As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, it is perhaps fitting to reflect on a new, bourgeoning phenomenon: the reclaiming of European citizenship by British Jews. The ‘EU Passport’ project…Read More >
Time-of-use tariffs: A way to reduce electricity bills?
We’re all aware that we need to think about ways to reduce our energy use in to help tackle climate change, and with rising bills there’s an added incentive. This…Read More >
Climate Change Archaeology: Building resilience in the world’s coastal wetlands
I was very pleased to be invited by Wessex Archaeology to be the keynote speaker in their #ClimateTakeoverDay activities for the 2021 Festival of Archaeology, writes Vice Chancellor, Professor Robert…Read More >
The Long Read: This 400-year-old botched nose job shows how little our feelings about transplants have changed
In 1624, a physician called Jean-Baptiste van Helmont told a strange story in his book of “magnetic cures” about a man from Brussels who had lost his nose. Having had…Read More >
Understanding vertical motion in clouds
How much the global mean temperature will change in response to increases in carbon dioxide is of high uncertainty in climate models but is critical for future planning and climate…Read More >
Happy Days – creating art from archives
It is well-known that the University’s Special Collections are home to the world’s largest archive for the Nobel-Prize winning writer, Samuel Beckett with over 600 items of original material, including…Read More >
How to reset your relationship with your body if lockdown worsened an eating problem
As the coronavirus pandemic has spread, a growing number of people have been negatively affected not so much by the virus itself as by the response to it. One such…Read More >
Weathering the storm – masterclasses in Meteorology
European winter weather is dominated by the action of synoptic-scale systems, such as cyclonic “storms” and the anticyclonic “blocks” that can stop their progress. From cold-snaps such as 2018’s Beast…Read More >
Leading entrepreneurship ecosystems research in East Europe and Central Asia
Research into the social and economic environment affecting local or regional entrepreneurship is relatively new but has started to attract attention across a range of disciplines including international business and…Read More >
Are women leaders really doing better on coronavirus? The data backs it up
Over the last few months, there has been much discussion of leadership during the pandemic. What constitutes good leadership? Who has performed better and which countries have been worse? One…Read More >