All Outputs (39)

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.

Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
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.

Using case studies to boost student participation and performance (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
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)
Newspaper / Magazine
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)
Newspaper / Magazine
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)
Newspaper / Magazine
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)
Newspaper / Magazine
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

Widening participation: Lessons from the Equator Research School (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
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.

How Europe’s drought is making Britain’s energy crisis worse (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Waldman, S. (2022). How Europe’s drought is making Britain’s energy crisis worse

Article for The Conversation on the links between drought and energy shortage.

Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Waldman, S. (2022). Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home

Tidal energy has long lurked at the back of the UK’s renewable energy arsenal, outshone by its wind and solar counterparts due in part to early issues with technology readiness and high costs.

Yet with recent research showing it could provide 11%... Read More about Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in powering your home.

Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right. London

Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace. London

Managing menopause is a challenge all leaders must rise to (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Marsh-Davies, K. (2021). Managing menopause is a challenge all leaders must rise to. London

Sub-heading:
Menopause is more inevitable than childbirth, writes Katy Marsh-Davies, yet we don’t have the systems and policies to manage it that we can and should.