Every year, DEN students edit and publish a hard copy magazine, which can also be accessed online. In this magazine, students reflect on their experiences as part of Westminster and DEN. We are encouraged to tackle important and difficult topics and we have different sections where we can write about the challenges and learnings of...
“Global Crossroads: Rethinking Dominant Orders in Our World” is a DEN publication gathering a collection of papers from 2019 DEN International Student Conference. This book articulates students’ research and analytical work on some of the most pressing global issues of our times. It is the result of their hard work, their engagement and skills, developed through...
Since 2019, the Democratic Education Network (DEN) has lent its support and solidarity to the community group Hopetowns, which works with asylum seeking individuals in London – one of the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups of people in society. This is one of the communities that DEN has collaborated with to develop relationships and strengthen...
Between the years 1983 and 2005 thousands of Sudanese boys (an estimated 20 000) fled their homeland in search of safety. Approximately 4000 boys were sent to America for education, and may have found security, however, the majority of the 20 000 lost boys who left Sudan during the war years did not find permanent...
I’m an international student at the University of Westminster. Although I’m in my final year of study in this great university, I cannot forget the day when I first applied to register in it. My dream of becoming a highly qualified graduate from a top-notch, well-recognised, well-reputed university with excellent teaching staff was the impetus...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the reunification of Germany in 1990, it almost seems as though Germany unified geographically rather than politically, socially and economically. This was a product of a hasty reunification process by Helmut Kohl. The upheavals experienced by the east are felt almost 30 years after reunification...
They say that a picture is worth more than a thousand words. In this series of photo essays, Mahnoor Shahid and Tasneem Fadel will be taking us on a special journey that recalls some of the instances and unique moments of their recent educational trip to Vietnam. Through their photographs, they will share a creative...
They say that a picture is worth more than a thousand words. In this series of photo essays, Mahnoor Shahid and Tasneem Fadel will be taking us on a special journey that recalls some of the instances and unique moments of their recent educational trip to Vietnam. Through their photographs, they will share a creative...
When it comes to the important events in contemporary Iranian history, most people would usually remember the 1979 revolution as the arrival of democracy in Iran. However, the struggle between the people and the government for power roots back to even longer times. In fact, the ongoing tension of Iran and western states is deeply...
President Evo Morales, the second indigenous president of Bolivia since the first in 1829, in his 2006 inauguration stated that this new system will incorporate the Andean revolution, Simon’s Bolivar nationalism and Che Guevara’s socialism.[1] This came about after a negative response to the former neo-liberal economic policies of the previous government. In 2003, an...
I knew I wanted to go to university from an early age. I remember leaving primary school knowing that to get where I wanted to be, I needed to work hard, get my GCSEs and then my A-Levels. I did not know what I wanted to study; my long-term plan always changed. One day I...
My name is Dmitrijs and I am a third year International Relations student of University of Westminster, and a part of DEN since 2017. I was introduced to the Democratic Education Network by my seminar leader and one of the most influential and recognised people across the University of Westminster – Farhang Morady. As one...