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Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means

July 24, 2022February 6, 2023 by Editor

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Paul Hunter Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency. The committee of independent advisers who met on Thursday July 21 2022, were split on their decision on whether to call the growing monkeypox outbreak a public health…

Four major challenges facing Britain’s education system after the pandemic

July 19, 2022February 6, 2023 by Editor

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Helena Gillespie Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia The UK goverment’s Department for Education has some new ministers in charge following the political turmoil surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation. After resigning only two days into the job…

The US Supreme Court: what is its role and its powers?

July 5, 2022February 6, 2023 by Editor

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Emma Long Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia The US Supreme Court is in the news around the world. The reason: a series of decisions which are already having – and will continue to have – a massive impact on the lives of ordinary Americans.…

Elections: a global ranking rates US weakest among liberal democracies

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 by Editor

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Elections: a global ranking rates US weakest among liberal democracies A disappointing slide for the US after an election blighted by disinformation. Aaron Burson/Unsplash Toby James, University of East Anglia and Holly Ann Garnett, Royal Military College of Canada Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our…

How to improve elections podcast series

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 by Editor

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The Electoral Integrity Project is an academic project co-hosted at the University of East Anglia. It has recently published a new pocast series on 'How to Improve Elections.' Episodes are available on Spotify, FM Player, Amazon, Podbean and other outlets.

Speech by Alex Burov during vigil for peace in Ukraine at UEA, 4 March, 2022

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 by Editor

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My name is Alex Burov. I was born in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in 2000. I am a native Ukrainian speaker. My parents were directly affected by the rocket strikes in Kyiv and were forced to relocate away from the capital. I myself have experienced the Maidan protests of…

Climate Change: Crisis or Opportunity?

September 23, 2019April 7, 2020 by Editor

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Protesters like Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion group have changed the debate around climate change in the last year but how much impact can they have to really change public policy? As the United Nations announces country level climate targets we hear from UEA climate scientist Professor Corinne Le…

Who runs elections and how can they be improved? Independence, resources and workforce conditions are essential for electoral integrity

June 6, 2019June 11, 2019 by Editor

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In new research published about how elections are run around the world, Toby S. James, Leontine Loeber, Holly Ann Garnett and Carolien van Hamfind that organisational independence matters for well-run elections, and that election management could be improved with more resources, improved working conditions for election employees – and a better gender balance in…

The Potential of Community Participation in Politics

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Editor

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UEA students Samuel Woolford and Arthur Buttimore look at how political participation could be rejuvenated. As a part of the Future Leaders Project, we were given the opportunity to take part in and event organised by Model Westminster at City Hall in London. The event focused on aspects of Youth…

What on earth is going on with Brexit?

April 23, 2019April 7, 2020 by Editor

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Listen to the next installment in the Politics at the Edge Series. A panel of the University of East Anglia's politics experts try to answer that question - and work out what the Brexit crisis means for our country and our politics. With Clare Precey, Prof Alan Finlayson, Prof Hussein Kassim and Dr Pierre Bocquillon.…

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