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A resignation in unprecedented circumstances
11 July 2022
Boris Johnson’s resignation as leader of the Conservative Party has been unlike any other in recent times. Dr Richard Whitaker,...
Was journalist-Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought down by journalism?
8 July 2022
Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism, explores the relationship between Boris Johnson and the media, and whether journalism contributed to...
Roman worlds for diverse communities
22 June 2022
Professor Sarah Scott has led a team of students and colleagues to bring archaeology and classics to new audiences in...
Listening to the voice of food growers
26 April 2022
Dr Maria Touri, , Associate Professor, School of Media, Communication and Sociology, explores why listening to the voices of food...
Putin’s obsessions. Russia, the Ukraine, and their shared past
8 March 2022
Alexander Korb, Associate Professor in Modern European History explores Putin's obsessions, and the shared past of Russia and the Ukraine...
Ukraine and the doctrine of Peace through Strength
2 March 2022
With the escalating situation changing daily in the Ukraine, Dr James Moore from the School of History, Politics and International...
Thirteen is an unlucky number for UK Prime Ministers – will it prove so for Boris Johnson?
17 December 2021
Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism explores why thirteen is an unlucky number for UK Prime Ministers, and will it...
Racism in sport – and how not to deal with it
30 November 2021
Professor John Williams takes a look at the issue of racism across sport and what’s next for English cricket.
How our future rests on COP26
29 October 2021
We desperately need world leaders at COP-26 to take radical and urgent action to enable a survivable planet. The severity...
Air pollution in a changing climate
29 October 2021
With air pollution being the single biggest environmental hazard across the world, Samuel Cai - Lecturer in Environmental Epidemiology explores...
What role for science and innovation in COP26 and Net Zero?
29 October 2021
With world-leaders gathering for COP26, Professor Paul Monks, CSA BEIS and University of Leicester, explores the role that science and...
Exposing the downsides of Homeworking in time to design new normals
25 October 2021
Professor Stephen Wood explores how the use of mass homeworking to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 has accelerated a trend...
Reflections on a crisis of social relations
11 October 2021
Dr Amy Clarke, Research Fellow at the University’s Centre for Hate Studies addresses how this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness...
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan: the impact on Afghan people and families
29 September 2021
Dr Kelly Staples, Association Professor of International Politics, discusses how the situation in Afghanistan will impact Afghan people and their...
EU response to Afghan refugees: from crisis and containment to resettlement?
21 September 2021
Dr Alan Desmond looks at the current crisis in Afghanistan and how the EU should respond to the Afghan refugee...
Observing space 2,200 years ago
16 September 2021
Discovering Chankillo, an ancient solar observatory and a masterpiece of human creative genius.