I run an award-winning module at the University of Liverpool called Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry. You can read more here. I would like to thank Professor Maggie O’Neill and Dr Alison Jobe for the inspiration and all those at the original Sex Work Research Hub who helped me to design this module. I […]
September
23
Dr Gemma Ahearne
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Dr Gemma Ahearne receiving Teacher of the Year, HSS, Liverpool Guild of Students, 2023 Dr Gemma Ahearne, Dr Elham Amini, Matt Jones, Lib Golding, Emma Galt, Professor Matt Murphy winning Greatest Contribution to the Student Experience, University of Liverpool Staff Awards 2023. They were commended for Innovation of the Year, University of Liverpool Staff Awards […]
June
10
The Crucible and Covid
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“You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. This is a sharp time, now, a precise time—we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world” March 2020. It seems such […]
April
08
Easter: The Women Stayed
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If you want a steadfast love in your life, find yourself a woman. From my mother, friends, mentors, and circles of women who hold me in the light and sustain me, it is always the women who stayed. My faith grew much stronger during the pandemic but my belief in the church has taken a […]
March
25
Creative Consultants and Research Day
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Regular readers of the blog will know that I designed an alternative dissertation module that has cross-faculty learning. This is a 30 credit 3rd year module. Please watch our video here. I have blogged about it here at WonkHE. I have also blogged about it here at Times Higher. We have a case study, short […]
February
18
To Ash Wednesday
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Lent is a slow turning ourselves towards God. It is the season of Lent; a reckoning of how we see the world afresh through the lens of the cross. I love Lent. The feeling of waiting, anticipation, the taking up of our cross (I always take something up, not give up crisps), and the rollercoaster of emotions […]
November
26
Those who are first, will be last
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Tomorrow we enter the season of advent. We need the light and the hope, and I crave the cyclical comfort of the seasons. However we cannot ignore the crisis this country is in. So many people unable to heat their homes and feed their families. Elderly people frightened of their smart meters and avoiding boiling […]
September
24
Feed The People
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My attention was drawn tonight to a blogger with a large following claiming that nobody starves in the UK. The poor can eat gruel apparently (well I am being facetious but they recommend the poor purchase 1kg of oatmeal in order to avoid hunger). I am not going to share the post but you can […]
August
09
Being Human
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I have entered the second week of my annual leave and have got into the pace of slowing down and switching off (as much as a hyperactive brain can). The luxury of time to think and mull ideas over, marinate in the experiences of the pandemic and my hope for the future. Today I visited […]
August
03
Prima Facie
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***Trigger warning- this post discusses sexual violence and trauma *** Last night I finally saw National Theatre Live ‘Prima Facie’ starring the amazing Jodie Comer. Written by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin and presented by Empire Street productions, the play is a monologue of criminal barrrister Tessa (played by Comer). The play is described […]
July
09
Full circle
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Winning Lecturer of the Year (2022) at the University of Liverpool is my life going full circle. Thank you to my friends and colleagues Alex and Tan who accompanied me on the night. It was wonderful to see friends from across the university and I enjoyed celebrating your successes. Twenty years ago I first came […]
April
17
When the Dust Settles
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Professor Lucy Easthope is the country’s leading emergency planner/disaster expert. When the Dust Settles Stories of love, loss and hope from an expert in disaster was published by Hodder and Stoughton in April 2022. I was lucky to meet Lucy online during the start of the pandemic, which then resulted in meeting up when lockdown […]
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