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This week we're bringing you something a bit different - the first episode of a new podcast miniseries from our friends at the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (or CLASS for short).

It's called CLASS on Class, and made by the same production team behind the Weekly Economics Podcast. Dr Faiza Shaheen presents an attempt to move past the superficial discussion of class politics we’ve had in Britain since the Brexit vote, featuring an all-star collection of guests.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can find the rest of the 3-part CLASS on Class miniseries here:
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/class-on-class/id1284525511?mt=2
Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2xmflEy

Ayeisha will be back as normal with a new series of the Weekly Economics Podcast next week.

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Universities up and down the country have been shutting down as lecturers have walked out, arguing that the changes to their pension schemes could leave them thousands of pounds a year worse off in retirement.

If you don’t know the difference between your defined benefits and your defined contributions, getting your head round the issues can feel like doing an economics PhD before you’ve done your 101. So this week we’re breaking down what the university strikes are all about, and what they tell us about everyone else’s pensions too.

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith speaks to two striking lecturers: Nadine El-Enany, co-director of the Centre for Research on Race and Law at Birkbeck, and SOAS Senate chair Meera Sabaratnam. They are joined by writer and researcher Christine Berry, who is also a postgraduate student at Sheffield University.

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Produced by James Shield and Huw Jordan.

Music: Podington Bear, licenced under Creative Commons.

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