Subsidies for onshore wind power were cut by the UK government in 2015. Then the main reasons given were that it was too expensive and that the public didn't support it. Amber Rudd MP, then head of what was the Department ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2019
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In the newly published study, "How Many Ways to Say Goodbye? The Latent Class Structure and Psychological Correlates of European Union Sentiment in a Large Sample of UK Adults," academics from the university's Department ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2019
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A new OECD report, "Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle Class," analyses how the middle class has fared in high-income countries between the 1980s and 2016. The results for the UK have some striking features.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2019
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People's lives have been shattered by so-called "revenge porn," upskirting, fake porn, sexual extortion and videos of sexual assaults and rape shared online. Victims and survivors can experience profound "social rupture"—a ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2019
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High-flying careers in the airline industry don't mean sky-high salaries for women, according to new research by Swansea University.
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2019
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British mobile phone operator EE on Thursday became the first in the country to launch a high-speed 5G service, but without smartphones from controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei.
Business
May 30, 2019
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The online complaint system used by web giants like Google and Twitter is a 'Wild West' with evidence of abuse by complainants, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
Internet
May 15, 2019
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For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Leonardo da Vinci is the Mona Lisa, or his sketches of the Vitruvian man. Fans of pulp fiction or popular cinema might even find their minds drifting ...
Other
May 7, 2019
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Six months on from the UN's landmark 1.5°C report, which urged immediate global action to prevent global warming from rising beyond this dangerous level, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has advised the UK government ...
Environment
May 2, 2019
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The pay gap between male and female economists at UK universities has not fallen for 20 years, a new study has revealed.
Economics & Business
Apr 30, 2019
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