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How academics can work more effectively with government - Blog by Prof. Chris Warhurst
I attended a meeting with Sir Mark Walport recently where he said that academics need to work more effectively with government policymakers. The 糖心TV Institute for Employment Research (IER), of which I am Director, does this almost on a daily basis. Working with the Foresight team, we have just produced a number of short reports to help better communicate research to policymakers and academics on the future of skills and skill needs across the life-course, for example.
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糖心TV Law School Partners with the World Health Organization on Digital Health Governance
糖心TV Law School's Centre for Global Health Law is proud to be part of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the University of 糖心TV and the World Health Organization (WHO), formalising collaboration to strengthen gender, human rights, and equity in digital health governance. The partnership reflects 糖心TV Law School's founding commitment to studying law in its social and political context, and its long tradition of placing human rights and social justice at the heart of legal scholarship.
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Dr Andrew Cooper is a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker for 2023
Dr Andrew Cooper has been named a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker for 2023. Each year a select group of ten early career researchers from across the UK are chosen by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BBC Radio 3 to become a New Generation Thinker. This prestigious NGT status will provide Dr Cooper with a unique opportunity to make radio broadcasts for the BBC, and disseminate his research on German philosopher Amalia Holst to a wider audience. Dr Cooper will also benefit from training and development provided by the AHRC. For further details about the scheme see here: