Sports journalist Daniel Taylor wrote an article highlighting questions that still needed answering about the Valley Parade stadium fire of 1985 in which 56 people died. But publishing it was just the…
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Comics and Architecture, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer, Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Science, University of Brighton
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Professor of Public Understanding of Science, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton
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Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer, School of Art and Media, University of Brighton, University of Brighton
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer in Mathematics Education (Primary), University of Brighton
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer, Microbiology and Biomedical Science Practice, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Brighton
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Principal Lecturer in School of Art and Media, University of Brighton
