Turning defeat into victory: WorldWide Wednesday

This month’s (Wed 6 Sept) WWW WorldWide Wednesday looks at activism, campaigning and levelling up. Our two invited WWW experts will provide valuable insights into why activists should embrace defeat and failure as the path to campaign success, plus look at the potential impact of levelling up on our cities and regions. The September (Wed 6 Sept) #WWW WorldWideWednesday speakers are:

Dr Danny Rye is Associate Professor of Politics at Liverpool Hope University with research interests in party politics and local activism. In particular, Danny has a developing interest in how small-scale, local and individual actions can make a valuable contribution to a thriving civil society. Danny’s current research is on how we understand ‘success’ in activism and its value to activists themselves as well as society more widely. Danny is a regular commentator on British politics on BBC Radio and Television. His spare time and money is mainly spent in record shops.

Dr Neil Pye is a historian and political scientist specialising in British Politics at the University of Liverpool. Neil is a member of the Political Studies Association specialist group on Local Politics and Governance. Neil has written about Chartism and the nineteenth-century British State; the post-war history of the Labour Party including the Militant Tendency in Liverpool, and about devolution and local governance in James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister. Neil’s specialist fields are Metro Mayors, English Devolution, British political parties and ideologies, along with European Union and German politics. Neil served as a borough councillor in West Lancashire from 2011-15, and was proactive in delivering the highly-successful Findon and Firbeck housing regeneration scheme in Skelmersdale. Since 2017, Neil is a prominent voice in local government politics in North West England, campaigning on environmental matters, plus supporting Devolution and Metro Mayors. As a proud European, Neil frequently chairs WWW Worldwide Wednesday events for the EMM European Movement Merseyside [LCR Liverpool City Region].

Chair: Paul Boyd consults, advises, trains and supports teachers. An experienced teacher of design, engineering, ICT, graphic products, resistant materials, textiles and CAD/CAM, electronics, systems and control, Paul is a STEM Ambassadorand lead mentor in the DfE Department for Education 3D printers into schools programme. Paul has worked as Ofqual subject advisor for electronics, and was a senior lecturer at NTU Nottingham Trent University responsible for engineering teacher training where he was nominated as an outstanding lecturer. Paul has taught in secondary schools, holding leadership roles as Head of Department, Director of Learning and as a senior leader, including in challenging schools. With extensive industrial experience as a watchmaker, retail buyer, quality control manager, and retail manager, Paul understands both the public and private sector. Paul is a skilled communicator with an outstanding knowledge of pedagogy and motivating learners. Paul is also a professional photographer specialising in event photography, portraits and commercial briefs for clients.

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