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By Nuno Gil Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted:
Nuno Gil, Professor of New Infrastructure Development at The University of Manchester argues that HS2 is a relay race, and the Chancellor’s Budget needs to make a strong commitment to completing the final leg by 2032. Due to uncertainty around the fiscal health of the country, it’s more important than ever that the Government remakes […]
By Sarah Marie Hall Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted:
Dr Sarah Marie Hall, Lecturer in Human Geography at The University of Manchester blogs on what she’d like to see in the Chancellor’s Budget to help low-income families. Many expect austerity as usual from the Budget – even though austerity continues to have a disastrous impact on many families and communities across the UK Austerity […]
By Andy Westwood Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted:
Professor Andy Westwood is Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Government Practice at The University of Manchester. Here he blogs on this morning’s announcement from Government of additional R&D funding in 2021/22, science policy and the important role the Government’s new Chief Scientific Adviser has to play. For […]
By Anna Scaife 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 […]
By Ingrid Storm Filed Under: All posts, Europe Posted:
Dr Ingrid Storm from The University of Manchester examines religiosity and attitudes to immigration in Europe. She found that religious conformity to the national average is associated with negative attitudes toward immigration. Religion does not predict immigration attitudes uniformly across countries. Those who belong to majority denominations are more likely to be concerned about immigration. […]
By Steve Furber 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, […]
By Kath Checkland, Valerie Moran, Imelda McDermott and Pauline Allen Filed Under: Health and Social Care Posted:
New research shows Clinical Commissioning Groups face challenges in managing conflicts of interest when commissioning primary care. Here, The University of Manchester’s Professor Katherine Checkland and Dr Imelda McDermott, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Dr Valerie Moran and Dr Pauline Allen, reflect on their latest research into achieving effective governance arrangements […]
By Nicholas Lord, Karin van Wingerde and Liz Campbell 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 […]
By Pierre-Richard Agénor Filed Under: All posts, Inclusive Growth Posted:
On October 18th, Policy@Manchester organised a Paris conference on Financial Volatility and Macroprudential Regulation in Low-Income Countries. The conference, held in conjunction with the French foundation FERDI and a Moroccan think tank, the OCP Policy Centre, was attended by a number of senior policymakers from Africa and France. In this blog Professor Pierre-Richard Agénor discusses […]
By Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Brexit Posted:
Dr Elvira Uyarra is a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) at The University of Manchester examines current regional development in the UK and how this might change Post-Brexit. The following blog is based on a talk she gave at an event organised by the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs […]