Browsing: UK

Children in the UK celebrate the Day with great zeal and enthusiasm Interview with Mubashir Nawaz Chandio — London-based Pakistani…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paul Hallett, University of Aberdeen; Ganlin Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Larissa A. Naylor, University of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Jonathan Menary, Lancaster University and Sebastian Fuller, St George’s, University of London[/box] Once the UK…

The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and is now in an 11-month transition period. On December 31,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tony Heron, University of York and Bob Doherty, University of York[/box] With just a few days…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Nov 27, 2020[/box] Trust me, I’m a doctor. So goes the well-worn phrase, and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Oct 21, 2020[/box] If there’s one thing the pandemic has brought to light, it’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ghulam Sorwar, Keele University[/box] The decision by credit ratings agency Moody’s to cut the UK’s sovereign…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Oct 7, 2020[/box] Reacting to the latest new UK car registration figures from SMMT this week,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gavin Harper, University of Birmingham and Allan Walton, University of Birmingham[/box] It wasn’t so long ago…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen[/box] Decommissioning the UK’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure will cost the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 8, 2020[/box] The latest global university ranking has been released by Times Higher Education, putting the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Aug 10, 2020[/box] The Johns Hopkins University looked into the number deaths per 100,000 of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Willem Roper, Jan 27, 2020[/box] A new report from the World Economic Forum highlights the continuing difficulties in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Hart, University of St Andrews[/box] With Boris Johnson hailing parliament’s vote towards Britain leaving the…

As the race for Brexit is back and with it the debate that the United Kingdom is better off without…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nelson Blackley, Nottingham Trent University[/box] The “commercialisation” of Christmas has long been a feature of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Etherington, Staffordshire University[/box] Labour is battling to retain a number of seats that have long…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Nov 25, 2019[/box] During a recent Question Time on the BBC, one of the audience…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford This article is part…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Leïla Choukroune, University of Portsmouth[/box] “Peace is the natural effect of trade. Two nations who traffic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Schoolchildren who have experienced trauma or neglect could benefit from…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Oct 2, 2019[/box] A study published by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office has explored gender profiles…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katharine Rooney Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Let’s say you’re in the market for a wooden armchair.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 30, 2019[/box] The cost of EU membership has naturally been of particular focus in the…

