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The Nigerien coup will not help its poverty-stricken peopleIt would not have taken much to miss the media coverage of Niger’s latest military coup d’état. It did not help that the former French colony fai...» Read Article |
Award ceremonies: no country for discriminating menAward ceremonies bemuse me. Not the most profound bemusement, I admit, in this time of worrying political bowel movements or world famine, but a bemus...» Read Article |
Why funding bodies should pay us to write about ChaucerThe crucial flashpoint in the current higher education debate has been academic resistance, especially from the arts and humanities, to changes in the...» Read Article |
A hung parliament could be good for the UKThe financial markets have been wobbling recently. No, I am not referring to the meteoric vibrations which shook the globe following the collapse of L...» Read Article |
College pool – a complex and competitive challengeIt’s Wednesday evening. You head down to the JCR for a drink and a quick game of pool. To your annoyance, you are unable to even see the table d...» Read Article |
Democracy challenged in the Ukrainian electionsThe Ukrainian presidential election has, for perhaps obvious reasons, not entirely caught the imagination of the British public. But what has been goi...» Read Article |
Lies, damned lies and statisticsIt’s a profound irony that this often used quote is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli; no evidence can be found to suggest that the British Prime Mini...» Read Article |
Why no platform policies are detrimental to defeating the BNPOne of the major sources of tension between Durham University and the NUS over the recent cancellation of the BNP debate has been the no platform poli...» Read Article |
The Pope's interference in secular politics has gone too farPope Benedict XVI’s recent foray into secular affairs concerning the Equality Bill, sparked outrage amongst gay and human rights campaigners last we...» Read Article |
The electoral system provides Gordon Brown with some hopeby Huw Silk If Labour loses the General Election due to be held by the beginning of June, historians may well look back on the 6th October 2007 as the...» Read Article |
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