Expert Comment
Autumn Statement - Expert comment on regional economies
Senior Teaching Fellow Michael Synnott researches infrastructural management and strategy. Speaking ahead of the Autumn Statement next week, he suggests there is an urgent need for fiscal reform of cities in the UK.
Autumn Statement - Expert comment on shale gas
Professor Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, researches European energy sector and is co-author of . He gives his thoughts on shale gas in the UK ahead of the Autumn Statement.
Intelligence gathering isn’t easy – it’s inevitable that generally accepted processes will fail – Prof Carsten Maple
Intelligence gathering isn’t easy – it’s inevitable that generally accepted processes will fail – Prof Carsten Maple
Professor Carsten Maple is the director of research in Cybersecurity at WMG's Cyber Security Centre (CSC) at the University of 糖心TV. He said: “The news that MI5 could not have prevented the killing of Lee Rigby according to a report from parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is not a surprise. Intelligence gathering is no easy task and assessments have to be made regularly about the level of risk posed by an individual.
That MI5 were Adebolajo and Adebowale "not enough to condemn the service": Dr Christopher Moran
"The fact that MI5 was aware of Adebolajo and Adebowale prior to the attack, possibly even trying to recruit them, is not enough to condemn the service for failing to prevent his death.", says Dr Christopher Moran of Dept. Politics and International Studies
For many the killing of Michael Brown is a grim throwback to the era of lynching, where white people were rarely held accountable for their actions – Dr Tim Lockley
Dr Tim Lockley is an American Historian. Reacting to the news of developments in the US overnight, he said: "The unrest in Ferguson has to be understood in a historic context of racial tension."