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| 1 | Early childhood development – A blue ocean opportunity? | This talk was recorded as part of the Future of Business Series. | Tarun Varma, Laura White and Puja Balachander | 11 Jun 2019 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Navigating knowledge: new tools for the journey | Like the wind, knowledge can be difficult to see or grasp, but if well-harnessed, it can help us do extraordinary things. | Penny Mealy | 11 Jun 2019 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Unlocking digital competition | Is competition in the digital economy desirable? Does it currently exist? Is it possible? Is there anything policy can do? | Jason Furman | 11 Jun 2019 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | From global to local - the relationship between global climate and regional warming | Professor David Battisti, The Tamaki Endowed Chair of Atmospheric Sciences, will be talking about global climate sensitivity controlling regional warming uncertainty and its role in impacting on human health, particularly heat stress. | David Battisti | 04 Jun 2019 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | The Connections and Disconnections in Teacher Education Policy, Research and Practice Future Research Directions | This seminar examines the alignments and tensions between teacher education research, policy and practice. This is the sixth seminar in a series of eight public seminars on 'Future directions in teacher education research, practice and policy'. | Diane Mayer | 03 Jun 2019 |
| 6 | The failure of political journalism | In this seminar, Helen describes the seductive power of the collective narrative as being one of the most distorting forces in modern political journalism. | Helen Lewis | 31 May 2019 | |
| 7 | Creative Commons | The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration: Rethinking Key Moments | What explains the rise of investor-state arbitration? To the extent that investor-state arbitration had founding fathers, what were their motivations, what constraints did they have, what was their thinking? | Taylor St John | 31 May 2019 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | City region food systems: potential for impacting planetary boundaries and food security | Dr Mike Hamm will explore the opportunity for regional food systems in-and-around cities for mutual benefit. | Michael Hamm | 30 May 2019 |
| 9 | Episode 5: imagined futures | In today's podcast we delve into two different projects that engage with the theme of imagined futures. | Monica Degen, Professor John Wylie, Adam Michael Packer | 29 May 2019 | |
| 10 | Episode 4: storytelling | In this podcast, we trace the ways that storytelling threads through the discussions held throughout the conference. | Ayona Datta, Philippa Tipper and Clare Walton, Alice Watson | 29 May 2019 | |
| 11 | Episode 3: applications of digital visualising technologies | This podcast focuses on two examples of citizen participation, and interaction with, urban technologies. | Jennifer Gabrys, Adam Michael Packer, susa Pop | 29 May 2019 | |
| 12 | Episode 2: digital technologies and cultural heritage | In this podcast, we discuss the interaction between digital technologies and cultural heritage. | Kathryn Eccles, Padmini Ray Murray, Alice Watson | 29 May 2019 | |
| 13 | Creative Commons | OES Annual Lecture: The Quest for Better Teaching | This lecture explores why efforts to improve teaching too often fail and outlines new research on pedagogy and teacher development, which has been achieving promising signs of real change. | Jenny Gore (Visiting Professor, Department of Education) | 29 May 2019 |
| 14 | Episode 1: introducing digital - visual - cultural | Welcome to this series of podcasts designed to give you an insight into the University of Oxford’s digital - visual - cultural series of events. | Gillian Rose, Adam Michael Packer | 29 May 2019 | |
| 15 | Doing good while doing well - impact investing unpacked | What is behind the rise of impact investing and is the hype warranted? | Aunnie Patton Power | 29 May 2019 | |
| 16 | Reputation, trust and keeping watch | Inga Thordar, executive editor of CNN Digital International, talks about industry best practice in fact-checking standards, and the idea of telling the truth now constituting activism. | Inga Thordar | 24 May 2019 | |
| 17 | Comparative teacher education research: Global perspectives in teacher education past, present and future | Seminar five of eight in series "Future directions in teacher education research, practice and policy". | Maria Teresa Tatto | 22 May 2019 | |
| 18 | Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse | Sue Robinson, Professor of Journalism in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, explores the relationship between race, power and privilege in American journalism, in this seminar. | Sue Robinson | 17 May 2019 | |
