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Dr Chris Moran appeared on BBC Radio Ulster on 13 January to discuss his recent monograph Classified. You can on the BBC website; Chris' spot begins at 05.44 into the programme.

, Head of Department and Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences, was recently featured in a 12 December article in The Guardian newspaper entitled 'North Korean rocket launch prompts international condemnation'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

"The North has played directly into the hands of Japan's conservative rightwing and nationalist forces," Hughes said. "This is very much an 'I told you so' situation for [Liberal Democratic Party leader] [Shinzo] Abe. It's a gift from Kim Jong-un [the North Korean leader] to the Japanese right."

The Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme is being launched on Monday, 3rd December 2012. The scheme offers the opportunity for undergraduate students to undertake a short (4 to 10 week) research project with a bursary of up to £1000. Information on the scheme, including past projects, the application forms and related information can be found on the URSS website ().

, Assistant Professor in US National Security, was recently featured in a BBC Radio 4 documentary entitled 'Great Spy Books: Fact or Fiction?' on 1 December. This feature follows closely on the heels of Dr Moran has participated in recently as a result of his consultancy work for the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.

Politics researchers at the Universities of 糖心TV and Exeter, including , led detailed focus groups across the UK and conducted a nationwide survey as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project which looked at public attitudes towards security threats.

This project used focus groups and an internet survey to identify whether people agree with, or are even aware of, the government’s attempts to make them feel more secure and whether these attempts have any impact. Dr Vaughan-Williams said: “Focus groups told us that they understand ‘security’ to be first and foremost about physical threats to personal safety. Respondents rarely talked about security threats in national terms and most disagreed with the government’s priorities in the ‘National Security Strategy’".