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International Security at UEA: Reflections from an MA Student

November 2, 2015 by Editor

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Joseph Rollwagen provides a students eye-view of our MA course in International Security at UEA While mulling over different options for where to pursue my Master's degree, I sought the advice of my favourite undergraduate professor in my department's International Relations faculty. He gave me the name of four possible…

Academic impact on policing and security: An interview with Ian Quinton OBE

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 by Editor

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Ian Quinton OBE is an independent security consultant, with a previous and distinguished career in policing that lasted thirty years. Ian has also recently completed an MA in International Security at UEA. In this interview with Lee Jarvis, Ian reflects on his professional experience to discuss the value and limitations…

Votes for 16 year olds: the case for

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by Editor

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Last September 16 and 17 year olds were given the right to vote in Scotland’s historic constitutional moment. Now is the time for the rest of the UK to follow suit and extend the electoral franchise in order to reconnect youngsters with representative democracy, argues University of East Anglia Student…

We say ‘No more’ to Education Reforms: Education should be in our hands!

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by Editor

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Dolapo Okunuga, the winner of our sixth form blog competition, argues that education policy should include teachers and students in the decision making process. “Progress eight anybody?” Teacher regular renewal licence?” It infuriates the teachers, it angers the students. It’s one person holding the great power of choosing and deciding our…

The BBC needs a clear policy to ensure impartial televised debates

March 9, 2015 by Editor

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UEA student Adam Kinghorn argues that the BBC’s ad hoc approach in deciding which political parties should be invited to their televised general election debates needs reforming into a clear set of criteria so that political parties and viewers alike know what is required. The BBC is considered to be…

How My Brussels Internship Brought Me Closer To My Family History

March 4, 2015 by Editor

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Thomas Kingham undertook a Brussels internship while studying at UEA. In this post he considers how the experience brought him closer to his family history. [caption id="attachment_1685" align="alignright" width="300"] Tom Kingham in Brussels in 2012[/caption] While studying for my undergraduate History degree I was lucky enough to be one of two…

My Experience of the Masters Programme in International Security at the UEA

February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 by Editor

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Gareth Mott, a UEA student enrolled on the Masters Programme in International Security considers what he learnt from his studies. During my third year as an undergraduate student reading International Relations and Modern History I began considering undertaking a Masters programme. Whilst I considered and visited the offerings at other…

What issues matter to you at the general election?

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by Editor

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Students at the University of East Anglia were asked which issues matter to them at the general election in The Election Diary Room. Here is what some of them said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy3E2Wqo4bg On National Voter Registration Day, UEA students led an innovative Goats for Votes campaign to encourage student registration.

Goats for votes: UEA students lead the voter registration drive

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Editor

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The 5th February 2015 was the second ever National Voter Registration Day, organised by Bite the Ballot to encourage people in the UK to register to vote. Students from UEA led the way by organising the imaginative 'Goats for Votes' campaign, explained in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVkJHColiVw [View the story…

Debating Politics at University: The PSI Discussion Forum

November 26, 2014January 26, 2015 by Editor

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At UEA, students regularly discuss politics outside of class in the PSI Discussion Forum. This was set by current third year student Natasha Wakelin in collaboration with Steven Ram. In this post, she describes what happens in the Forum each week. The PSI Discussion forum was set up in November 2013…

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