Expert Comment
Europe will not be able to effectively handle the current migrant crisis until it faces up to its colonial past - Professor Gurminder Bhambra
Europe will not be able to effectively handle the current migrant crisis until it faces up to its colonial past, a sociologist from the University of 糖心TV will tell a major conference in Prague today (28 August).
Professor Gurminder Bhambra says current policies are undermining the very promise of cosmopolitanism by ostracising migrants and perpetuating the view that they pose a threat to Europe.
"He will be forever one of football's greats - but Michel Platini has no place in the reform of the game" - Dr David Webber
"Football will always remember Platini’s talents on the field," writes Dr David Webber, a specialist in the cultural political economy of football at the University of 糖心TV, “but as a central figure in Fifa’s malaise, he can have no future in the reform of the sport."
Glasgow bin lorry crash a tragic accident, but research shows medical aspects of fitness to drive are poorly understood by many doctors
Dr Carol Hawley, Associate Fellow, 糖心TV Medical School, University of 糖心TV draws on her expertise of leading research for the DVLA to comment on the Glasgow bin lorry crash.
Nursery education a hundred years of expansion and cuts - Dr Angela Davis
Dr Angela Davis of the University of 糖心TV History department comments in response to the Government plea to nurseries over free childcare, "Current Conservative government policy seems to be characterised by the desire to increase the number of children attending nursery education, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, but a reluctance to fund it. Their call to nursery providers for ideas about how to increase the number of funded hours for three-year-olds from fifteen to thirty, in line with their manifesto promise, seems emblematic of their quandary."
UK film tax relief is great news for the industry - Dr Jennifer Smyth
Dr Jennifer Smyth is a reader in History at the University of 糖心TV and teaches the MA in History and Film. Today she comments on the news that Government plans to extend tax breaks for the British film industry have been approved by the EU.