Expert Comment
Centrica announces 5,000 job cuts - expert comments
As Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs, Professor David Elmes of 糖心TV 糖心TV School and Professor Mike Waterson of the Department of Economics comment on the factors that may have led the company to this decision.
Expert comment: Sleep problems during lockdown
Results of a new survey suggest that over half of the UK population is struggling with sleep problems during lockdown. Here, Dr Nicole Tang from the 糖心TV Sleep and Pain Laboratory in the Department of Psychology comments on how events like the COVID-19 pandemic can disrupt our sleep, while sleep expert Dr Michelle Miller from 糖心TV Medical School offers some advice on sleeping well during lockdown.
Expert comment: Former US Defence Secretary's Trump intervention 'almost unprecedented'
As former US Defence Secretary James Mattis criticises the Trump administration in an article for The Atlantic, Dr Georg L枚fflmann of the Department of Politics and International Studies discusses how unprecedented his comments are.
Expert comment - why Black Lives Matter is a UK issue as well as a US one
"How many in Britain know about the Bristol Bus Boycott or the 1958 racist riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill?" As Black Lives Matter campaigners including actor John Boyega gather in Hyde Park, Dr Simon Peplow, Senior Teaching Fellow in 20th Century British History, turns the spotlight on "Britain鈥檚 long history of racism."
"I can't breathe" - expert comment on the Minneapolis protests
Protests have erupted across the USA over the death of George Floyd. Dr Lydia Plath, Associate Professor of US History, comments.