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Interest in our new ‘Engaging the Modern City’ module has spread to Hong Kong University

We were asked to write a brief blog about our first pilot year for Hong Kong University’s teaching newsletter which you can read beneath (courtesy of Dr Charlie Dannreuther, the module leader). HKU has been running experiential learning with students for some time; you can read our blog post about the module (written by Dr…

Evidence given to Constitution Committee inquiry on the legislative process

Professor Leston-Bandeira, co-director of the Centre for Democratic Engagement, was part of a group of experts who gave oral evidence to the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords, on public engagement with the legislative process, together with Dr Thompson (Surrey University). The invitation to give oral evidence followed the written evidence they had submitted…

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