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RECKONING proves real change *is* possible, bursting with inspiring #EDI success stories from prisons, boardrooms and college campuses. - Ginny Mills, Senior Commissioning Editor
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
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🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
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Looking forward to my trip to London! See you next week!
RECKONING proves real change *is* possible, bursting with inspiring #EDI success stories from prisons, boardrooms and college campuses. - Ginny Mills, Senior Commissioning Editor
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
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This year’s UP Week blog tour theme is, Who TeamsUP for Your Press?
Paul Lindley exemplifies this by making 'Raising the Nation' open access, promoting knowledge-sharing and inclusion. Available 13 November 2025.
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Paul Lindley exemplifies this by making 'Raising the Nation' open access, promoting knowledge-sharing and inclusion. Available 13 November 2025.
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Teaming up to raise the nation: Open access and the power of collaboration - Transforming Society
Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', is making his book open access to demonstrate how collaboration and free knowledge-sharing can promote inclusion, amplify impact, and inspire real social change for children and society.
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This year’s UP Week blog tour theme is, Who TeamsUP for Your Press?
Paul Lindley exemplifies this by making 'Raising the Nation' open access, promoting knowledge-sharing and inclusion. Available 13 November 2025.
https://ow.ly/ztjl50Xojea
Paul Lindley exemplifies this by making 'Raising the Nation' open access, promoting knowledge-sharing and inclusion. Available 13 November 2025.
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Lord Hain, who was the Labour MP for Neath from 1991 to 2015, has just published his latest book,
'Liberation and Corruption'. It argues there is a continuum between colonial era corruption and latter-day criminality on a global scale.
https://ow.ly/Qhbt50Xncnx
'Liberation and Corruption'. It argues there is a continuum between colonial era corruption and latter-day criminality on a global scale.
https://ow.ly/Qhbt50Xncnx
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Lord Hain, who was the Labour MP for Neath from 1991 to 2015, has just published his latest book,
'Liberation and Corruption'. It argues there is a continuum between colonial era corruption and latter-day criminality on a global scale.
https://ow.ly/Qhbt50Xncnx
'Liberation and Corruption'. It argues there is a continuum between colonial era corruption and latter-day criminality on a global scale.
https://ow.ly/Qhbt50Xncnx
Work in #PublicPolicy?
Learn how to write compelling #PolicyBriefings that influence decision-makers and create real impact.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/author-hub/promoting-your-book/writing-a-policy-briefing
Learn how to write compelling #PolicyBriefings that influence decision-makers and create real impact.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/author-hub/promoting-your-book/writing-a-policy-briefing
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Work in #PublicPolicy?
Learn how to write compelling #PolicyBriefings that influence decision-makers and create real impact.
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Learn how to write compelling #PolicyBriefings that influence decision-makers and create real impact.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/author-hub/promoting-your-book/writing-a-policy-briefing
Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', is making his book #OpenAccess to demonstrate how collaboration and free knowledge-sharing can promote inclusion, amplify impact, and inspire real #SocialChange for children and society.
https://ow.ly/HkGJ50Xoj6z
https://ow.ly/HkGJ50Xoj6z
Teaming up to raise the nation: Open access and the power of collaboration - Transforming Society
Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', is making his book open access to demonstrate how collaboration and free knowledge-sharing can promote inclusion, amplify impact, and inspire real social change for children and society.
ow.ly
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', is making his book #OpenAccess to demonstrate how collaboration and free knowledge-sharing can promote inclusion, amplify impact, and inspire real #SocialChange for children and society.
https://ow.ly/HkGJ50Xoj6z
https://ow.ly/HkGJ50Xoj6z
"The #ANC, once a beacon of freedom, now faces systemic corruption, says Peter Hain, who urges #SouthAfricans to fight back personally."
