{"id":2811,"date":"2021-02-01T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:52:16","slug":"politics-and-international-relations-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/02\/01\/politics-and-international-relations-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics and International Relations Winter News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn\u2019t stopped our staff and students! Here is a summary of what has been going on here in the School of Politics and International Relations.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We continued to adjust to this new way of life\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/31\/politics-and-international-relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politics and International Relations<\/a> student, Anna, shared her top tips for online study. Number 2 is particularly interesting! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2792\/ten-tips-for-studying-at-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read her tips<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From Kerala to Kent, Liberal Arts student Johan Mappumchery Babu journeyed to campus for the first time amid the uncertainty of Covid.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2714\/from-kerala-to-kent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read his story of determination and freedom.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Our staff kicked the year off with a bang!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We welcomed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/504\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/504\/ansorg-nadine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Nadine Ansorg<\/a> to her new role as Head of School! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2742\/welcoming-dr-nadine-ansorg-to-her-new-role-as-head-of-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2275\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2275\/toros-harmonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Harmonie Toros<\/a> joined Kent&#8217;s new Cyber Security Institute as Deputy Director.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2787\/polirs-harmonie-toros-joins-kents-new-cyber-security-institute-as-deputy-director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Charles Devellennes<\/a> published the first English language title on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bristoluniversitypress.co.uk\/the-gilets-jaunes-and-the-new-social-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilets Jaunes<\/a><strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2746\/charles-devellennes-publishes-first-english-language-title-on-the-gilets-jaunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Trump&#8217;s White House journey came to its end\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2596\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2596\/wroe-andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Andy Wroe<\/a> commented on Trump finally conceding. &#8220;Spinning the false argument that the election was stolen by Biden, Trump allows the transition but maintains that he\u2019s not a loser, because the election was stolen.&#8221;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2679\/spinning-the-false-argument-that-the-election-was-stolen-by-biden-trump-allows-the-transition-but-maintains-that-hes-not-a-loser-because-the-election-was-stolen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dr Andy Wroe was interviewed on\u00a0BBC Radio Kent about the legacy of the Trump presidency.\u00a0\u00a0What will be the lasting &#8216;headlines&#8217; of Trump\u2019s four years in office?<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2778\/what-will-be-the-lasting-headlines-of-trumps-four-years-in-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Listen to the interview<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Our minds were blown \u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A team of four Kent students including POLIR\u2019s Ben Treacy made it to the finals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyber912uk.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Cyber 9\/12 Strategy Challenge<\/a>.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2752\/kent-students-make-it-to-the-finals-of-uk-cyber-9-12-strategy-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out about the challenge<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>We asked our staff and students to volunteer some suggestions for holiday reading.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2733\/books-to-blow-your-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See if something grabs your attention!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2275\/toros-harmonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr\u202fHarmonie Toros<\/a> was awarded a Research Fellowship for National Resilience with the Government Communications Headquarters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gchq.gov.uk\/news\/gchq-fellows-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GCHQ<\/a>). Dr Toros plans to use her Fellowship to study the stories that are being told about men and women involved in violent extremism. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\/2686\/conflict-expert-harmonie-toros-partners-with-gchq-to-better-understand-violent-extremism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Politics and International Relations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn\u2019t stopped our staff and students! Here is a summary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/02\/01\/politics-and-international-relations-news-roundup\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61662,"featured_media":2816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[131000,131002,37],"tags":[1475,89231,441,70,397],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2811\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}