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The Archers' domestic violence storyline has sacrificed realism for ratings
Centre Fellow Natalie Byrom, has recently written an article in the New Statesman entitled "The Archers' domestic violence storyline has sacrificed realism for ratings".
The article explores how the Archers plotline involving Helen and Rob Titchener missed an important opportunity to highlight the difficulties facing victims of domestic violence in accessing support when attempting to extricate themselves from violent relationships.
Natalie also highlights in the article how these difficulties are exacerbated by changes to legal aid, which impact disproportionately on those living in rural areas. This is based on research Natalie did for the Centre in her report entitled "The State of the Sector: The impact of cuts to civil legal aid on practitioners and their clients"
Teaching Human Rights in Schools - OUP blog post by Centre Fellow Dr Ali Struthers
New OUP blog post published by Centre Fellow, Dr Alison Struthers, on the controversial nature of teaching about human rights in schools.
Read the full piece here.
The politics of the EU debate: Dr Anil Awesti interviewed by the Worldly magazine // Lacuna call for submissions (reminder)
Dr Anil Awesti, Centre for Human Rights in Practice member who leads the Widening Participation projects at the Law School, was interviewed on The politics of the EU debate by the Worldly magazine.
Lacuna magazine is currently focusing on the UK/EU debate with reference to the themes of human rights and social justice.
In What has the EU ever done for us, Lacuna editor-in-chief Prof Andrew Williams sets out some of the questions we hope to explore over the next couple of months in the run up to the referendum. To find out more about the call for submissions, click here.