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Autumn Budget 2017 – We Need to Talk about Blue Skies Science

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017, Science and Technology Posted:

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget Anna Scaife, Co-Director at Policy@Manchester and Professor of Radio Astronomy in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester, highlights the need for government to increase funding for fundamental scientific research in the UK. The UK lags behind most of the world in terms of its research […]

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things

Steve Furber By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Science and Technology Posted:

Computers are everywhere with a myriad of consumer, automotive, medical and communications devices hosting microprocessors and the Internet of Things will result in an increase in reliance on this technology. In this blog, Steve Furber, Professor of Computer Engineering, discusses the challenges for Dr Patrick Vallance, the new Government Chief Scientific Advisor on artificial intelligence, […]

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Trouble in Paradise – Corporate Vehicles and Contemporary Tax Avoidance

Black and white headshot of Prof Nick Lord By , and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

Yesterday news broke on the so-called ‘Paradise Papers’, a leak of 13.4 million files detailing the financial behaviours of individual and corporate elites, including questionable financial arrangements facilitating the avoidance of tax liabilities – Dr Nicholas Lord (The University of Manchester), Dr Karin van Wingerde (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Prof Liz Campbell (Durham University) outline […]

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What does gender mean at the WTO, and who benefits?

By and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Following the World Trade Organisation’s recent Public Forum, Dr Erin Hannah and Dr Silke Trommer reflect on the new focus on gender in global trade and the challenges of addressing it.  Inserting meaningful gender sensitivity into the business of the WTO will require a massive paradigm shift and change in thinking The appointment of a […]

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Learning from the draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework process

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted:

Graham Haughton, Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Manchester outlines 12 lessons from the recent debates around a new Spatial Framework for Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is a 20 year strategic plan for the city region. The draft GMSF was planned for what should have been an election free […]

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Grenfell Tower Inquiry: learn lessons and implement changes

Martin Stanley By and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

The Grenfell Tower fire saw 80 or more adults and children die in their homes in an entirely preventable disaster. Here, Gill Kernick, who helps high hazard industries prevent major accidents and personally witnessed the disaster, and Martin Stanley (Editor, Understanding Regulation) argue that the fire was a terrible failure of government, leadership and regulation […]

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International students aren’t a visa risk: who’s surprised?

By Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, British Politics, Inclusive Growth Posted:

Here Dr Sylvie Lomer explains why international students aren’t a visa risk and outlines how false assumptions have been used as justifications for migration policies that seriously prejudice and inconvenience international students. Recently published Home Office data shows that 97.4% of international students are compliant with visa regulations, contradicting previous statements from Government that 20% […]

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Brexit: An opportunity to progress equality and human rights?

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Our ‘Brexit, regulation and society’ blog series continues with Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Her blog, based on her presentation to ManReg‘s recent Brexit event, focuses on how the UK can, and must, maintain its equality and human rights protections throughout the process of leaving the European Union. Equalities […]

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Is having any job at all better for your health and wellbeing than being unemployed?

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted:

There are long held assumptions that taking any job is better for a person’s health and wellbeing than being unemployed. A study of over 1000 unemployed adults by Tarani Chandola, Professor of Medical Sociology at The University of Manchester, compared health and stress levels of those remaining unemployed and different quality jobs. The study revealed evidence that […]

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Why language statistics might be misleading

Yaron Matras By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

This month’s issue of The Economist included an article entitled ‘Why central and eastern European children lag behind in British schools’. Here, Professor Yaron Matras responds to the article and discusses the difficulties of using official statistic to record languages. The article looks mainly to languages as being a factor in differential educational achievement, but […]

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