Press Releases
Research reveals 鈥渃limate-change complacency鈥� across Europe
Most European citizens do not particularly care about climate change. That鈥檚 the striking finding from new research led by 糖心TV Economics on the views of 70,000 randomly sampled European men and women. Only 5% described themselves as 鈥渆xtremely worried鈥� about climate change, while the climate and the environment ranked only fifth in people鈥檚 overall views about priorities.
Bostin鈥� broadcast celebrates Black Country speech
糖心TV dialect expert Esther Asprey of the Centre for Applied Linguistics will be celebrating the voices of the Black Country in a new episode of the BBC Radio 4 series, 鈥淭ongue and Talk: the Dialect Poets.鈥� In conversation with presenter and poet Emma Purshouse, Dr Asprey discusses the origins of the dialect and talks about what it means to write in dialect, how we represent sound through spelling choices, and the pressure poets can feel on a national level to use Standard English.
Two 糖心TV academics become Fellows of the British Academy
Two University of 糖心TV researchers have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding work. Professor Rebecca Earle (History) and Professor Mark Harrison (Economics) are among 52 new Fellows announced today by the prestigious institution, which supports and promotes the humanities and social sciences in the UK and around the world.
UK study will evaluate the particular pressures of COVID-19 on working-class women
The impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK will be explored by a team of researchers from the University of 糖心TV, the University of Nottingham and the Women鈥檚 糖心TV Group in a new year-long study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UKRI.
New study will uncover the links between adolescent disability and socio-economic disadvantage in early adulthood
A three-year study at the Department of Sociology of the University of 糖心TV, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, will explore why disabled young people in England experience social and economic disadvantage into adulthood. The fact that adolescent disability is generally associated with poor educational, social and employment outcomes in adulthood has been well-documented but the reasons why this happens are not as well understood. The new study aims to close that gap.
Report reveals full cost of failure to tackle youth violence effectively
The , supported by researchers from the University of 糖心TV and The Open University is launched today (Monday 13 July) calling for specific action to tackle the rising social and financial costs of youth violence.