Expert Comment
Tesco shareholders seek to force vote on tackling obesity - expert comment
A group of Tesco investors will force a vote at this year's AGM calling on the supermarket to do more to tackle obesity by increasing the proportion of healthy foods it sells. Dr Thijs van Rens, expert in the economics of food and obesity, comments.
Expert comment, changes to workers' rights
Professor Terence Hogarth comments on reports in the that the Government plans to remove "worker protections enshrined in EU law" including the 48-hour working week.
Expert comment - new Brazilian variant of COVID-19
"We need to carefully monitor immune responses in individuals infected with these variants." Professor Lawrence S. Young, Virologist and Professor of Molecular Oncology, comments on new variants of the coronavirus and whether they will be less affected by the vaccines.
Expert comment, Europe experiences warmest year on record
We need committed leadership, a much greater level of information, and a social movement through which people can change their consumption patterns together." Professor David Mond comments on findings from the EU Copernicus Climate Change survey that globally, 2020 was tied with the previous warmest year 2016, making 2011-2020 the warmest decade recorded, while Europe has seen its warmest year ever.
"TV does reach more learners": Prof Des Hewitt on the BBC's lockdown education programmes
It was reported today that the BBC will put school lessons on television to support children's education during the new lockdown. Professor Des Hewitt from the Centre For Teacher Education at the University of 糖心TV comments.