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Dear all,

Check out the following link with Claire Annesley discussing the impact of UK Government cuts on gender equality:

Dear  all,

Our very own Dr Dimitris was interviewed on Al Jazeera regarding the crisis in Libya; you can watch the interview here:

Members of the Manchester University WorldMUN delegation recently met with his Excellency Dr. Frederico Alberto Cuello Camilo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Dominican Republic to the United Nations, who visited the university in the new year.

The private meeting with the Ambassador included a discussion of his opinions on international affairs and the workings of the United Nations.

Dear Students,

I am sure the recent events in Egypt and the Middle East have been of much fascination to you. Given the high level of interest in these events, I have organised a lunchtime roundtable event to which you all are invited to attend.

The event will consist of informal talks by a panel of experts, followed by a Q&A session. Our panel members include Dr Jill Lovecy and Professor Inderjeet Parmar from Politics, as well as  Professor Hoda Elsadda from Middle Eastern Studies. Professor Elsadda has participated in political campaigns in Egypt and worked with the UN on the Arab Human Development Report. She is also a Board Member of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, and I am sure she will be able to give a fascinating ‘first hand’ account of the democratisation process in Egypt.

Please do come along and engage in the debate! This is a brownbag event, so feel free to bring your lunch with you.

Details are as follows:

Lunchtime Roundtable

DEBATING THE DEMOCRATISATION OF MIDDLE EAST: CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS

• Time: 23 February, Wednesday, 12:00-13:30
• Venue: Zochonis Theatre A
• Roundtable Discussants: Professor Hoda Elsadda (Middle Eastern Studies), Dr Jill Lovecy (Politics), Professor Inderjeet Parmar (Politics)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.

Best wishes

Shogo

Dear all,

Welcome back from the holiday season and here is some good news. Dr Andrew Russell has won the ‘University Teaching Excellence Award’; Congratulations from all of us on Andrew’s well deserved achievement.

For further info on the courses Andrew teaches, check out : – http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/andrew.russell/furtherinformation

Piers Robinson,

UG Director

Dear all,

A message from the debating society …

Dear all,

A message from the debating society:-
Now confirmed for next week.  The debate will be: This House Believes You Have A Right To The Fruits Of Your Talents.  In proposition we have Prof Hillel Steiner and in opposition Dr Tom Porter.
5-6.30pm, Tuesday 7th December, Room SG1, Samuel Alexander Building.

The Facebook page for the event can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145144788869557
See you there!
James Dixon

The Debating Society

Dear all,

Fancy yourself as a future leader? Check out this competition organised by the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland …

www.stgallen-symposium.org

Dear all,

New member of staff  Huw Macartney has a new book, Variegated Neoliberalism, out … it might just give you an idea of why we got into this mess … speaking about the economy of course.

And check out the book website at:- http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415601504/,

Piers Robinson

UG Director

Dear all,

If you would like to help out with some research on International Politics and democratic accountability, check out the following request below from Catarina P. Thomson of Texas A&M University.

Piers Robinson, UG Director:-

Domestic Accountability in International Relations

This experiment is designed to examine how the public reacts to the Prime Minister’s foreign policy decisions in times of international crises. If you agree to participate in this study, you will read a brief description of an international crisis as well as how the British Prime Minister reacted to it. You will then be asked for your opinion regarding these decisions. Participation in the experiment will take between 10 and 15 minutes.

Participation is absolutely confidential –there is no way your identity can be linked to your responses. Furthermore, no identifiers linking you to this study will be included in any sort of report that might be published.

This experiment has been approved by the Ethics Committees of Texas A&M University and the University of Manchester.

The risks associated with this study are minimal, and are not greater than risks ordinarily encountered in daily life. If you have questions regarding this study, you may contact Catarina P. Thomson at the department of Political Science, Texas A&M University at catarinathomson@polisci.tamu.edu.

If you would like to participate in this study, please follow this link: www.drgeva.org/ng/q/uk/

Hi Folks,

Jane Green, Andrew Russell, Ed Fieldhouse and David Cutts have all contributed to Britain Votes, the authoritative account of the 2010 UK election. Published by the Hansard Society, there is also a special issue of Parliamentary Affairs:-

And here are some pictures of the launch at the House of Commons, … can you spot Jane and Andrew