PoPP E-zine: June 2013 The Latest News from the Department of Politics and Public Policy RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY & EXPERTISE ESRC project launch – open invitation Centre for Comparative Housing Research (CCHR) / Chartered Institute of Housing East Midlands Annual Seminar This takes place on Tuesday afternoon 2 July from 2.00 to 4.00pm in the Hugh Aston Building. The focus is on ‘Boosting Affordable Housing Supply: Can We Do It? Yes We Can!’. The keynote speakers are Dr Tim Brown and Professor Michael Oxley from CCHR and Darinka Czischke, Director of the Building & Social Housing Foundation. The event marks the launch of the Centre’s Economic & Social Research Council knowledge exchange project with Places for People on ‘Boosting the Supply of Affordable Rented Housing in the UK – Learning from Other Countries’. For more details and to book a place at the seminar, visit http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/business-and-law/cchr/cchropen-day.aspx or contact Ros Lishman rlishman@dmu.ac.uk.
In the Media Alistair Jones was on BBC Radio Leicester:
on the morning of the Eurovision Song Contest, discussing the politics of Eurovision. This covered a number of issues, including why the UK seems to do so badly (18 May 2013).
discussing the Gay Marriage Vote in the House of Commons. This looked at the potential consequences of splits within the Coalition Government as a result of this legislation (20 May 2013).
on 3 June 2013. The issue of the role of lobbying and lobbyists was under discussion, in the light of Patrick Mercer’s resignation of the Tory Party whip. There was a brief explanation of the role of lobbyists as well. Also in this interview, there was a brief discussion of Ed Balls’ proposals to means test the winter fuel allowance.
And on 31 May 2013 Alastair Jones wrote the First Person column in the Leicester Mercury on the splits within the Conservative Party over Europe and Gay Marriage. The article is available from www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Tory-divisions-EU-close-splitting-party/story19145545-detail/story.html.
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Conferences, Workshops & Events Philip Davies presided over the annual Board meeting of the European Association for American Studies in Moscow (25 to 28 April 2013). Whilst he was there he took part in a panel filmed in the TV studios of the Russian State University of the Humanities, on the future of American Studies. Tim Brown participated in the Leicestershire County Council-led seminar on ageing well on Wednesday 8 May 2013. Philip Davies attended the annual meeting and conference of the American Studies Network, in Alcala, Spain, 17 to 19 May 2013. Clodagh Harrington organised a one-day conference on The State of the Union: Challenges and Expectations for the Obama Administration (24 May 2013). The event was hosted at the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and included participation by a number of eminent scholars who examined the progress of the Obama adminstration to date, and the challenges to be managed going forward. Clodagh will edit the resulting publication, which will contain chapters from each of the speakers, including contributions from Clodagh and Philip Davies. It will be published by ISA in 2014. Michael Oxley is chairing The Westminster Briefing entitled Improving Private Rented Sector Provision: Increasing Supply, Safeguards & Reliability on 24 July 2013 in London. Further details are available from http://www.westminster-briefing.com/home/eventdetail/newsarticle/improving-private-rented-sector-provision-increasing-supply-safeguardsreliability/ A film Philip Davies made in co-operation with the Oxford University Rothermere American Institute (RAI), using items from the RAI's archive of US election campaigns (http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vhl/elections-archive), has been selected by the Dr Martin Luther King Library (Washington DC) for its series of screenings of independent films, to be shown during autumn 2013. New Publications Blair, A. (2013) Britain and Monetary Union, in Laursen, F. (ed) The EU and the Eurozone Crisis, Farnham, Ashgate Press, pp65-85, available from http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409457299 Davies, P. (2013) Contemporary Elections, in Dumbrell, J. (ed) Issues in American Politics, London, Routledge, pp153-164, available from http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415690959 Harrington, C. (2013) Never Mind The Details: Here’s The Tea Party, in Dumbrell, J. (ed) Issues in American Politics, London, Routledge, available from http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415690959 Lowndes, V. & Roberts, M. (2013) Why Institutions Matter: The New Institutionalism in Political Science, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, available from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=262955
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING Housing Courses: Open Day There is an open event on Tuesday 2 July from 11.00am to 2.00pm for employers and potential students interested in our Chartered Institute of Housing recognised housing courses. For more details and to book a place at the event, visit http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/business-and-law/cchr/cchropen-day.aspx or contact Ros Lishman rlishman@dmu.ac.uk. Link to press release: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2013/june/open-day-willshowcase-dmus-housing-courses.aspx Student Bursaries Applications for the East Midlands Chartered Institute of Housing Student Bursary Scheme 2013/14 are currently open. For further details visit http://www.cih.co.uk/eastmidlandsresources. The closing date for bursary application forms is 9.00am, Monday 1 July 2013.
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