Posted by Frances in Criminology on November 4, 2016
Yesterday, former MI5 officer Annie Machon gave students at Leicester the rare opportunity to hear the inside story on the British security services. As a former-intelligence-officer-turned-whistleblower, Annie was able to share her relatively unique perspective on the inner workings of governments, intelligence agencies and the media, and it was truly eye opening and completely fascinating. […]
Posted in Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged Annie Machon, civil liberties, David Shayler, government, Guest lecture, guest talk, media, MI5, privacy, security services, whistleblower
Posted by Frances in Criminology on August 28, 2016
As I’ve been studying Criminology at Leicester and delved deeper into different subject areas, I’ve become more and more interested in the reality of the subject and in the depictions of crime and criminal justice that are all around us. I’ve found myself watching and reading more crime fiction (and some non-fiction depictions like […]
Posted in Holiday, Leisure, Reseach | Tagged books, documentaries, drama, fiction, films, happy valley, literary fair, literary festival, making a murderer, media, movies, netflix, orange is the new black, tv
Posted by Thomas in Criminology on January 31, 2014
Today was the first week back for the majority of people in terms of starting Semester 2 and their new modules. It dawned on me that, for myself, this would be for the last time. However, I personally feel that it is ‘best till last’ as the final two modules should be the most exciting […]
Posted in News, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged criminology, islam, islamophobia, media, muslims, optional modules, studying, terrorism |
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