The University has been honoured with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize – considered to be the highest national honour in higher and further education – for our work on Tackling the…Read More >
interdisciplinary research
Channel tragedy highlights unfair family reunion policies for transnational families
On International Migrants Day, 18 December 2021, we reflect on the recent Channel tragedy and the impacts of immigration policies on transnational families. On 24 November this year, 27 people…Read More >
HortQFLNet: Ensuring continuity of research in horticultural crop quality and postharvest food loss
It is estimated that one third of food produced globally is wasted before it is consumed. In the UK, this equates to >15 million tonnes of food and drink annually;…Read More >
Building on 2020 EIT Food Projects
Facilitated by the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), the University has been engaged with EIT Food since its inception in 2018. EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation…Read More >
Addressing food system challenges: making interdisciplinarity work
It was our great pleasure to hold the 3rd Annual IFNH Forum online just before Christmas. We have been holding the Forum each year since the Institute was set up…Read More >
Partnerships for global development
On 9 December, the University held an event to showcase the rich and varied work taking place right across the disciplines to address issues of inequality, social justice, resilience and…Read More >