As an industry that occupies 36.5% of global land mass agriculture plays a key role in how the natural world is managed. It also supplies the food we need to…Read More >
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Why the UK has only had one named storm so far this winter – an expert explains
Storm Otto, which was named by the Danish Meteorological Institute, hit Scotland and north-east England last Friday (February 17 2023) with wind gusts of over 80mph, disrupting power to 61,000…Read More >
The UK’s four-day working week pilot was a success – here’s what should happen next
The world’s largest four-day working week trial has just ended and almost all of the companies that participated have decided to continue with a reduced working hours model. Participants in the trial agreed…Read More >
Inequalities in agriculture and implications for global change
In 2007, the United Nations declared 20 February to be World Day of Social Justice. In their declaration, they recognized that “social development and social justice are indispensable for the…Read More >
Developing a toolkit for Participatory Action Research in Reading and beyond
In this blog, Dr Esther Oenga writes about the development of a toolkit and training materials for Participatory Action Research – PAR for short. She explains how the work of…Read More >
How beans IN toast could revolutionise the British diet
Five things you probably have wrong about rain
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. It was first published in November 2022. There’s been so much rain over the last few weeks it’s hard…Read More >
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: ITV’s comedy shows how AI can transform popular culture
ITVX’s Deep Fake Neighbour Wars is the breakthrough in television’s use of artificial intelligence that experts in the cultural use of deepfakes like myself have been waiting for. In this six-part series,…Read More >
Meeting the psychological needs of cancer survivors
For World Cancer Day 2023, Professor Nazanin Derakhshan, founder of the award-winning Centre for Building Resilience in Breast Cancer (BRiC), reflects on Closing the Care Gap when it comes to…Read More >
Love stories are for everyone – the Rainbow Chapter of the Romantic Novelists’ Association
Since 1960, the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) has been the UK’s only professional organisation for writers of relationship-based commercial fiction. Originally set up to challenge prejudices against romantic fiction, now…Read More >