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Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation

Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation

The Current EU Framework on the Facilitation of Unauthorised Entry

Posted on: 12 February 2024

The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint

The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint

The ‘story’ is an important instrument in qualitative research about long term conditions.

Posted on: 5 February 2024

The End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UKThe End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UK

The End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UK

Saturday 27th January 2024 is a red-letter day for drug checking and for harm reduction more generally in the UK.

Posted on: 26 January 2024

The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir

The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir

For most of her life, Simone de Beauvoir feared and loathed the idea of ageing so much that she could see no good in it at all.

Posted on: 8 January 2024

Clinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A DialogueClinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A Dialogue

Clinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A Dialogue

This three-day symposium, hosted by the Brocher Foundation, Switzerland, brought together scholars in ageing from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including medicine, social science, arts and humanities, to discuss the contested concept of frailty.

Posted on: 4 December 2023

Expert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy UnlawfulExpert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy Unlawful

Expert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy Unlawful

Our Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice reflects on this week’s decision by The Supreme Court to rule the UK Government’s policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful, backing the Court of Appeal’s judgement.

Posted on: 17 November 2023

Hags and Short-lived Queens: Can We Overcome Generational Antagonisms Between Women?Hags and Short-lived Queens: Can We Overcome Generational Antagonisms Between Women?

Hags and Short-lived Queens: Can We Overcome Generational Antagonisms Between Women?

Professor Susan Pickard asks 'Can we overcome generational antagonisms between women?'.

Posted on: 27 October 2023

Haunting Tales: Exploring the Ghosts of Australia’s PrisonsHaunting Tales: Exploring the Ghosts of Australia’s Prisons

Haunting Tales: Exploring the Ghosts of Australia’s Prisons

The air shimmers as I walk up a winding drive, shaded by red gums. As my 23-year-old self crosses the threshold, I shiver. Rows of heads gleam hunched over dusty tomes. Everyone here is researching the dead.\n

Posted on: 23 October 2023

My First Month at the European Court of Human RightsMy First Month at the European Court of Human Rights

My First Month at the European Court of Human Rights

At the beginning of September, I moved out of my student house in Liverpool and into a flat in Strasbourg, France, where I started a four-month internship at the European Court of Human Rights. The experience has been incredible so far and I have already learned so much!\n

Posted on: 12 October 2023