Peter Hain, author of 'Liberation and Corruption', for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/vT8Q50Xnb8W
Peter Hain, author of 'Liberation and Corruption', for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/vT8Q50Xnb8W
Peter Hain slams ANC corruption in new book | The Citizen
The ANC, once a beacon of freedom, now faces systemic corruption, says Peter Hain, who urges South Africans to fight back personally.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"The #ANC, once a beacon of freedom, now faces systemic corruption, says Peter Hain, who urges #SouthAfricans to fight back personally."
Peter Hain, author of 'Liberation and Corruption', for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/vT8Q50Xnb8W
Peter Hain, author of 'Liberation and Corruption', for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/vT8Q50Xnb8W
🌟Launch of Reckoning: Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy.
Join @TerriGivens as she discusses creating a positive environment using the #RadicalEmpathy approach.
#AntiRacist #BLM #Racism
📍New Beacon Books, Tues, Nov 11, 7 - 9 pm: https://ow.ly/MoEf50X9KuY
Join @TerriGivens as she discusses creating a positive environment using the #RadicalEmpathy approach.
#AntiRacist #BLM #Racism
📍New Beacon Books, Tues, Nov 11, 7 - 9 pm: https://ow.ly/MoEf50X9KuY
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌟Launch of Reckoning: Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy.
Join @TerriGivens as she discusses creating a positive environment using the #RadicalEmpathy approach.
#AntiRacist #BLM #Racism
📍New Beacon Books, Tues, Nov 11, 7 - 9 pm: https://ow.ly/MoEf50X9KuY
Join @TerriGivens as she discusses creating a positive environment using the #RadicalEmpathy approach.
#AntiRacist #BLM #Racism
📍New Beacon Books, Tues, Nov 11, 7 - 9 pm: https://ow.ly/MoEf50X9KuY
"This is probably one of the most important books published this year. We live between its pages, but our country is not alone, either."
'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/uLHI50XnbXT
'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/uLHI50XnbXT
Liberation to looting: Peter Hain on why freedom movements like the ANC fail | The Citizen
South Africans lament corruption, but Peter Hain's new book argues it’s the fate of liberation movements like the ANC, doomed to fail.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"This is probably one of the most important books published this year. We live between its pages, but our country is not alone, either."
'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/uLHI50XnbXT
'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain for The Citizen: https://ow.ly/uLHI50XnbXT
Peter Hain discusses his new book 'Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail', which reflects on the challenges of staying true to the values of liberation struggles.
Read in @City Press: https://ow.ly/9hVa50XnarI
Read in @City Press: https://ow.ly/9hVa50XnarI
Peter Hain | Why liberation movements fail when they get into power | News24
Peter Hain’s new book, Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements fail tackles a thorny global question of liberation movements transitioning to governing parties in various countries. In this opinion piece he gives a sense of why.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Peter Hain discusses his new book 'Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail', which reflects on the challenges of staying true to the values of liberation struggles.
Read in @City Press: https://ow.ly/9hVa50XnarI
Read in @City Press: https://ow.ly/9hVa50XnarI
"If history often rhymes, as Mark Twain once said, then Tom Bewick’s book, 'Skills Policy in England and the Future of Work', is a poignant poem of political déjà vu that should be required reading for our skills policymakers and shapers."
https://ow.ly/iTWL50Xn9hq
https://ow.ly/iTWL50Xn9hq
Tom Bewick: Skills Policy in Britain and the Future of Work
Civil service sabotage, policy churn, and a culture of snobbery towards FE – Bewick’s forensic dive into 4,000 declassified documents reveals how decades of skills reform have been doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"If history often rhymes, as Mark Twain once said, then Tom Bewick’s book, 'Skills Policy in England and the Future of Work', is a poignant poem of political déjà vu that should be required reading for our skills policymakers and shapers."
https://ow.ly/iTWL50Xn9hq
https://ow.ly/iTWL50Xn9hq
Political and business leaders have studiously avoided planning for population ageing, even though it poses a serious threat to financial stability.
