Engineering innovation factory
Gunilla Silvard, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Production and Engineering Management, discusses innovation in product realisation...
Individualisation and sustainability increase the demand for innovation concerning...
North West councils launch foster carers campaign
Twenty-three local authorities are taking part in a region-wide campaign to recruit and raise awareness of the need for more foster carers….
A new campaign...
Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister calls for Hungary’s expulsion from the EU
Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn is calling for the suspension or even the expulsion of Hungary from the EU for violating EU values…
Hungary should...
Gender balance in scientific careers
Professor Rosalind L Smyth, Director at the Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL) outlines the importance of gender equality within the science...
Boundary review could see prominent MPs lose seats
Several senior MPs could lose their seats under new boundary proposals for England and Wales.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former chancellor George Osborne are...
The value of research into endocrine disrupting chemicals
Alberto Mantovani, Research Director, Istituto Superiore di Sanità discusses if conducting research into endocrine disrupting chemicals is still worthwhile...
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) are chemical substances that...
£50k Horizon 2020 funding granted for non-animal testing
A UK laboratory has been granted £50,000 EU funding towards developing non-animal testing methods…
XCellR8, based at Sci Tech Daresbury, has been granted £50,000 funding...
TUC warns firms there is ‘no place to hide’ if they exploit workers
In the wake of the Sports Direct scandal, workers union TUC has warned companies they will be challenged if they exploit their workers…
Businesses that...
Towards cleaner and smarter mobility
Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director at the European Environment Agency explains how cleaner and smarter transport can meet Europe’s need for mobility…
Transport connects people, cultures,...
BCC cuts UK growth forecast following Brexit vote
Following the vote to leave the EU, the British Chamber of Commerce has cut its forecast for growth to 1.8 per cent, down from...
The role of expertise in policy-making
The research project EUREX looks into the role of scientific expertise in the preparation of public policies. Cathrine Holst, ARENA and Johan Christensen, Leiden...
$900m funding to help Canada lead research
The Minister of Science in Canada has revealed $900m funding to help universities become world-leaders…
Canadian Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan has unveiled investment of...
EU is on target to meet 2020 energy target
A spokesperson for the European Commission has revealed the EU is on course to meet its 2020 energy consumption target
The European Union is expected...
The hidden cost of air pollution
Urgent action is needed on air pollution, says OECD Environment Director Simon Upton, particularly in coal-reliant economies like China and India…
Air pollution takes years...
Linking Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and nutrition
Ai-Ling Lin, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky discusses Alzheimer's disease and the link to diabetes and nutrition...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the...
May defends plans to expand grammar schools across England
Despite controversy, Prime Minister, Theresa May has defended plans to expand grammar schools or open new ones across England
Theresa May has defended plans to...
UK parks decline as austerity squeezes council budgets
Council budget cuts are behind the continuing decline in the condition of UK parks…
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has warned budget cuts are leading...
Cyber crime: the threat to your business and how to avoid it
Rory Clarke, director at J R Rix and Sons, explores the potentially devastating impact of cyber crime and what you can do to protect...
The measurement conundrum in healthcare
Dr Benjamin Van Voorhees, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, talks about the role of quantitative measurements in healthcare to ensure high standards of...
More than half of north-east councils vote against devolution
Four out of seven councils in the north-east of England have voted against devolution, it has emerged…
Devolution plans in the north-east of the country...
