Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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UK Government, 16th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 147 (31st March 2023)
The ban comes after Cabinet Office Ministers ordered a security review. This looked at the potential vulnerability of government data from social media apps on devices and risks around how sensitive information could be accessed and used by some platforms.
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UN Women, 15th August 2023
Friday Reading Edition 144 (10th March 2023)
Stripped of their rights, under constant threat of violence, Afghan women and girls are relentlessly carrying on with their lives. For some, that means forming new civil society groups to address community needs; for others, it means re-opening their businesses and going back to work. For all, it is an act of unseen, unheard bravery.
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Chatham House, 3rd April 2023
Friday Reading Edition 144 (10th March 2023)
Women are vital in the war effort - but better female political representation will be needed to rebuild Ukraine.
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Reuters, 4th November 2023
The Good Friday Agreement largely ended the "Troubles", three decades of violence that had racked Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
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BBC, 28th March 2023
First came the backstop, then the protocol, now we can expect to hear a lot more about the "Stormont brake" as it is added to the Brexit lexicon.
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Institute for Government, 27th March 2023
An explanation of the new ‘Windsor Framework’ between the UK and the EU.
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UK in a Changing Europe, 28th February 2023
The growing unpopularity of Brexit has given new hope to those who advocate rejoining the EU. But there are at least five major reasons why it’s anything but simple.
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HM Government, 2nd January 2023
The text of the agreement in principle, as reached by the UK and the EU on 27 February.
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Centre for European Reform, 2nd January 2023
The Windsor deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol may herald warmer UK-EU ties. It has strengthened von der Leyen and Sunak. But the Retained EU Law bill promises trouble.
Independent, 24th February 2023
Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Clive Myrie – one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents – was reporting for BBC News from the roof of a hotel in Kyiv when the war broke out. Myrie will lead keynote panel discussions at this year’s Airmic Conference in Manchester on 19-21 June.
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