| 19 | Populism in the Age of Brexit | Constitutional expert Prof Neil Walker tackles the thorny issue of issues of Brexit and the problems caused by populist politics | Denis Galligan, Neil Walker | 14 May 2019 | |
| 20 | Africa in transformation: economic development in the age of doubt with Prof Carlos Lopes | Carlos Lopes will deliver an overview of the critical development issues facing the African continent today. | Carlos Lopes | 13 May 2019 | |
| 21 | Making Change Happen - The Reform of Initial Teacher Education in Wales | This public seminar series considers teacher education reforms around the world in order to tease out future directions and possibilities for the relationships between teacher education policy, research and practice. | John Furlong | 13 May 2019 | |
| 22 | British media and populism, and Brexit | Trevor Kavanagh, political columnist at The Sun, talks us through the evolution of his newspaper’s editorial stance on Brexit over the decades, from the early Common Market to the ERM, ECU and EU referendum. | Trevor Kavanagh | 10 May 2019 | |
| 23 | When business and karma collide | Simon Coley and Albert Tucker of Karma Cola tell the Future of Business podcast how they built a company, a foundation, and a "virtuous circle," bringing organic sodas to consumers and vital investment to communities in Sierra Leone. | Simon Coley, Albert Tucker | 08 May 2019 | |
| 24 | Creative Commons | Sir Tim Hitchens and Tony Rayns on Hirokazu Kore-eda's film The Third Murder and the death penalty in Japan | Former UK Ambassador to Tokyo Sir Tim Hitchens and East Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns introduce a FLJS Films screening of Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2017 film The Third Murder | Tim Hitchens, Tony Rayns | 08 May 2019 |
| 25 | Why don’t we take women as seriously as men? | Mary Ann Sieghart, Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, shares with us anecdotal and statistical evidence in this talk highlighting gender-respect inequality in the newsroom and other settings. | Mary Ann Sieghart | 07 May 2019 | |
| 26 | The Internalisation of Investment Treaties and the Rule of Law Promise | Investment treaties are often said to have two principal effects for the states that enter into them. First, it is asserted that investment treaties act to increase levels of foreign investment in host states. | Jansen Calamita | 07 May 2019 | |
| 27 | Due Diligence: An Obligation under International Law | This talk will examine the legal nature of due diligence, namely whether it is a free-standing obligation under customary international law or a standard by which compliance with specific obligations may be assessed. | Vladyslav Lanovoy | 07 May 2019 | |
| 28 | Creative Commons | Classroom-based Interventions Across Subject Areas: Research to Understand What Works in Education | Seminar two of eight in series "Future directions in teacher education research, practice and policy". This seminar is based on a recent book, which aims to help researchers and practitioners understand how and why interventions can be successful or not. | Gabriel Stylianides, Ian Thompson, Katharine Burn, Nicholas Andrews | 07 May 2019 |
| 29 | The Post-Populist Constitution: Reassessing the Place of the People | Professor Denis Galligan, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, delivers the 2018 Max Watson Annual Lecture at Wolfson College, on the constitutional consequences of the rise in populist movements around the world. | Denis Galligan | 30 Apr 2019 | |
| 30 | Creative Commons | Future of workspaces, connected devices and smart cities | We interviewed Vanessa Lee Butz, CEO and Founder of District Technologies to understand what smart cities are and what the connected future would look like? | Vanessa Lee Butz | 29 Apr 2019 |
| 31 | From victims to suspects - representations of Muslim women | Dr Shakira Hussein is a writer and researcher at the University of Melbourne's National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies. In this talk she looks at how Muslim women are represented in the media from Australia to the UK. | Shakira Hussein | 29 Apr 2019 | |
| 32 | Who drives change in Africa? | In the second of our special two-part episode, we learn about Africa’s competitive advantages, shifting demographics, and the leadership challenges and opportunities faced by young people and women. | Vera Songwe, Kola Adesina, Erik Hersman | 16 Apr 2019 | |
| 33 | OSEF 2019: Rise of the robots | OSEF 2019: Rise of the Robots with Ingmar Posner (Oxbotica), Boris Krumrey (UiPath), Samer Al Moubayed (Furhat Robotics) | Ingmar Posner, Boris Krumrey | 12 Apr 2019 | |