Giles Merritt, author of 'Timebomb' for Project Syndicate: https://ow.ly/byI550Xn9AP
Giles Merritt, author of 'Timebomb' for Project Syndicate: https://ow.ly/byI550Xn9AP
Europe Must Address Its Disastrous Demographics
Giles Merritt urges political and business leaders to plan for population aging before it causes financial collapse.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Political and business leaders have studiously avoided planning for population ageing, even though it poses a serious threat to financial stability.
Giles Merritt, author of 'Timebomb' for Project Syndicate: https://ow.ly/byI550Xn9AP
Giles Merritt, author of 'Timebomb' for Project Syndicate: https://ow.ly/byI550Xn9AP
Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how lived experience can be harnessed to support the development of #Health and #Care policy and practice.
https://ow.ly/vRwF50Xn92G
https://ow.ly/vRwF50Xn92G
How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how lived experience can be harnessed to support the development of health and care policy and practice.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how lived experience can be harnessed to support the development of #Health and #Care policy and practice.
https://ow.ly/vRwF50Xn92G
https://ow.ly/vRwF50Xn92G
Margaret Heffernan, author of 'Embracing Uncertainty', argues that #Artists thrive amid uncertainty, and their creativity and openness to the unknown offer vital lessons for how society can navigate today’s unpredictable world.
🎧Listen here: https://ow.ly/9IA750Xn88L
🎧Listen here: https://ow.ly/9IA750Xn88L
Festival of Ideas 1: Margaret Heffernan on Artists and Navigating Uncertainty
An interview with Andrew Kelly
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Margaret Heffernan, author of 'Embracing Uncertainty', argues that #Artists thrive amid uncertainty, and their creativity and openness to the unknown offer vital lessons for how society can navigate today’s unpredictable world.
🎧Listen here: https://ow.ly/9IA750Xn88L
🎧Listen here: https://ow.ly/9IA750Xn88L
RECKONING proves real change *is* possible, bursting with inspiring #EDI success stories from prisons, boardrooms and college campuses. - Ginny Mills, Senior Commissioning Editor
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
RECKONING proves real change *is* possible, bursting with inspiring #EDI success stories from prisons, boardrooms and college campuses. - Ginny Mills, Senior Commissioning Editor
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)
https://ow.ly/Hycq50XmpZy
Book Launch: Diverse Transnational Care.
Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate.
🔓Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/T9Jh50XeRLS
🎟️Nov 7, 2025 04:00 PM: https://ow.ly/LQ2850XeRLR
Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate.
🔓Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/T9Jh50XeRLS
🎟️Nov 7, 2025 04:00 PM: https://ow.ly/LQ2850XeRLR
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Book Launch: Diverse Transnational Care.
Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate.
🔓Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/T9Jh50XeRLS
🎟️Nov 7, 2025 04:00 PM: https://ow.ly/LQ2850XeRLR
Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate.
🔓Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/T9Jh50XeRLS
🎟️Nov 7, 2025 04:00 PM: https://ow.ly/LQ2850XeRLR
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"although the corrupt acts may happen or be perpetrated in the Global South, the money doesn't stay in the Global South"
Baroness Patricia Scotland with us, Lord Peter Hain, @policyatkings.bsky.social, and @policypress.bsky.social this week discussing corruption
📺 ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/k_4DigJ...
Baroness Patricia Scotland with us, Lord Peter Hain, @policyatkings.bsky.social, and @policypress.bsky.social this week discussing corruption
📺 ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/k_4DigJ...
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"although the corrupt acts may happen or be perpetrated in the Global South, the money doesn't stay in the Global South"
Baroness Patricia Scotland with us, Lord Peter Hain, @policyatkings.bsky.social, and @policypress.bsky.social this week discussing corruption
📺 ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/k_4DigJ...
