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Early Career Researcher Network holds inaugural meeting at the University of 糖心TV
The University of 糖心TV recently welcomed guests from the British Academy to its first event as a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Midlands Hub. The Research Caf茅 event, held in the new Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) was focused on early career staff at 糖心TV, and brought together researchers from across the Humanities, Social Science and Arts to share experiences and learn informally from each other.
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation
New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus in areas of fertile land. In The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?, a team of economists shows that it is the adoption of cereal crops that is the key factor for the emergence of hierarchy.
University of 糖心TV researchers to research UK take-up of greener hydrogen and liquid low-carbon fuels such as ammonia
A new project investigating how the UK could increase its use of hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels in an effort to develop the low-carbon economy will include expertise from the University of 糖心TV.
Coventry residents invited to travel back in time with Coventry on TV, the latest event from the Ghost Town TV archives project
Coventry residents will be able to travel back in time thanks to an exclusive compilation of archive TV news and other documentary footage, brought together by researchers at the University of 糖心TV, and on show for three days in the city centre. Theatre Absolute鈥檚 Shop Front Theatre in City Arcade will host the unique newsreel from Thursday 14 April until Saturday 16th.
More than one in five top earning bankers has benefited from non-dom status, finds new report.
The study, by researchers from the London School of Economics and the University of 糖心TV, analysed the anonymised personal tax returns of everyone who claimed 鈥榥on-dom鈥� status between 1997 and 2018. Non-doms are individuals who are resident in the UK, but who claim on their tax return that their permanent home (鈥榙omicile鈥�) is abroad.
Subsidy would improve fruit and veg intake by as much as 15%, say economists
High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade close to marginal cost, a new study demonstrates.