Studying the British Indian Army in Burma during WWII, Tarak Barkawi's SOLDIERS OF EMPIRE (@CUPAcademic) shows how ritual, drill & invented traditions that are internal to the army itself do more to explain how that army fought so effectively. Listen in!
https://t.co/Tf73fKSbRg
Our Hon.Research Associate Lotte Hughes and Mark Lamont have published a Special Issue: Cultural rights and constitutional change in Kenya, in African Studies: https://t.co/XWQwE0nIq8
As part of an @ESRC funded project https://t.co/71M1kaN1RI
Did you hear our graduates on the radio yesterday, talking about how the OU changes lives? The @thejeremyvine show on @BBCradio2 also covered fees, funding and flexible learning.
You can listen again here (36.20 mins in): https://t.co/VChG0VBfWR
Great context including on OU educating 55% of disadvantaged students. Less convinced about service provision for others. Priority should be to design ever better tuition, support, and materials, so even more students succeed, or succeed better. https://t.co/SFKpiTHtT0
Identify a few things to change at a time. Base it on evidence. Listen to experts on how to make the change work. This article hits several nails squarely on the head. https://t.co/GYDetoz1U5