All Outputs (49)

An independent view: rebuilding trust and confidence in policing within minority communities (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
McKue, M. (2025). An independent view: rebuilding trust and confidence in policing within minority communities

Opening paragraph:
To understand the current situation between minority communities and policing in the UK, we must first examine the historical context. In the UK, the legacy of colonialism and the over-policing of Black and Asian communities durin... Read More about An independent view: rebuilding trust and confidence in policing within minority communities.

Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Velentza, K., Worthen, H., & Brookes, E. (2025). Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Excerpt:
Community Waterscapes, funded by the University of Hull and supported by Hull Maritime, the Living with Water Partnership and an endorsed action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, is carrying out community-driven... Read More about Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region.

Phonics screening check: why this test taken by six-year-olds in England just isn’t needed (2024)
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Glazzard, J. (2024). Phonics screening check: why this test taken by six-year-olds in England just isn’t needed

Opening paragraph:
At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic phonics – an approach to teaching r... Read More about Phonics screening check: why this test taken by six-year-olds in England just isn’t needed.

Prison education is vital – but it is neglected and failing (2024)
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Glazzard, J. (2024). Prison education is vital – but it is neglected and failing

Opening paragraph:
The quality of education in young offender institutions (YOIs) in England has seriously declined, according to a recent report from Ofsted and the prisons inspectorate.

Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it (2024)
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Glazzard, J. (2024). Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it

Opening paragraph:
The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.

Always Running: Luis J. Rodríguez’s memoir of gang days in LA is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago (2024)
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Metcalf, J., & Olguín, B. (2024). Always Running: Luis J. Rodríguez’s memoir of gang days in LA is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago

Opening paragraph:
In the same year the poet and activist Luis J. Rodríguez prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday (on July 9), his bestselling memoir Always Running celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Using case studies to boost student participation and performance (2024)
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Sa'id, H. (2024). Using case studies to boost student participation and performance

Opening paragraph:
Engaging students with course materials is a challenging aspect of teaching in higher education. This problem is particularly prevalent in graduate-level classes, where students from different generations, educational backgrounds,... Read More about Using case studies to boost student participation and performance.

Reconsidering financial wisdom about emerging economies (2024)
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Andrikopoulos, A. [. (2024). Reconsidering financial wisdom about emerging economies. London

The liberalisation of capital inflows can threaten domestic stability in the banking system, highlighting the importance of risk management.

Decolonising UK Earth Science (2024)
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Williams, R., Mills, K., & Lawrence, A. (2024). Decolonising UK Earth Science

Header:
Rebecca Williams, Keely Mills and Anya Lawrence reflect on the recent Decolonising UK Earth Science workshop and how examining our past can shape the future of geoscience.

Using shoddy science to generate biased headlines helps no one (2024)
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Johnson, M. (2024). Using shoddy science to generate biased headlines helps no one. UK

Sub-heading:
A look at the facts behind recent media headlines on fishing's carbon footprint.

People Power and Water Politics (2024)
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Worthen, H., McDonagh, B., Smith, K., Brookes, E., Hughes, G., & Mottram, S. (2024). People Power and Water Politics. London

Opening paragraph:
In 1622, the town of Kingston-Upon-Hull submitted a petition to King Charles I. In it, urban governors outlined the watery hazards faced by the town, namely that it stood ‘upon the dangerous river of Humber, being a great and very... Read More about People Power and Water Politics.

Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Beall, A. (2023). Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe

An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to supernovae, supermassive black holes and the cosmic web.

Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Alfred, L., Walker, J., & Smith, L. (2023). Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy

Opening paragraph:
When a couple is planning on having a baby, it’s often the woman who is seen as responsible for the health of the unborn child.

Macroprudential Policies Can Mitigate the Effects of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty on Gross Capital Inflows, Study Argues (2023)
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Andrikopoulos, T. (2023). Macroprudential Policies Can Mitigate the Effects of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty on Gross Capital Inflows, Study Argues. London

Opening paragraph:
In the decade following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–09, the global economy was exposed to several significant disruptions. These events resulted in a sharp increase in policy uncertainty, exceeding even the levels re... Read More about Macroprudential Policies Can Mitigate the Effects of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty on Gross Capital Inflows, Study Argues.

The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin (2023)
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Porter, J. (2023). The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin

Ireland’s history and its relationship to Great Britain and Northern Ireland is too important to forget via the portrayal within a film like The Banshees of Inisherin. After all, if we choose to forget a hard lesson learned about power and war in one... Read More about The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin.

Fear and Weakness (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Porter, J. (2023). Fear and Weakness. London

Joy Porter applauds a powerful new book that emphasises Indigenous agency within the story of North American colonisation.
Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen WW Norton, 592 pages, £30

Powerful Inversion (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Porter, J. (2023). Powerful Inversion

Review of
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen
W.W. Norton 538pp £30

Feeling forgetful after COVID? Study shows the virus can affect short-term memory (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Asghar, A., Salawu, A., & Baseler, H. (2022). Feeling forgetful after COVID? Study shows the virus can affect short-term memory

Opening paragraph:
Although it’s well known that COVID affects the respiratory system, it’s perhaps less well known that the virus can also affect cognitive function.

Widening participation: Lessons from the Equator Research School (2022)
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Raji, M., Williams, R., & Dowey, N. (2022). Widening participation: Lessons from the Equator Research School

Opener:
Access to geoscience research is not equitable. Munira Raji, Rebecca Williams and Natasha Dowey discuss the Equator Research School, which set out to increase access and participation in doctoral study and beyond for ethnic minority students... Read More about Widening participation: Lessons from the Equator Research School.

How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Andrikopoulos, T. (2022). How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China

In the UK, studies have repeatedly found evidence of accentism. Prejudice based on someone’s way of speaking can affect people in the classroom, the office and beyond.