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Part 3: Andy Burnham and the Next Phase of UK–EU Relations

Written by Professor Amelia Hadfield and Tea Zyberaj. Amelia is the Founding Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, Director of CIFAL Surrey and Associate Vice President of External Engagement. Having graduated with a degree in Politics from the University of Surrey in 2022, Tea will shortly begin an MA in European Transformation and […]


Part 2: The Role of Universities and Surrey Take-Aways

Written by Professor Amelia Hadfield. Amelia is the Founding Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, Director of CIFAL Surrey and Associate Vice President of External Engagement. Introduction Burnham sees the practical delivery of ‘things’ (e.g. infrastructure, housing, green industries), as well as local leadership and civic institutions as engines of renewal. This ought […]


Part 1: Burnham’s Place-Based Agenda : Monday, 10 August

Written by Professor Amelia Hadfield. Amelia is the Founding Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, Director of CIFAL Surrey and Associate Vice President of External Engagement. Introduction : Place-based Agenda Andy Burnham’s early messaging as Prime Minister is replete with ‘must dos’.. but two goals emerge as vital: his explicit place-based agenda, prioritising […]


Pink Flags along Albania’s EU Accession Sprint

Written by Tea Zyberaj. Tea Zyberaj will shortly begin an MA in European Transformation and Integration at the College of Europe in Tirana, supported by a full scholarship from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood. She previously completed a Schuman traineeship at the European Parliament and holds an MSc in European […]


Where practice meets policy and research: reflections through academic engagement

Written by Dr. Graziella Piga, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Britain and Europe. Graziella is a Senior Expert in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Women Peace and Security who has worked with numerous impactful institutions including UN Women, UNHCR, and OSCE. Over recent months, I have had the privilege of contributing to several international […]


Trump – Xi Summit: What’s next for Taiwan?

Authored by Zeng Ee Liew (Darill). Darill is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Surrey. His research centres on the diplomatic agency of non-sovereign entities, specifically examining how pro-democracy movements operate internationally. There was huge anticipation amongst both the US and China that the recent state visit made by President Trump to […]


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