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...article, and what this tells us about the system of recruitment and selection of MPs and their management when elected. The basis for competence-based trust Brexit and its painful unfolding over the last two years have many examples of politicians’ displays of an astounding lack of competence amongst top politicians. Since Tory party politicians lead the Brexit...

...article, you will explore the role cities play in integrating migrants, as well as how we talk about migration can influence our views of migration. Then, we interrogate the role of arts organisations and local councils in creating an inclusive narrative of migration. However, we also look at how policies such as the hostile environment policy can contribute to...

...article, Migrant Capitals: Proposing a Multi-Level Spatio-Temporal Analytical Framework, with my colleague Professor Louise Ryan from the University of Sheffield, we explore these questions and put forward a framework that helps to make sense of spatiotemporal context. This context, we propose needs to be explained on the micro level of personal biography, on the meso...

...are restricting homeless people’s freedom and turning everyday activities into punishable offences. Yet survival defines the daily lives of homeless people, and in the face of oppression, they will find new ways to expose the violence and prejudice they encounter every day. Transcript This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...grows by 10% each year. And call centres are now one of the most significant employers in the globalised service economy. If we want to have a more diverse workforce and exploit everyone’s talent to its full potential, it is time to start challenging call centre recruitment practices. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...for which the Carillion crisis serves as a violent example. Our research suggests that in order to do this we first need to transform our outdated industry. Promoting women to senior levels is essential for this to happen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. More articles and free courses Study with The Open University...

...income tax. These are all valid areas of difference, but are outside the scope of the national insurance scheme. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. UPDATE: Chancellor Phillip Hammond withdrew his plans to make the change on Wednesday 15th March, just one week after the Budget statement. Read more detail at BBC News....

...Curtis’s ‘HyperNormalisation‘ is available on the BBC iPlayer Theweleit, K. ‘Male Fantasies’, 2 Vols., Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; Polity Press, 1987 Theweleit, K. ‘Männerphantasien’, 2 Vols., Verlag Roter Stern/Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main/Basel 1977–1978 ​This article was originally published on Cost of Living on 14 December 2017....