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The First Lockdown Christmas Mystery (#4)

The mystery continues today in Simon Lee's Christmas series. It is running in five daily parts this week. You can find part one here , part two here and part three here.

16th December 2021
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The First Lockdown Christmas Mystery (#3)

The mystery continues today in Simon Lee's Christmas series. It is running in five daily parts this week. You can find part one here and part two here.

15th December 2021
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The First Lockdown Christmas Mystery (#2)

Last year, Simon Lee encouraged students and practitioners of the law to try writing a Christmas mystery short story We asked him to have a go himself. His story, set in lockdown last Christmas, is running in five daily parts this week. You can find part one here.

14th December 2021

The First Lockdown Christmas Mystery

Last year, Simon Lee encouraged students and practitioners of the law to try writing a Christmas mystery short story We asked him to have a go himself. His story, set in lockdown last Christmas, is running in five daily parts this week.

13th December 2021
Ahmed Kadry

Learning from each other: Opportunities and challenges working with a policing force

Ahmed Kadry is the Qualification Lead for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, one of the new entry routes in becoming a police officer. He writes on the opportunities and challenges in working closely with a police force to enable student officers to apply their degree learning in the workplace.

30th November 2021
Gillian and OU representatives at COP26

COP 26 The “interim” Final Reckoning

Gillian Mawdsley is an OU Associate Lecturer and Scottish lawyer and has been involved in tutoring ‘Justice in action’ since it started in 2017. Gillian is based in Glasgow and attended COP26 as one of the chosen representatives of the Open University. In this final blog Gillian reflects on the conference and wonders about the future.

25th November 2021
Neil Graffin

Taking the Power Back, Revolution, and being Open to People, Places, and Ideas

Dr. Neil Graffin, Senior Lecturer in Law, writes about 'Rage Against the Machine' and being Open to People, Places and Ideas. 

18th November 2021
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A letter from the future: Lessons from the Freedom Law clinic

In his second blog for Open Justice Liam Chin writes about his participation in the Freedom Law Clinic project. Liam is an Open Universiity Alumni, a Gray's Inn Wilfred Watson Scholar and a Gray's Inn Residential Scholar.

16th November 2021
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Another angle to COP26 - the role of the activist lawyer

Gillian Mawdsley is an OU Associate Lecturer and Scottish lawyer and has been involved in tutoring ‘Justice in action’ since it started in 2017. Gillian is based in Glasgow and is attending COP26 as one of the chosen representatives of the Open University. In her third COP26 related post Gillian looks at Another angle to COP26 - the role of the activist lawyer.

11th November 2021
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Climate Change Policy at the OU

Gillian Mawdsley is an OU Associate Lecturer and wrote this blog earlier in the summer after working with open justice students on a research project in collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation. Gillian is based in Glasgow and is attending COP26 as one of the chosen representatives of the Open University

29th October 2021

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