When the shared parental leave scheme was introduced to UK workplaces six years ago, the intention – rightfully – was to get both parents involved in early childcare. Quite how this policy has panned out, though, hasContinue reading
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The importance of Twitter
Kat Langley attended the Association of Law Teachers (ALT) Annual Conference hosted virtually by Aston University. The conference theme was disrupting legal education. Kat has sat on the executive committee of the ALT for a number of years,Continue reading
Never stare directly at the sun
Kat Langley attended the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Conference, hosted online by Cardiff University. Kat was granted a bursary for attendance at the conference by Prof. Pat Tuitt. Kat presented her paper “Never stare directly at the sun: a practicalContinue reading
Budget 2021: experts react
Rishi Sunak has unveiled his second budget as UK chancellor a year into the coronavirus pandemic and during the worst economic collapse in centuries. Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi is one of a panel of experts toContinue reading
Africa, the European Union and China Towards a New Global Order – From Pandemic to Renewed Integration and Global Cooperation?
Edited by Jean-Marc Trouille, Leonidas Ndayisaba and Helen Trouille Studii Europene No 15 (2020) In three special issues of European Studies / Studii Europene, scholars from diverse horizons, covering a variety of disciplines, examine cooperationsContinue reading
The East African Community: Intraregional Integration and Relations with the EU
Edited by Jean-Marc Trouille, Helen Trouille and Penine Uwimbabzi (Routledge 2021). This book brings together African and European experts from a variety of disciplines to examine the origins and current state of the East AfricanContinue reading
Spending Review 2020: the experts react
Jobs By Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, Senior Lecturer, York Business School, York St John University Early on in his speech, the chancellor stated that, despite the pandemic, the UK still has one of the lowest unemploymentContinue reading
From reconciliation to regional integration. The Franco-German model and reconciliation in Rwanda
After 1945, France and Germany succeeded in overcoming their rivalry, a rivalry marked by numerous bloody conflicts, to heal the wounds of the past and work towards a common European future. Rwanda, after 1994, succeededContinue reading
UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world – here’s how to change this
Find out more about Dr Ernestine Gheyo Ndzi’s research on shared parental leave, breastfeeding and working mothers here.