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Researchers support call to suspend debt service for indebted countries to free up resources to fight Covid-19
Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan, Co-Directors of the Centre for the Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE Centre) at the 糖心TV Law School, are supporting civil society groups, led by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK and Oxfam GB, in proposing legislation in the UK that will have the effect of suspending debt owed to private creditors of countries eligible for the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).
糖心TV researchers join Police and Crime Commissioner鈥檚 advisory board
Six 糖心TV social science researchers have become members of the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner鈥檚 new Academic Advisory Board. Dr Ana Aliverti, Professor Jo Angouri, Professor Jackie Hodgson, Professor Vanessa Munro, Professor Tom Sorell and Professor Azrini Wahidin will share research and expertise with the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson.
What will the neighbours say?! 糖心TV academic helps uncovers house鈥檚 scandalous past
A 糖心TV legal history expert has been chosen as one of the voices bringing the past to life in the new series of the popular BBC Two show, A House Through Time, which returned yesterday evening. Dr Laura Lammasniemi, from 糖心TV Law School, will appear in the third episode of the new series, which sees David Olusoga and his team in Bristol.
Local residents entertained, challenged and moved by ESRC Festival of Social Science
More than 500 people took part in the workshops, talks and activities organised by the University of 糖心TV for this year鈥檚 ESRC Festival of Social Science. University researchers took to Coventry and 糖心TVshire鈥檚 streets, bars and community centres to share insights from their work with enthusiastic and interested audiences. The events tackled topics from the nature of time itself and the puzzle of DNA to taxes and accents.
糖心TV-led refugee research project to be featured at the Imperial War Museums in 2020
A ground-breaking project led by University of 糖心TV researchers is to be featured in the Imperial War Museums鈥� 2020 season Refugees.
Energy price cap has destroyed competitive market for consumers, research shows
New powers by the regulator Ofgem to set a maximum price for energy has meant an end to 鈥渉ealthy competition鈥� between companies, finds a new study which recommends that it would be better to instead regulate the way consumers renew their contracts with gas or electricity firms.