Chris Goldsmith

DMU IR/History lecturer, university teacher fellow. Loves music, cricket, beer and PNE.

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

Last class of the year this morning - maybe the last ever... Started with student presentations and ending the same way. Let's hope nobody is putting condoms on bananas this time - would be an odd metaphor for global governance ;-)

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@Usherwood +1

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@mrchrisaddison Agreed, but you have got to stop reading Steve’s secret diary.

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@PrfAndrwRssll In a way that allows rent taking to continue...

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@IR_MotherGoose Could you share some of the suggestions? I am contemplating exactly the same thing.

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@BAinDiplomacy You eating steak? I can scarcely believe it.

[Clodagh Harrington @Dr_Clodagh]

Guess what finally came in the post and I am SO excited!!!! Thank you @AlexWaddan for your intellectual genius 🤓 Thank you @MichaelCullina2 @sylviaellis131 and lovely @EdinburghUP peeps for making it happen 💕💕💕@dmuleicester @uniofleicester

[DMU LGRC @DMULGRU]

📖 Our deputy director @AriannaGi has written a piece about #COVID19 and English devolution for @PolStudiesAssoc Political Insight 📖

↓ Check it out here ↓

@DMUpolitics @leicscastlebs @DMUresearch @dmuleicester @sianyprice

[liam kennedy @liamkenn]

Just published...why US politicians are opposed to UK effort to undo the Brexit withdrawal agreement @Clinton_InstUCD @ScottLucas_EA
https://t.co/jSoNtMBbu1

[TIME @TIME]

Several huge blazes burning in southeast Oregon merged overnight, turning the sky blood-red in the middle of the day

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@mrchrisaddison New Education Secretary.

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@dkernohan “Ministerial responsibility”

[The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @SLRC_DMU]

With students having received their results, we have collated resources on The COVID Files that highlight the detrimental impact of government policies around exam grading on students and already disadvantaged groups 👉https://t.co/SX9MAQwt0l

[Dmitry Grozoubinski @DmitryOpines]

1/ Seeing this consolidated text being described as intended to "break the deadlock" a lot.

That may be what UK officials are briefing out, but that's not what consolidated texts are typically used for.

A thread.

[Council of Europe @coe]

🔴 How is #gender defined by our #IstanbulConvention on #ViolenceAgainstWomen❓
🔴 Will ensuring more rights for women represent a threat to families❓
These Q&As clarify some of the misconceptions around the topic.
#StopVAW #VAW #VAWG #EndVAW
https://t.co/KSByZPyN8O

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@Usherwood Maybe they’ll find the doctrine of ministerial responsibility when they are digging around. Maybe it’s fallen down the back of a filing cabinet.

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@Usherwood I note no Million plus mention.

[The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @SLRC_DMU]

Black Lives Matter Leicester - Fully-funded PhD opportunity! The SLRC is pleased to announce this exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship focusing on critical debates concerned with #BLM and education in Leicester👉https://t.co/zdubIcJF9V

[Clare Squires @ClareSquiress]

DMU'S autism team have launched our dedicated Minecraft server! A fabulous opportunity for our new students with autism to get to know each other. Please don't email me this afternoon- I'm busy 😜 #dmu #ichoosedmu #dmudisability @dmuleicester

[Chris Goldsmith @chrisgold]

@afneil Grayling’s free.