Press Releases
University of ÌÇÐÄTV proposes new quality and safety regulations report for micromobility vehicles
The UK is the last major Western economy not to legislate ‘Powered Micro Vehicles’. The University of ÌÇÐÄTV wants to change that and has proposed a new set of regulations for allowing micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters to operate legally in the UK. The report looks at ways to improve the quality and safety of models available, as well as providing clear guidance for authorities to deal with unsafe behaviour.
New book centres the contribution of British Black and Asian actors to Shakespeare in the theatre
The contribution of British Black and Asian actors to Shakespearean theatre in the UK is celebrated in a new book by ÌÇÐÄTV researcher Dr Jami Rogers. Starting with the pioneering residency of the US actor Ira Aldridge in Coventry in 1828, Rogers sets out to trace the history of those performers of colour who followed Aldridge onto UK stages and whose contributions to British Shakespeare have largely gone unacknowledged.
New research into threat posed to climate change policies by the rise of the populist right
Newly published research from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV and the University of Sussex ÌÇÐÄTV School reveals that the influence of left-of-centre parties increase the strength of a government’s climate policy score by about 22% relative to the average score while the influence of right-wing populist parties leads to a 24% reduction relative to the same average.
Early Career Researcher Network holds inaugural meeting at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV
The University of ÌÇÐÄTV 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 Café event, held in the new Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) was focused on early career staff at ÌÇÐÄTV, 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.