POLIS

A fantastic blog from @OpenUniversity Politics student Cameron:

"Does UK Democracy Have a Future? Gen Z Views of Democracy"

open.substack.com/pub/cameroncoa…

We held a Student Blog competition and received some amazing entries. We can now announce a winner and several excellent runners up.
Read our students' work here:
fass.open.ac.uk/polis/outreach…
And our winner, "Democracy and me" by Mark Jones:
fass.open.ac.uk/polis/outreach…

Dan Taylor has published two policy papers this week.
1/ via @_policywise, a Wise in 5 on unpaid carers, examining cross-nations carer policy: policywise.org.uk/wise-in-5
2/ via @GrowthandReform, examining 10 years' of inclusive growth in Barking and Dagenham growthandreform.org/resource-hub/n…

Congratulations to our Dr Claire Malcolm for organising Caring for Carers Cymru - a fantastic day bringing together unpaid carers, support services, academics and even a genuinely fun drum circle. More in the pipeline.

In case you missed it, our Dan Taylor was on BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking programme last month, discussing humility and Spinoza with Matthew Sweet, Robert Buckland and guests. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…