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How resilient were UK regions to the 2008 financial crisis? Recovery policies for COVID-19 crisis

Elvira Uyarra By , and Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Dr Marianne Sensier, Professor Fiona Devine and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience of UK sub-regions in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. In this blog, they map the resilience across the UK in recovery from the financial crisis and suggest policies for increasing resilience for recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. […]

Power from the sun, money from the crowd: community energy offers low-cost finance for renewables

Tim Braunholtz-Speight By Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Renewables, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted:

The fall in the cost of renewable energy has created new possibilities for citizen investors to fund community energy projects. However, the majority require some level of price support. In this blog, researchers from The University of Manchester call for policies to support the growth of this sector, such as encouraging the purchase of community-generated […]

Can we ‘level up’ transport infrastructure across the UK?

Diane Coyle By and Filed Under: Budget, Devo, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Professor Diane Coyle and Dr Marianne Sensier have recently conducted research comparing transport infrastructure projects that have used HM Treasury’s Green Book. In this blog they argue that this methodology, alongside political prioritisation of projects in and around London, has reinforced existing success in wealthy, already highly productive parts of the UK. Future infrastructure investment […]

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Managing radioactive waste

By Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

The UK nuclear industry is predicted to generate just under 5 million tonnes of radioactive waste across its entire lifetime. A small fraction of this, about 6%, will remain radioactive for millennia, which means that a long-term plan is required for managing new nuclear waste as well as the long-lived waste already being stored in […]

Graphenes innovation could give UK economy a positive charge

By Filed Under: Science and Engineering Posted:

This week, The University of Manchester is hosting a Graphene Industry Showcase. Ahead of this Dr Craig Dawson – Application Manager at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre shines a light on how, as the UK looks to build a globally leading carbon neutral economy, The University of Manchester is providing an innovation flagship for energy […]

Climate Change: Should we take the nuclear option?

By Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

In this blog, William Bodel a post-doctoral research associate at the Dalton Nuclear Institute at The University of Manchester, looks at the future of low-carbon energy generation in the UK to see whether nuclear energy should support the UK Government’s climate change commitments. Concerns around climate change, and the political drive to achieve net-zero greenhouse […]

Community resilience – Are we unable to deal with power cuts?

Matthias NoebelsMathaios Panteli By and Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

In this blog, Matthias Noebels and Mathaios Panteli from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester discuss, motivated by the recent UK wide power cut in August 2019, the need in the UK to think beyond electricity infrastructure resilience to be able to handle such events in the future. In August […]

Can we reduce water demand to 80 litres a day? And what can the government do to support it?

Claire HoolohanAlison Browne By and Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

In a recent consultation, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) requested evidence on measures to reduce personal water use. In this blog Dr Claire Hoolohan, a research fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Dr Alison Browne, a senior lecturer in Geography explore ways in which the UK Government […]

Innovation: why we need to fail more often, in order to succeed

James Baker By Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted:

In this blog James Baker, Chief Executive Officer of Graphene@Manchester, explores the UK approach to innovation and finding the next ‘Big Thing’ to stay competitive at a global level. North America continue to produce a succession pioneers who have delivered innovation through highly disruptive products and services. The UK approach to innovation is different with […]

We’re only scratching the surface: why surface engineering matters, to our city, and beyond

By Filed Under: Science and Engineering Posted:

In this blog, Professor Allan Matthews highlights the importance of surface engineering in the development and sustainability of materials  and sets out why surface engineering should remain part of the conversation in order to position Greater Manchester as a global leader in materials innovation. Surface engineering modifies the surface of what lies beneath, to make it […]

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