Baroness Patricia Scotland with us, Lord Peter Hain, @policyatkings.bsky.social, and @policypress.bsky.social this week discussing corruption
📺 ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/k_4DigJ...
In 'Reckoning', Terri Givens defies the claim that #BLM brought no real change.
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/2VaJ50Xfwcc
💻Learn more: https://ow.ly/3b6M50Xfwca
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/2VaJ50Xfwcc
💻Learn more: https://ow.ly/3b6M50Xfwca
Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy
In 'Reckoning: Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy', Terri Givens combats the narrative that no meaningful change has happened following the Bla...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In 'Reckoning', Terri Givens defies the claim that #BLM brought no real change.
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/2VaJ50Xfwcc
💻Learn more: https://ow.ly/3b6M50Xfwca
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/2VaJ50Xfwcc
💻Learn more: https://ow.ly/3b6M50Xfwca
One of the most significant ways that #SocialWorkers can engage with policy is by holding elected office. How and why do social workers transition into political roles?
Publishing #OpenAccess: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-workers-in-political-office
Publishing #OpenAccess: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-workers-in-political-office
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the most significant ways that #SocialWorkers can engage with policy is by holding elected office. How and why do social workers transition into political roles?
Publishing #OpenAccess: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-workers-in-political-office
Publishing #OpenAccess: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-workers-in-political-office
It’s worth thinking about this pre-NHS landscape of health care in Britain, as we weigh up the dire state of social care and support for family carers today.
#SocialCare #NHS #Carers
https://ow.ly/QmCx50XiVL9
#SocialCare #NHS #Carers
https://ow.ly/QmCx50XiVL9
What we get wrong about unpaid carers - Transforming Society
The UK’s failure to provide universal social care, despite the immense value of unpaid care, reflects a deep political neglect and lack of recognition for carers' needs and rights.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It’s worth thinking about this pre-NHS landscape of health care in Britain, as we weigh up the dire state of social care and support for family carers today.
#SocialCare #NHS #Carers
https://ow.ly/QmCx50XiVL9
#SocialCare #NHS #Carers
https://ow.ly/QmCx50XiVL9
We're thrilled to share a few photos from the launch of 'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain at King’s College London. 📚
The evening was filled with insightful discussion on freedom movements, liberation struggles and more.
Watch the full recording here: https://ow.ly/5wLl50XkwER
The evening was filled with insightful discussion on freedom movements, liberation struggles and more.
Watch the full recording here: https://ow.ly/5wLl50XkwER
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're thrilled to share a few photos from the launch of 'Liberation and Corruption' by Peter Hain at King’s College London. 📚
The evening was filled with insightful discussion on freedom movements, liberation struggles and more.
Watch the full recording here: https://ow.ly/5wLl50XkwER
The evening was filled with insightful discussion on freedom movements, liberation struggles and more.
Watch the full recording here: https://ow.ly/5wLl50XkwER
In 'Reckoning', Terri Givens rejects the idea that #BLM made no real impact.
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/Shel50XfxIG
🗨️Terri examines #EDI and its impact: https://ow.ly/7M4p50XfxIF
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/Shel50XfxIG
🗨️Terri examines #EDI and its impact: https://ow.ly/7M4p50XfxIF
How to Turn the Tide on the Racial Backlash Against EDI (DEI)
In an age of escalating culture wars and political polarisation, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) efforts face increasing backlash. Join us for a crucia...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In 'Reckoning', Terri Givens rejects the idea that #BLM made no real impact.
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/Shel50XfxIG
🗨️Terri examines #EDI and its impact: https://ow.ly/7M4p50XfxIF
Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy at New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 PM.
🎟️Find tickets: https://ow.ly/Shel50XfxIG
🗨️Terri examines #EDI and its impact: https://ow.ly/7M4p50XfxIF
Discover how social science shapes the world we live in. Listen in for engaging discussions, fresh perspectives, and research that matters. #SocialScience #Podcast
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Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges. We get to…
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