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Dr Kyle Grayson

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Kyle Grayson is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University UK where he teaches international politics, geopolitics, and popular culture. He is a co-editor of the UK Political Studies Association's journal POLITICS, an associate editor of Critical Studies on Security, and a co-editor of the Popular Culture and World Politics Series with Routledge. He is a former post-doctoral fellow of the Canadian Consortium on Human Security and was previously the Associate Director of the York Centre for International and Security Studies. Kyle can be found online via his research blog and twitter account, @chasing_dragons.

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The Coalition Is Transforming UK Universities Into Border Checkpoints

(0) Comments | Posted 19 October 2012 | (12:40)

The coalition government, under the auspices of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), is transforming universities from places of discovery and learning into border checkpoints where the constant surveillance and monitoring of students--foreign and domestic alike--is a core part of every university's mission.

Managers argue that the current drive to monitor...

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What Can Paddington Bear Tell Us About Migration?

(33) Comments | Posted 15 September 2012 | (01:00)

Migrants are currently viewed with considerable scepticism in the United Kingdom.

Politicians have seized upon this general feeling of unease to mobilise support by offering what has been described by the prime minister as 'muscular liberalism' - a rhetoric that harnesses fears that migrants are poor,...

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