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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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Marking their own homework? The management of conflicts of interest in the NHS

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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 […]

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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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Can macroprudential regulation promote both financial stability and growth in low-income countries?

By 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 […]

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UK regional development in the context of Brexit

Elvira Uyarra By 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 […]

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Charting a course to better jobs in Greater Manchester

By Filed Under: All posts, Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted:

Resolution Foundation research reveals five key challenges: halting the region’s relative decline, addressing the growth in ‘atypical’ work, ending the pay squeeze, encouraging progression and ensuring young people can access well-paid work. Getting people into work should be a priority, but more attention needs to be paid to the types of jobs. People on zero […]

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Income security may increase secularity, but not vice versa

Ingrid Storm By Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted:

Dr Ingrid Storm from The University of Manchester examines economic decline and church attendance in Britain. She found that despite regular churchgoers being able to cope better with economic loss; economic decline does not increase church attendance. More than half the population of Britain consider themselves to have no religion. Those who have experienced a loss […]

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

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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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The forgotten welfare gap in older age

Kingsley Purdam By Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted:

As the winter months and colder weather approach, the University of Manchester’s Kingsley Purdam explains how welfare reform and austerity has affected the growing numbers of older people. Ongoing research into food insecurity shows older people are at risk of under-nutrition because of poverty, or because they don’t get the support they need to shop, […]

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Working towards a new Prevent strategy

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In recent months both Theresa May and Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, have made significant interventions in the debate on counter extremism. In this blog, Bob Hindle of Manchester Institute of Education, explains why a new Prevent strategy is needed, and how that might develop. Policy must consider wider educational responsibilities such as strengthening community […]

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