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Team GB chief: dominance of public schools is unacceptable

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Admin
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  • Lecturer and sport historian Duncan Stone argues that if British sport is truly to represent  an egalitarian and multi-cultural Britain , then fundamental changes are required  to school sport and sport funding at grass-roots and elite levels.

 

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The Olympic Opening Ceremony and Welfare State Britishness

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Admin
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  • Professor Paul WardProfessor of History Paul Ward, co-Director of the University’s Academy for British and Irish Studies, appraises the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and what it had to say about national identity. Continue reading →
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