODI, Shulgin/Laskin; and the RunMe archive.
Fun with Software looks at the history of software, and its relation to humour and fun. Making and using software can be experimental, humorous, and eventful. Alongside today's rather dull use of forms, databases, schedules and processors, an element of fun has informed and guided the development of software from its beginnings.
A good example of this is Love Letter Generator, conceived in the 1950s by one of the first programmers, Christopher Strachey, working with Alan Turing at Manchester University on one of the first computers, and reconstructed in this exhibition by David Link. This exhibition follows the development of software over the last fifty years through playful experimentation and art.
Curated by Olga Goriunova, Senior Lecturer in Media Practices at London Metropolitan University (she is course leader for BA Digital Media and lectures on MA Digital Media ). Love Letters_1.0 by David Link is produced by Kunststiftung NRW. Part of Arnolfini's Old Media season of exhibitions, films and performance, investigating redundant technologies and their cultural and political relationship to their time. Fun with Software will have further presentations at MU, Eindhoven, Netherlands 12 Nov 2010 - 4 Jan 2011 and Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany.
Posted: 22.09.10
Ralph Miliband and the Politics of the New Left
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The Camden New Journal has reviewed Emeritus Professor Michael Newman's soon to reprinted 'Ralph Miliband And the Politics of the New Left'. Professor Newman works with the Institute for the Study of Eurpean Transformations (ISET), which is now based within Faculty of Applied Social Sciences.
Below is a link to the review:
Miliband was the man whose political passion inspired the Miliband brothers Ed and David - currently competing for leadership of the Labour party. Their late, much loved father, former refugee Ralph Miliband, is the subject of a highly praised biography by Highgate professor emeritus Mike Newman.
With all the interest in the Milibands, the book, first published in 2002, is due to be reprinted by Merlin Press. It is very much a reference point for writers and journalists trying to understand the two brothers and their political background. Professor Newman’s book, Ralph Miliband and the Politics of the New Left, has a forward by the doyen of left-wing Labour and former MP Tony Benn
Posted: 20.09.10
Mary Davis wins Women's Gold Badge Award at TUC Annual Congress
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Mary Davis, Working Lives Research Institute External Associate and Deputy Director from 2002-2009, won a prestigious TUC award, the Women’s Gold Badge, at the 142nd annual Congress in Manchester.
The ‘Reps of the year’ awards recognise the outstanding achievement of union reps in representing women and young workers, learning at work, union organising and improving health and safety.
The winners received their awards from TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber at the Manchester Central convention centre during the afternoon session of Congress.
Mary Davis is a UCU member and has a long standing commitment to equality in the labour movement. Mary has devised, written and taught courses on trade union studies and labour history for a number of unions. Mary’s ambition has always been to make these materials as accessible as possible, particularly to women members. Mary also helped to found the Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee which aims to establish a lasting memorial to Sylvia on College Green. Mary has been a dedicated trade unionist all her life and has contributed both to her own unions, NATFHE and UCU, and the TUC.
Commenting on the awards TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “The strength of unions lies in the tireless work of their reps and activists. When they receive their awards today the winners will be doing so on behalf of the thousands of reps who are the backbone of the union movement, working day in day out to make workplaces safer and fairer.
“From recruiting new members, getting people more active in their union, improving terms and conditions, ensuring workers’ safety and campaigning to make sure women’s voices are heard in unions, this year’s award winners have shown the value of union membership.
“I am delighted that their achievements have been recognised at Congress and they fully deserve the applause they receive from delegates.”
Steve Jefferys, Director of the Working Lives Research Institute, said: “This award could not be more deserved. Mary is a terrific champion for both trade unionism and feminism, and we are all really proud of her achievement.”
The Reps of the Year film, featuring Mary Davis, will also be available after Tuesday 14 September at http://www.CongressTV.tv
Posted: 22.09.10
