Key facts

Type	Day and Weekend
Location	Oxford
Address	Rewley House 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA
Dates	Sat 22 Sep 2012
Subject area(s)	History
Fees	From £60.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	O12P103HIJ
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

How much has the Labour Party learnt from its defeat in May 2010, and what are its prospects for a swift return to office? This day school will offer expert reassessment of the record of New Labour in government, as well as an examination of Labour's experience in opposition under the leadership of Ed Miliband.

Programme details

SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2012

9.45am Registration

10.00am How new was New Labour in the history of the Labour Party?
ROSS MCKIBBIN
Emeritus Research Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford

11.15am Coffee/tea

11.35am Reassessing New Labour: Market, State and Society under Blair and Brown
PATRICK DIAMOND
Gwilym Gibbon Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm New Labour’s foreign policy: spin over substance?
OLIVER DADDOW
Reader in International Politics, University of Leicester

3.15pm Tea/coffee

3.45pm From New Labour to Big Society
ALAN HUDSON
Director of Programmes in Leadership and Public Policy, OUDCE

5.00pm Course disperses

Staff

Accommodation

Accommodation is often available in Rewley House for those who wish to stay on the night before a course. Please contact our Residential Centre on 01865 270362 for details of availability and prices.

Fee options

Programme Fee

Tuition (includes coffee/tea): £60.00

Catering

Baguette lunch: £3.50

Full Lunch: £11.00

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