| 34 | OSEF 2019: Making smart cities smarter | OSEF 2019: Making smart cities smarter with Amir Elichai (Carbyne), Vanessa Lee Butz (District Technologies), Eugenie Teasley (Uber) | Amir Elichai, Vanessa Lee Butz, Eugenie Teasley | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 35 | OSEF 2019: FinTech: Disrupting the financial system from the outside or the inside? | OSEF 2019: FinTech: Disrupting the financial system from the outside or the inside? WEith Diana Biggs (HSBC), Nick Ogden (ClearBank), Karen Kerrigan (Seedrs), Francesca Carlesi (Molo) | Diana Biggs, Nick Ogden, Karen Kerrigan, Francesca Carlesi | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 36 | OSEF 2019: When creativity and tech collide | OSEF 2019: When creativity and tech collide, with Maria Tanjala (FilmChain), Robert Norton (Verisart) and Isabel Garvey (Abbey Road Studios) | Maria Tanjala, Robert Norton, Isabel Garvey | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 37 | OSEF 2019: Panel Discussion How can entrepreneurship drive social innovation? | OSEF 2019: Panel Discussion How can entrepreneurship drive social innovation? With Robert Opp (United Nations World Food Programme) and Bill Cummings (Cummings Foundation). | Robert Opp, Bill Cummings | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 38 | OSEF 2019: Panel discussion: 12 years, 1.5 degrees: Innovation for sustainable energy | OSEF 2019: Panel discussion: 12 years, 1.5 degrees: Innovation for sustainable energy with Nikhil Nair (M-Kopa), Shalini Rao (Generation) and Nicky Chambers (Origen Power) | Nikhil Nair, Shalini Rao, Nicky Chambers | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 39 | OSEF 2019: Keynote: Philip Sheppard and Chris Walch, Lifescore, in conversation with Professor Thomas Hellmann, Saïd Business School | Keynote: Philip Sheppard and Chris Walch, Lifescore, in conversation with Professor Thomas Hellmann, Saïd Business School | Philip Sheppard, Chris Walch, Thomas Hellmann | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 40 | OSEF 2019 - Pitching competition | Introduced by Jenny Tooth OBE - CEO of UK Business Angels Association and announcement of winning team of pitching competition - Introduced by Oliver Csendes, Pioneers. | Jenny Tooth, Oliver Csendes | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 41 | OSEF 2019: Keynote: Imagine - The journey of Shazam | OSEF 2019: Keynote: Imagine - The journey of Shazam, with Dhiraj Mukherjee, Co-Founder Shazam | Dhiraj Mukherjee | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 42 | OSEF 2019: Introduction to the afternoon keynote session | OSEF 2019: Introduction to the afternoon keynote session, with Dean Peter Tufano, Saïd Business School | Dean Peter Tufano | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 43 | OSEF 2019: Keynote: Can mindfulness take place in the contemporary world? | Oxford Said Entrepreneurship Forum 2019: Keynote: Can mindfulness take place in the contemporary world? Rich Pierson, CEO and Co-Founder of Headspace in conversation with Professor Willem Kuyken, University of Oxford. | Rich Pierson | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 44 | OSEF 2019 - Welcome to OSEF 'Keep calm and carry on' | OSEF 2019 - Welcome to OSEF 'Keep calm and carry on' with Dean Peter Tufano, Saïd Business School. | Dean Peter Tufano | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 45 | A closer future for Africa? | As countries across Africa vote on ratification of the landmark Continental Free Trade Agreement, we learn more about what's at stake for the continent in the first of a special two-part episode. | Vera Songwe, Kola Adesina, Erik Hersman | 05 Apr 2019 | |
| 46 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 3: Israel: a dialogue between Yehouda Shenhav (Tel Aviv) and Yaacov Yadgar (Oxford) | Yehouda Shenhav and Yaacov Yadgar discuss the uses and misuses of a discourse on “Judaism” in Israel. Session 3 in a series of three. | Yehouda Shenhav, Yuval Evri, Yaacov Yadgar | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 47 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 2: Liberalism and Secularism: a dialogue between Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern) and Yolanda Jansen (Amsterdam) | Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Yolande Jansen discuss the notion of the “secular,” liberal politics of the nation-state. Session 2 in a series of three | Elisabeth Shakman Hurd, Yolande Jansen | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 48 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 1 Religion and Politics: a dialogue between William Cavanaugh (DePaul) and Timothy Fitzgerald (Centre for Critical Research on Religion) | Timothy Fitzgerald and William Cavanaugh discuss the politics and history of the conceptual duality and its current usages. First session in a series of three | Timothy Fitzgerald, William Cavanaugh | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 49 | Creative Commons | On Purpose and Profit: Deciphering the Economics of Mutuality | What is the right level of profit for a company? | Bruno Roche | 26 Mar 2019 |
