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Local Elections 2025: a crucial ‘temperature check’ for Labour, Tories, and Reform UK

Local Elections 2025: a crucial ‘temperature check’ for Labour, Tories, and Reform UK

Dr Demetris Tillyris explains how the upcoming local elections could tell us more about the current UK political landscape. This May’s local elections are not just a routine round of […]

15 Apr, 202515 Apr, 2025 Politics
International Women’s Day and Domestic Homicide

International Women’s Day and Domestic Homicide

Dr Sofia Graca discusses a parliamentary debate on women’s rights and safety ahead of International Women’s Day. Yesterday I attended the parliamentary debate on International Women’s Day. I had the […]

07 Mar, 202507 Mar, 2025 criminal justice, Law, Politics
Musk, Trump and the International Space Station – who really benefits?

Musk, Trump and the International Space Station – who really benefits?

Dr Sarah Lieberman and Dr Laura Cashman discuss the role of the International Space Station (ISS) and what this could mean for strategic partners following Space X Fonder Elon Musk’s call to crash ISS into the Antarctic seas.

03 Mar, 202505 Mar, 2025 Politics
Whose responsibility is it anyway to make sure school transport is available to all?

Whose responsibility is it anyway to make sure school transport is available to all?

Dr Susan Kenyon argues that local authorities need to bring back accessibility planning for transport to better understand how accessible their services are and to ensure all young people can […]

22 Jan, 2025 Politics
The unveiling of the UK walk on the AI path: treading lines of governance and innovation without losing balance.

The unveiling of the UK walk on the AI path: treading lines of governance and innovation without losing balance.

Dr Jaspal Kaur Sadhu-Singh discusses this week’s government announcement on the Prime Minister’s blueprint to turbocharge AI. On the backfoot of economic challenges facing this government, the 50-point AI Opportunities […]

16 Jan, 202516 Jan, 2025 Computing, Politics, Society
Supporting social mobility

Supporting social mobility

Dr Susan Kenyon argues that universities can do more to support social mobility, by moving away from the outdated assumption that residential students are the norm and reshaping provisions to […]

04 Dec, 202406 Dec, 2024 Culture, Education, Politics, Society
COP29: climate change or climate procrastination?

COP29: climate change or climate procrastination?

Natalia Slobodian asks if the latest gathering of leaders and governments at COP29 is really going to make the difference. As COP29 kicks off, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the world […]

18 Nov, 202418 Nov, 2024 Ecology, Life Sciences, Politics, Science, Society
Trump 2.0 and liberal metropolitan moralism

Trump 2.0 and liberal metropolitan moralism

Dr Demetris Tillyris delves in to the US Presidential election result with a warning for the Democratic Party. The US Presidential election carried with it a sense of déjà vu. […]

14 Nov, 202414 Nov, 2024 Politics, Uncategorised
Bus fares, budgets and a balancing act

Bus fares, budgets and a balancing act

Dr Susan Kenyon argues that a rise in England’s bus fare cap from £2 to £3 hurts the environment and increases exclusion – both concerns for ‘working people’. The bus […]

28 Oct, 202428 Oct, 2024 Politics, Society

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