There is an extremely high demand for laboratory-based blood tests from community settings in the UK and analysis suggests an important role in the future for remote blood monitoring that…Read More >
Prosperity & Resilience
Research engagement – how does your network grow?
At our summer event to celebrate the University’s collaborative effort in our submission to REF2021, Professor Rosa Freedman talked about her work and how she engages with a wide range…Read More >
Research engagement – the importance of listening
As lead author on one of the University’s REF impact case studies, Carola Hillenbrand reflects on the team effort which characterised their work and what she has learned about engaging…Read More >
Research into action: learning from REF2021
Our annual Research Engagement and Impact Awards were postponed this year because lockdown disrupted so much activity. Instead, we held an event to reflect both on our submission to REF2021,…Read More >
Electricity prices have reached record highs – and the time-poor could suffer most
The soaring cost of natural gas and a warm, dry and windless start to autumn 2021 have conspired to create one almighty headache for energy consumers in the UK and…Read More >
9/11 twenty years on: al-Qaida is defeated – but jihadism is here to stay
Twenty years ago, the terrorist group al-Qaida carried out the deadliest attack on US soil the world had ever seen. Overnight, al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden became the most notorious…Read More >
The future of auditing: why plans to sharpen up the industry could actually make it worse
Following the collapses of Patisserie Valerie, Carillion and BHS, the auditors were heavily criticised in the media for signing off on the financial accounts published by each of these companies…Read More >
Tokyo Olympics without crowds: will the home nation’s medal chances suffer?
The Tokyo 2021 Olympics will be the first Games to take place with no spectators. The sight of sparsely populated stadiums and arenas has, of course, become common during the pandemic…Read More >
House prices: the risks of a fall are higher than most people think
At the start of the pandemic, many analysts believed that the prices of owner-occupied housing would be heavily affected. After all, owner-occupation is a market and is influenced by the…Read More >
Why politicians should be wary of publicly pursuing the Wuhan lab-leak investigation
The theory that SARS-CoV-2 originally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is making a comeback – so much so that President Joe Biden has publicly ordered the US…Read More >
