Concerns to Diageo about the signing of Paddy Jackson to the London Irish Rugby Football Club following his trial and acquittal for rape and sexual assault, and other conduct, which reinforce concerns about that signing.
5-minute read
A recollection of the controversy surrounding the appointment of Toby Young to the Office for Students, the successful campaign to oust him, with reference to the ideological context to that appointment for tertiary education.
20-minute read
An examination of UKIP’s increasing shift to the far right in UK politics, principally through an exposé of the involvement of Stuart Agnew, one of its MEPs, with the Springbok Club.
15-minute read
A critique of references to compassion by Amber Rudd, shortly after being appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in Theresa May’s Conservative government.
15-minute read
An exploration of concerns surrounding the use of unpaid research roles, illustrated with reference to unpaid Research Assistant positions at the Public Law Project – a charity based in London.
15-minute read
Support for a PhD graduate’s request for an apology from SOAS for inadequate supervision in his doctoral studies, with reference to problems that other doctoral students face in the contemporary university.
11-minute read
A letter addressed to the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, signed by thirteen associate fellows of the Institute, raising concerns about the University’s outsourcing of workers.
3-minute read
An analysis of a hate crime at a state secondary boys’ school in Bath, England, 22 January 2018, with reference to the troubling racial context within which failures in institutional and broader social responses to the incident may be understood.
20-minute read
An account of the solidarity shown by hundreds of people with Bookmarks, the socialist and radical bookstore in London, following an attack on the store on 4 August 2018.
5-minute read
An examination of how the Belfast Rugby Rape Trial revealed the persistence of deeply traditional, troubling views about women in Northern Ireland, the challenges for women in seeking justice against sexual offenders, and the importance of grassroots responses from women activists and scholars.
9-minute read