| 50 | Creative Commons | All Souls Seminar Series: The Sexual Politics of Anti-Trafficking Discourse | The Sexual Politics of Anti-Trafficking Discourse | Prabha Kotiswaran | 13 Mar 2019 |
| 51 | Lighting up Africa | There are currently over one billion people without access to electricity. A significant number of these people live in Africa where inadequate infrastructure restricts access. | Greta Talbot-Jones, Laurence Copson | 12 Mar 2019 | |
| 52 | Student Access to Colleges at the University of Oxford | Seminar led by a panel of heads of colleges and senior tutors to discuss Oxford's student selection process | Ivor Crewe, Helen King, Alan Rusbridger, Maggie Snowling | 07 Mar 2019 | |
| 53 | Creative Commons | Avner Offer: Quality of Life and Well-being in Israel Today | Avner offer discusses how to measure -- and how to understand the measurements -- of quality of life and well-being in Israel. | Avner Offer | 06 Mar 2019 |
| 54 | Creative Commons | Eyal Chowers - The emerging notion of sovereignty in contemporary Israel | Eyal Chowers considers Israeli democracy, liberalism, and the emerging notion of sovereignty in the state | Eyal Chowers | 06 Mar 2019 |
| 55 | Creative Commons | Unmasking Africana in British Art | ASC seminar by Kimathi Donkor | Kimathi Donkor | 05 Mar 2019 |
| 56 | Interpretation of Security Council Resolutions and the Status of Explanation of Votes | Even though UN Security Council resolutions may have major consequences for the disputes and states concerned, some of the resolutions are ambiguous in their meaning. | Mark Klamberg | 05 Mar 2019 | |
| 57 | Promoting fairer access to higher education: the necessity of contextualised admissions | The ethical case for reducing entry requirements for disadvantaged learners | Vikki Boliver, Andrew Bell, Peter Thonemann, Neil Harrison | 05 Mar 2019 | |
| 58 | Should the state pay for journalism? | Polly Curtis considers how journalism has become unsustainable and what role the state should play in making it widely available | Polly Curtis | 05 Mar 2019 | |
| 59 | Guy Burton - Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1947' | How have rising power engaged with the Arab-Israeli conflict? What does this tell us about rising powers and conflict management as well as their behaviour in international politics more generally? | Guy Burton | 27 Feb 2019 | |
| 60 | Ibrahim Khatib - Identity, Conflict perception and Reconciliation in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict | Ibrahim Khatib discusses the correlations between identity, conflict perception, and willingness to reconcile. | Ibrahim Khatib | 27 Feb 2019 | |
| 61 | Rethinking Teacher Education - The Problem with Accountability | Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith argues why we need to “reclaim” teacher education accountability for the profession and in support of the larger democratic project. | Marilyn Cochran-Smith | 26 Feb 2019 | |
| 62 | The Alseran Ruling One Year On; Session 2: A Critical Assessment of Recent Investigations and Prevention Efforts | On the first anniversary of the Alseran ruling, where it was found that detainees in British military custody in Iraq had suffered inhuman and degrading treatment, and had been unlawfully detained. | Thomas Obel Hansen, Elizabeth Stubbins Bates, Dapo Akande | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| 63 | The Alseran Ruling One Year On; Session 1: Alseran in Context | On the first anniversary of the Alseran ruling, where it was found that detainees in British military custody in Iraq had suffered inhuman and degrading treatment, and had been unlawfully detained. | Liora Lazarus, Nicholas Mercer, Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Melanie Jacques | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| 64 | Regime Interaction in Ocean Governance | Oceans are increasingly under pressure; be it for the multiplication and diversification of economic activities performed at sea, for the consequences of climate change, or for the deterioration of their environmental health. | Seline Trevisanut | 22 Feb 2019 | |
