Dr Tom Vickers, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Northumbria University The deaths of at least 1,200 people in the last week, as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, have caused outrage in the European media, and protestations of concern from political leaders. Yet this scale of death was widely predicted whenContinue reading “European governments are responsible for the Mediterranean death toll”
Author Archives: Darryl Humble
Cake, coffee and community development: The Community Cafes initiative
Tackling Poverty and Inequality: Learning from International Practice for Changing North East Contexts On Tuesday 3rd March, we held the first of three community café events, part of a series of five events co-hosted by IPPR North (http://www.ippr.org/north/) and the Department of Social Sciences’ Centre for International Development (www.northumbria.ac.uk/cid), in partnership with three local communityContinue reading “Cake, coffee and community development: The Community Cafes initiative”
Reflections on a career in Sociology
I retired in 2010 as Head of Social Sciences after working for over 30 years as a lecturer in Sociology. My interest in sociology as a subject stems from my sociology degree started as a supposedly mature student in 1971 in what was then called North London Poly. I needed just 2 A-Levels (acquired byContinue reading “Reflections on a career in Sociology”
Reflecting on Chile
Dr Katy Jenkins’ post during her current research trip to Chile At the beginning of the week I found myself being briefed on the procedures for evacuation in case of earthquake, and the route out of town in case of a tsunami, and today I find that our trip into the mountains tomorrow requires highContinue reading “Reflecting on Chile”
Radical Valleys Radical Women
Dr Carol Stephens reflects on her recent contribution to the Radical Women event in Huddersfield When I was asked to contribute to a ‘Radical Valleys’ event in Huddersfield in October I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I’d agreed to talk about the rise of Feminism in the 1970s and 1980s in an event thatContinue reading “Radical Valleys Radical Women”