Three years ago, with the referendum of June 23, 2016, the British people decided with a percentage of almost 52%…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lorraine Martin, Queen’s University Belfast and James Reihill, Queen’s University Belfast[/box] The White House recently announced…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Sep 2, 2019[/box] It’s no secret that some tourists have a bad reputation abroad.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Aug 26, 2019[/box] A research paper published last month in scientific journal Obesity Review suggest…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Matt Davis Writer, The Big Think This article was originally published by Big Think[/box] The humble…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Philip Roscoe, University of St Andrews[/box] Protests in Hong Kong have captured the world’s attention in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John Bryson, University of Birmingham[/box] One of the beacons of UK social housing policy, the legislation…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Jefim Vogel, University of Leeds; Joel Millward-Hopkins, University of Leeds, andYannick Oswald, University of Leeds[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Pip Roddis, University of Leeds[/box] Subsidies for onshore wind power were cut by the UK government…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Thomas L Muinzer, University of Dundee [/box] As if there was any doubt, the UN’s latest…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, May 16, 2019[/box] The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) releases monthly figures on…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield[/box] EU leaders have agreed a short extension to Brexit until October…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ross Brown, University of St Andrews and John O.S. Wilson, University of St Andrews[/box] When it…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Mar 25, 2019[/box] Looking for an electrification project that really dents global oil demand, one…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Kate Pickett, University of York and Richard Wilkinson, University of York[/box] To end austerity and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Calvin Jones, Cardiff University[/box] English towns with struggling economies will receive £1.6 billion of funding over…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Edward Yates, University of Sheffield[/box] Conditions for young people in the UK are bleak. Young people…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London and Mostak Ahamed, University of Sussex[/box] Despite huge amounts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Loizos Heracleous, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick[/box] Yet another airline has collapsed – this time…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carmen Raluca Stoian, University of Kent[/box] Ever since the EU referendum of 2016, well-known companies have…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Patrick McGurk, Queen Mary University of London and Richard Meredith, University of Greenwich[/box] With Honda confirming…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gulcin Ozkan, University of York and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University[/box] Numerous amendments are being…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Stefan Stern, City, University of London[/box] And is there anything you’d like to ask us? It…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emil Kirchner, University of Essex[/box] Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan come into…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Sarah Feldman, Jan 25, 2019[/box] At the beginning of the 21st century, nearly 2 decades ago, country…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Agelos Delis, Aston University; Karen Jackson, University of Westminster, and Oleksandr Shepotylo, Aston University[/box] The current…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Caroline Nye, University of Exeter[/box] Japan brought in a controversial new labour policy at the end…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Heejung Chung, University of Kent[/box] Flexible working is becoming a must for many. One recent report…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Jan 7, 2019[/box] According to TUC analysis of ONS figures, unsecured debt in the UK has reached a new…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield[/box] The cabinet has stepped up contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Dec 11, 2018[/box] A new report from the UK Trade Policy Observatory and the University of Sussex…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin[/box] Uncertainty over what is happening…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Angela Chen Founder, East Circular[/box] China’s ban on foreign waste created ripple effects in global recycling…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Andrew Smith, University of Bradford and Jo McBride, Durham University[/box] The UK is experiencing record…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Nov 26, 2018[/box] Theresa May got the first green light for her Brexit agreement at…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Terence Huw Edwards, Loughborough University; Christian Soegaard, University of Warwick, and Mustapha Douch, Aston University[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Nov 13, 2018[/box] This year’s World Giving Index from the Charities Aid Foundation has revealed the countries…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Terence Huw Edwards, Loughborough University; Christian Soegaard, University of Warwick, and Mustapha Douch, Aston University[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Oct 19, 2018[/box] The term ‘smartphone addiction’ is by now pretty well-established (you can take…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Oct 12, 2018[/box] As Brexit negotiations really start to heat up towards the business end of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Chris Dawson, University of Bath and David de Meza, London School of Economics and Political…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Stephany Griffith-Jones, Columbia University[/box] Creating a national investment bank would be key to a major…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Patrick Wagner, Sep 17, 2018[/box] Print magazines in the UK have a hard time. Online competitors mostly…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 17, 2018[/box] Today sees the release of a new study conducted by ICM for British Future…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Sep 10, 2018 [/box] Last week, the world’s largest offshore wind farm opened off in the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Manoj Dora, Brunel University London[/box] Extreme hot and cold weather in the UK will have driven…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Sep 3, 2018 [/box] Around the world, the desire to move between countries for…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Aug 30, 2018, Aug 30, 2018 [/box] Due to health concerns related to the consumption of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lindsey Appleyard, Coventry University[/box] Wonga, the poster-boy of the British payday lending industry, has gone into…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jana Javornik, University of East London[/box] The UK is one of the few countries to require…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Raynor de Best, Aug 13, 2018[/box] The United Kingdom is to leave the European Union on March…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Aug 6, 2018[/box] According to telecoms regulator Ofcom, the number of voice calls made on…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alan Felstead, Cardiff University[/box] Whether we work or not, the nation’s productivity – that is, the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] by Niall McCarthy, Jul 13, 2018[/box] A Deloitte survey has found that 75 percent of major companies in the UK…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alan Shipman, The Open University[/box] Gloomy forecasts for the post-Brexit economy, and a psychological tendency to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, May 24, 2018[/box] The UK government spent £711 billion of taxpayers’ money last year, but where…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, May 25, 2018[/box] Speedos are great for swimming, but your average man on the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Barnali Choudhury, UCL and Martin Petrin, UCL[/box] The UK is introducing new legislation that will require…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Boyce, University of Stirling[/box] After nine years of interest rates below 1%, it seems that…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dan Finn, University of Portsmouth[/box] The jobcentre. It used to be a staple of the British…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Steve Schifferes, City, University of London[/box] The UK financial press was much slower to criticise the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cathy Parker, Manchester Metropolitan University; Simon Quin, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Steve Millington, Manchester Metropolitan University[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Chatham House[/box] This article is part of the World…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Mar 8, 2018[/box] We might not say it very often, but most of us…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Karen Jackson, University of Westminster and Oleksandr Shepotylo, University of Bradford[/box] Concerns are intensifying over the…