December 1st, 2009 — Information for Students, Undergrad FAQs
As we enter December I thought it might be useful to list the remaining Semester One deadlines for Politics courses:
Those all important hand-in dates are:-
7th December 2009
POLI20511: The Politics of Globalisation & Development (Essay 1)
POLI30091: Corruption
POLI30691: News Media & International Crisis
POLI30811: Parents, Children & the State
14th December 2009
POLI20541: Social Movements for Political Change
POLI20921: France Under the Fifth Republic
POLI30151: French Left & the Fifth Republic Since 1968
POLI30321: Ethical Issues in World Politics
POLI30671: Business & Politics in Britain
POLI30721: International Political Economy (Portfolio)
POLI30841: Politics of Social Policy
Tuesday 19th January 2010
POLI30721: International Political Economy
November 23rd, 2009 — Events, Postgrad FAQs, Undergrad FAQs
Interested in further study in Politics?
There is an information meeting about PhD opportunities in Manchester for MA and final year undergraduate students:
Wednesday
25 November
3-4pm
University Place 4.212
Among the topics to be raised will be:-
* What is a PhD anyway?
* Why study for a PhD?
* Why Manchester?
* How to apply
* Funding and how to apply for it
Students may also contact Adrian Blau at any time to ask any question about applying for a PhD, but the meeting is a good first opportunity to get information and ask questions.
There will also be an opportunity to meet some of the current PhD students.
November 23rd, 2009 — Events, Undergrad FAQs
The first Politics Forum of the academic year takes place on Wednesday 25 November.
Venue:
Crawford Theatre 1
2pm
The Forum will give all UG students on Politics units the chance to put forward your views on Politics to senior members of staff. This is your opportunity to tell us what you think so please come along.
November 1st, 2009 — Mozambique Elections 2009, News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether
Back in Maputo (and reunited with the interweb) after a week in the province of Tete on deployment for the Commonwealth Observer Group.
Tete was incredibly different from Maputo covering both urban and rural areas but dominated by the Zambezi river.
There were three sets of elections, for President, National Assembly and Regional Assemblies. Nationally there were three Presidential candidates, in Tete four parties contested the province’s parliamentary seats and just two ran for representation in the regional assembly. Here are some of the party headquarters in the province.
Frelimo offices in Moatize, Tete
Renamo Offices; Moatize, Tete.
MDM HQ; Tete
Voting was brisk in most of the places we visited and the queues to vote in the boiling hot temperature was something to behold.
Our interim statement is here, meanwhile here are some photos of the election day in the province of Tete (more to follow).
A not untypical queue
Rural voting
After Voting
October 25th, 2009 — Mozambique Elections 2009, News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether
3 days until election day and I’m off on deployment to the Provinces tomorrow.
Spending 5 days in and around the province of Tete with the odd incursion into northern Manica too. I’m afraid I won’t have web access for a while but will update on my return.
In the meantime here are a few photos of my fellow Commonwealth Observer Group.
October 23rd, 2009 — Mozambique Elections 2009, News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether
Andrew Russell writes:
As you may know I’m currently out of Manchester and in Mozambique as part of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Election Observer Group.
The Chair of the Group is Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah former Head of State in Sierra Leone. My other fellow group members compromise parliamentarians, electoral commissioners, and civil society leaders from across the Commonwealth.
Have been here for a few days now and it’s been a fascinating experience so far – I’m currently based in the capital Maputo but am being sent on deployment around the country from the start of next week.
Today we’ve had the opening press conference (above) and have met with members of political parties and key organisations in the election.
Background Facts About Mozambique:
Mozambique is the only Commonwealth country without a historical link to imperial British rule.
It was a Portuguese colony until 1974. Throughout the late 1970s and the whole of the 1980s a bloody civil war waged between the governing party (Frelimo) and oppositional forces (Renamo). The war was eventually was brought to an end by the General Peace Agreement of October 1992 and the country embarked on a road to multi-party democracy with Frelimo and Renamo as the major parties.
Although Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique, there are in fact 83 officially recognised different languages or dialects in the country.
Life expectancy for both men and women in Mozambique is 42.
There are three sets of elections next week, for President, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies.
In case you hadn’t noticed the election, there’s plenty of visual reminders around the place. This is the view from my hotel window. More pictures available on the COG Flickr site
October 19th, 2009 — Events, From the HoDA, News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether
Catch 21 – the internet TV station run by young people designed to promote youth engagement with politics – ran an event at the University last weekend (a Question Time Style event with Hazel Blears, Daniel Kawczynski and Douglas Murray on the panel). Alan Hamlin, the Head of the Politics Discipline Area gave an interview with the organisers.
It can be found here
October 18th, 2009 — Events, News
One of biggest annual events in Politics at Manchester takes place on November 11. It’s the Manchester War & Peace Lecture. This year’s lecture is ‘This is War, Then’:Anglo-American Atrocity Narratives and the Historian by Professor Joanna Bourke of Birkbeck College, University of London.
Professor Joanna Bourke
Birkbeck, University of London
Author of Rape: A History from 1860s to
the Present, Fear: A Cultural History, and
An In9mate History of Killing: Face-to-
Face Killing in Twen9eth Century
Warfare.
3pm to 5pm
Wednesday 11th November 2009
University Place, Theatre A
Free admission. Everyone welcome.
For further informa9on, contact greig.charnock@manchester.ac.uk
The Manchester Peace Lecture was inaugurated in 1984 with the aim of providing informed scholarly analysis of issues relating to war and peace, and as an educational contribution to world peace. Previous lecturers have included Zygmunt Bauman, Noam Chomsky, Sir Edward Heath, Paul Rogers, Norman Geras and Joseph Nye.
Joanna Bourke is the author of Rape: A History from 1860s to the Present, Fear: A Cultural History, and An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to- Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare.
Venue: 3pm to 5pm Wednesday 11th November 2009 University Place, Theatre A
Free admission. Everyone welcome.
For further informa9on, contact greig.charnock@manchester.ac.uk
October 17th, 2009 — Events, News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether
Our contacts at the Beeb have made a plea for participants. They write:-
BBC1’s topical debate show The Big Questions is returning to Bury on October 25th, and we’d like to invite you to be part of our live studio audience. If you would like a seat, just send an email to rmayer@mentorn.tv, making sure to include a contact phone number. Should you wish to bring a friend or family member, please include their number and email address. Alternatively you can call me on 01865 811160.
We are still in the process of confirming our questions, and at the moment it looks likely that we will ask:
Should we still give overseas aid in times of recession?
Should the body be sacrosanct after death?
And one other question, to be decided next week.
To give you some background, The Big Questions is the BBC’s flagship ethical and moral debate programme. It is hosted by the experienced television and radio presenter Nicky Campbell, and airs live on Sunday mornings from locations all around the country. The show addresses tricky moral questions facing the nation today, consulting panellists, front row experts and a select studio audience. Beliefs, informed opinions and personal stories are all aired during three lively debates. As an audience member, you may even get the chance to contribute to the discussions yourself, although due to the number of people in the audience we can’t guarantee this. You can view last week’s show at www.bbc.co.uk/thebigquestions <http://www.bbc.co.uk/thebigquestions>
October 13th, 2009 — News, On the Air, On the Page and In the Ether Tagged Matthew Goodwin
Following the scenes this weekend in Manchester Dr Matt Goodwin was on Newsnight on Monday 19 October discussing the English Defence League. I-Player coverage here (story starts at 26:15).