| 65 | FMR 60 - General - Implementing the Global Compacts: the importance of a whole-of-society approach | The global community must now take incisive, coordinated action through a whole-of-society approach to push forward the effective implementation of the two Global Compacts. | Tamara Domicelj, Carolina Gottardo | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 66 | FMR 60 - General - Localisation: we are frustrated, not stupid! | The Grand Bargain promises much but an inherent lack of trust in the international system is hampering local capacity building. | Listowell Efe Usen | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 67 | FMR 60 Evidence for education in emergencies: who decides and why it matters | Analysis of educational research funding proposals submitted to Dubai Cares, a global education funder, indicates an alarming absence of input from local actors and end-users at all steps of the process. | Nadeen Alalami | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 68 | FMR 60 - Feasible measurement of learning in emergencies: lessons from Uganda | A new assessment tool aims to provide a rapid, holistic understanding of displaced learners' needs. | Nikhit D'Sa, Allyson Krupar, Clay Westrope | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 69 | FMR 60 - Improving learning environments in emergencies through community participation | An education in emergencies toolkit developed by Save the Children looks at how learning environments can be improved through community participation. | Zeina Bali | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 70 | FMR 60 - Schooling gaps for Syrian refugees in Turkey | Turkey and the wider international community must address gaps in educational provision so that Syrian refugees can access appropriate opportunities to learn. | Melissa Hauber-Özer | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 71 | FMR 60 - Navigating curricula choices for Palestine refugees | Curriculum choices matter greatly in countries that host large number of refugees for increasingly long periods of time. | Jo Kelcey | 20 Feb 2019 | |
| 72 | FMR 60 - Street schools and school buses: informal education provision in France | In the face of increasingly limited access to schooling for asylum seekers and migrants in France, volunteer initiatives have sprung up to provide much-needed informal education. | Maria Hagan | 19 Feb 2019 | |
| 73 | FMR 60 - Early childhood development and psychosocial support in Syria | Programming for early childhood development and psychosocial support needs to be able to evolve in order to cater for changing needs and to respond to emerging challenges. | Fatima Khaddour | 19 Feb 2019 | |
| 74 | FMR 60 - Foreword: Education – a humanitarian and development imperative | For far too long, donors and the international community have neglected education in humanitarian response. Switzerland was no exception. Food, water, health and shelter were the usual priorities during emergencies, while education was considered more of | Manuel Bessler | 19 Feb 2019 | |
| 75 | FMR 60 - Gender equality in education in emergencies | Evidence from programming built around this framework shows how a gender-responsive approach can alleviate the particular risks that face girls and boys during crisis and displacement. | Eva Iversen, Else Oestergaard | 19 Feb 2019 | |
| 76 | Creative Commons | All Souls: 'Pervasive Punishment' Making sense of mass supervision | Fergus McNeill introduces the main arguments from his recent book explaining the meanings of 'mass supervision’ and outlining its scale and social distribution, the processes by which it has been legitimated and its significance as a penal phenomenon. | Fergus McNeill | 19 Feb 2019 |
| 77 | Davos Doom and Gloom | This year's World Economic Forum was punctuated by an overall sense of pessimism and concern for the future. One attendee, Oxford Saïd Business School Dean Peter Tufano, gives his take on the state of business. | Peter Tufano | 19 Feb 2019 | |
| 78 | Diving Deep. Slow News and Reader Engagement | Chris Cook of 'slow news' start-up Tortoise on providing an alternative to the 24/7 news cycle | Chris Cook | 18 Feb 2019 | |
| 79 | India's Social Media Elections | Dr Vidya Narayanan of the Oxford Internet Institute on how India's 2019 general elections will be affected by the influence of social media | Vidya Narayanan | 18 Feb 2019 | |
| 80 | The politics of distribution in Ethiopia's 'developmental state' | ASC seminar by Tom Lavers | Tom Lavers | 16 Feb 2019 | |
| 81 | Public health and gender: Assumptions, disjunctures in practice, and implications for HIV prevention within marriages in Kenya | ASC seminar by Roseanne Njiru | Roseanne Njiru | 16 Feb 2019 | |
| 82 | Access and Participation at Postgraduate level: research findings and their implications for policy and practice | This seminar will review the evidence on access to postgraduate study, identify what this might mean for funders, universities and their communities, and outline outstanding gaps in our knowledge. | Paul Wakeling, Mike Bonsall, Nick Brown, Paul Martin | 13 Feb 2019 | |
