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POLIS @oupolitics.bsky.social · Nov 26
Want to learn more about how UK Parliament works? Sign up to 2 events, available to students & public.

Webinar 1: Intro to Your UK Parliament 27 Jan 6pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54f0ff...

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Still time to sign up for these @ukparliament.parliament.uk webinars. The first one is tomorrow 6pm!

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January 26, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Our @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social is in @theconversation.com on Keir Starmer's difficult diplomacy with Trump during the Greenland crisis.
January 20, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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This Friday - our Eddie Wastnidge launches a new co-edited book on the ever evolving geopolitics of the Middle East. All welcome - details below.
ou-gcsj.bsky.social GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 18d
📘Book Launch📘
*International Relations in a Multipolar Middle East* (edited by Edward Wastnidge & Francesco Belcastro) explores the evolving dynamics of the Middle East in today’s shifting global order.
🔔Fri 23 January (online)
⌚11 AM-12 PM
Register for free 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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🌟NEW PSA Website🌟 We start the new year with the launch of our new website! This first phase of development coincides with other digital initiatives including a new 'My Membership' area and new membership database. Ongoing developments will continue this year.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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🚨Tomorrow🚨TLN Webinar: ‘Using Objects to Enhance Learning in Political Science Education’ with William L Allen @unisouthampton.bsky.social
📆 13 Jan, 12.30pm, Online
➡️ Discover how object-based learning can help convey, capture, and express complex ideas.
FREE and open to all
TLN Webinar: Using Objects to Enhance Learning in Political Science Education - Political Studies Association
Most higher education teaching activities rely on texts. By contrast, I argue object-based learning—or using physical materials to convey, capture, and
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January 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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*PSA Resource* Read and share our NEW 'Guide to Studying #Politics & #InternationalRelations at University'
➡️ Studying #PIR helps develop sought-after critical thinking, analytical and communication skills.
➡️ Discover what a Politics degree can offer, and where it can take you.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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New #OpenAccess publication!

How are China’s narratives received across national and subnational actors and audiences?

Drawing on 6,133 articles in Chinese, Urdu & English, our new study answers looking at the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1538...
Symbolic power and the reception of Chinese narratives on the China–Pakistan economic corridor: adaptation and contestation
The emphasis on “discourse power” and “telling the China story” has been central to China’s international engagement over the past decade. While existing scholarship has critically examined the pro...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Still time to sign up to both webinars - open to students and the general public👇
oupolitics.bsky.social POLIS @oupolitics.bsky.social · Nov 26
Want to learn more about how UK Parliament works? Sign up to 2 events, available to students & public.

Webinar 1: Intro to Your UK Parliament 27 Jan 6pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54f0ff...

@oupips.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk #UKPW
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January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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One EU-UK Reset negotiation tracker, updated for today's Erasmus statement

Still quite a lot to be done on the agenda from the May summit

PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic141

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December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Short blog from me and @maudinet.bsky.social about last week’s launch of the new RT India channel and what to expect from it, written for @uk.theconversation.com

@oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social

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RT India: how the Kremlin is spreading its ‘west v the rest’ narrative to a global audience
RT has targeted non-western audiences for years.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Funded collaborative PhD opportunity on contested memory with me in @oupolitics.bsky.social and Arthur Dudney at Arcadia:

granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi...

Deadline 7th Jan, please share!
Contested histories: cultural memory, narratives and archives
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November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A great opportunity from @oupolitics.bsky.social this UK Parliament Week!
oupolitics.bsky.social POLIS @oupolitics.bsky.social · Nov 26
Want to learn more about how UK Parliament works? Sign up to 2 events, available to students & public.

Webinar 1: Intro to Your UK Parliament 27 Jan 6pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54f0ff...

@oupips.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk #UKPW
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November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Want to learn more about how UK Parliament works? Sign up to 2 events, available to students & public.

Webinar 1: Intro to Your UK Parliament 27 Jan 6pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54f0ff...

@oupips.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk #UKPW
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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UK Parliament Week #UKPW is back to spread the word about what #Parliament is. Get started with the free
Open Learn course - Introduction to making political & social change.

