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LSE PodcastsCoronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine? [Audio]Speaker(s): Sir Simon Fraser, Dr Sara Hagemann, Professor Christian Lequesne, Professor Brigid Laffan | How might the coronavirus pandemic affect the post-Brexit negotiations? The UK has set 31 December 2020 as the deadline for negotiating its future relationship with the European Union and, if it wishes to extend that deadline, it must inform Brussels by 30 June 2020. With governments generally struggling to manage the pandemic, with time for little else, that schedule looks even more challenging. But the pandemic is likely to impact the negotiating agenda in key sectors in ways not previously envisaged. So: is the timescale still practicable? And, must we...2020-04-301h 30
Summer SchoolsLSE Summer School — Why Study Abroad [Video]Contributor(s): Alumni of LSE summer school programmes | We spoke to alumni of LSE summer school programmes to find out why they wanted to study abroad. A number of studies* show that, if you study abroad, you’re more likely to find a job, and more likely to find it soon after graduating. It’s not just about employability, though; from making new friends from all over the globe, to being introduced to a diversity of new ideas, to the simple joy of seeing the world, here are some of the reasons that LSE summer school students chose to study abro...2017-01-1001 minSummer SchoolsLSE Summer School – The student perspective [Video]Contributor(s): 2015 LSE Summer School students | Students from across the globe share their experience of spending a summer in London with LSE Summer School.2015-11-0403 min
The HotSeatThe HotSeat | 14 August 2015 | Laura Robbins-Wright on the migration situation in CalaisThe plight of migrants in Calais and their attempts to cross into the UK have received increasing media coverage over the summer. Laura Robbins-Wright discusses the current situation and possible options for resolving it.
Go to http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/hotseat/ to catch up on previous episode of #LSEHotSeat2015-08-1412 min
The HotSeatThe HotSeat | 31 July 2015 | Tony Travers on the Labour leadership contestContributor(s): Professor Tony Travers and Martin Rogers
Released on 31 July
With the Labour leadership contest becoming perhaps the key British political story of the summer, we sat down with Professor Tony Travers to discuss the candidates, the contest so far and its implications for the future of the party and the UK’s overall political landscape.2015-07-3114 min