| 83 | From village chickens to maternal and child health | A UBVO seminar presented by Robyn Alders (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney) in July 2018. | Robyn Alders | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 84 | Marion Nestle and Claude Fischler in conversation about commensality and the soda tax, Tokyo | A conversation for UBVO between Professor Marion Nestle (NYU Steinhardt) and Professor Claude Fischler (CNRS, Paris), December 2018. | Marion Nestle, Claude Fischler | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 85 | Corporations and Human Rights Regulation | This talk will consider the regulation of corporations for the human rights impacts of their activities. | Robert McCorquodale | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 86 | Northern Borders: Addressing Immigration Detention, Deportation, and Degradation in Scandinavia and the UK | Annika Lindberg Shahram Khosravi and Victoria Canning give a talk for the Border Criminologies series on 22nd January 2019. | Annika Lindberg, Shahram Khosravi, Victoria Canning | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 87 | Sociality and aging | Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) gave this presentation at the Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Dublin, in 2018 | Stanley Ulijaszek | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 88 | How could it be otherwise? The body as a resource for exploring the past | A UBVO seminar given by Dr Caroline Potter of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, on 10 May 2018. | Caroline Potter | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 89 | Ultra-processed Foods, Big Food and the Corporate Capture of Nutrition | A UBVO seminar given by Gyprgy Scrinis of the University of Melbourne on 31 October 2018. | Gyorgy Scrinis | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 90 | An interview with Professor Meg Warin on 'the Australian Senate Inquiry into Obesity' | An interview for UBVO with Professor Meg Warin, University of Adelaide, 8 October 2018 | Meg Warin | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 91 | A cognitive profile of obesity and its translation into new cognitive-behavioural health care interventions | A UBVO seminar by Anita Jansen, Professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology at Maastricht University, given 13 June 2018 | Anita Jansen | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 92 | An interview with Andrew Ross on 'The future of bread' | An interview with Professor Andrew Ross (Food Science and Technology Department, Oregon State University) for the UBVO 'Instruments and Institutions' series. July 2018. | Andrew Ross | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| 93 | Access and Participation in English HE: A Fair and Equal Opportunity for All? | The seminar will identify how universities and government have sought to make progress in this area during the last two decades and the patterns of participation arising from this. | Simon Marginson, Chris Millward, Martin Williams | 11 Feb 2019 | |
| 94 | Creative Commons | Menachem Klein - Abbas' Leadership in a State Postponed | Menachem Klein discusses the political biography and leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. | Menachem Klein | 06 Feb 2019 |
| 95 | Neo banks vs traditional banks - Are we witnessing disruption in the banking industry? | Can banks survive without caring about customers? | Tom Blomfield, Alice Truswell | 06 Feb 2019 | |
| 96 | Short and strong: Making the Economist Espresso | Lane Greene, language columnist and editor of the Economist's daily briefing, Espresso, on creating the ultra-concise news app and email | Lane Greene | 05 Feb 2019 | |
| 97 | Creative Commons | The Coldest Story Ever Told: Kanye and the Up Next Algorithm | Caithlin Mercer, Managing Editor, Yahoo!, uses the hip-hop star as an example of how social media's algorithms can enforce biased perspectives | Caithlin Mercer | 01 Feb 2019 |
| 98 | The 2020 UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review: strengthening or strangling the system? | Following a difficult and protracted process, in 2014 the UNGA adopted Resolution 68/268 which set out to strengthen the UN human rights treaty body system. | Malcolm Evans | 01 Feb 2019 | |
| 99 | A Rational Approach to Evidence-Based Decision Making in Education Policy | If education policy-making is based strictly on rigorous evidence there is a risk of bias towards simple, discrete, measurable interventions. We present a framework for considering inconclusive evidence. | Matthew Jukes | 01 Feb 2019 | |
| 100 | FMR 60 - From the editors | In this issue of FMR, authors from around the world debate how better to enable access to quality education both in emergency settings and in resettlement and asylum contexts. | Marion Couldrey, Jenny Peebles | 01 Feb 2019 |
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