Check out the video: youtu.be/pq9bDCrjFFw

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Introduction to making political and social change (Free Course Trailer)
YouTube video by OpenLearn from The Open University
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November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Are you an @openuniversity.bsky.social student interested in speaking to other students about politics? If so, join @oupips.bsky.social – a great way to mark UK Parliament Week! #UKPW

Find out more here: oupips.org.uk

@ukparliament.parliament.uk
OU PIPS
OU Politics, International Relations and Policy Society
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November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Sign up to this great free course about making political change #UKPW
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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It's time for a real change and you can learn how with a warm welcome from @oupolitics.bsky.social into Parliament Week #UKPW
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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UK Parliament Week starts today, raising awareness of @ukparliament.parliament.uk & how to get involved! @oupolitics.bsky.social academics are working with #UKPW again to educate more people on how they can make political change:

www.open.edu/openlearn/so...

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Introduction to making political and social change
Written in a moment of multiple crises – environmental, economic, political, social and health-related – ‘An Introduction to making political and social change’ gives you a grounding in some of the...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship

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ukandeu.bsky.social UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 10
💶"But as the UK has started to develop new links with the EU, so too has it generated new financial obligations."

✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-sleeping...
The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe
Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I'm incredibly pleased and delighted to have been elected as President of the new @oupips.bsky.social society for @oustudents.bsky.social. We have a strong leadership team and I'm looking forward to all the events and community building we will be doing over the next year. @oupolitics.bsky.social
The Open University Politics, International Relations, and Policy Society (OUPIPS) is pleased to confirm the successful conclusion of our Annual General Meeting. The Society's Constitution has been approved, and the new committee has been officially appointed to lead the society's activities. New Committee Positions Appointed: Jack Flaherty - President Ryan Donachie - Vice President, Events and Media Natalie Lanagan - Vice President, Memberships and Finance Kelly Coker - Secretary James Daly - Treasurer Charlotte Osmond and Tomasz Pierzchala - Media and Communications Officers Maria Krasteva - Newsletter Editor Claire Headridge and Pamela Fuller - Events Officers Jeanette Price - Policy Officers Andrew Wilson, Bev Smith, Claire McGill-Sharpe, Nick James and Paul Kim - Ordinary Members In the coming weeks, the committee will begin its work on organizing a program of events. Please look out for further updates and announcements across our social media channels. Membership: As a member of The Open University, you are warmly welcomed to join and actively participate in the life of the Society. Stay Connected: Visit our website: [https://oupips.org.uk](https://oupips.org.uk/) Sign up for our newsletter and view upcoming news and events on the website.
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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New publication!
International relations in a Multipolar Middle East - a highly topical new collection of insightful papers edited by
@edwardwastnidge.bsky.social
and @drfrancescobelc.bsky.social
Out now:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180285/
Manchester University Press - International Relations in a multipolar Middle East
International Relations in a multipolar Middle East - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of International Relations in a multipolar Middle East by Francesco Belcastro
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October 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Very much enjoyed sitting down with @alexvont.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social this week to talk all things disinformation

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bunkerpod.bsky.social The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · Oct 2
🚨OUT NOW🚨
Power, disruption and lies – Why Russia’s info warriors could be weaker than you think. Disinformation expert Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody joins @alexvont.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#podcast #Russia #bunkerpod
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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With my free time, I have been working on the new OU Politics, International Relations, and Policy Society. We have a website now. Sign up for the upcoming newsletter oupips.org.uk @oupolitics.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social
OU Politics, International Relations, and Policy Society
Visit the post for more.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Come and join us in Brussels on 17 Sept to discuss EU-UK relations

Top line up (and fancy catering too)

@ukandeu.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...
The future of UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe
Join UK in a Changing Europe and The Open University in Brussels as they bring together leading academics, think tankers, officials and journalists in Brussels to discuss UK-EU relations.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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We will be having another meeting on forming the society this coming Sunday. If you are an @openuniversity.bsky.social student and are interested in Politics, International Relations, and Policy, come join us @oupolitics.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1d150...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM