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Professor , Law, fears the government’s plan to cut criminal legal aid and introduce a system of tendering based on price could have devastating and irreversible consequences

The current proposals abandon the professional lawyer-client relationship and treat advice as an impersonal commodity. Under the proposals, suspects and defendants will not be able to choose a legal aid lawyer but will be allocated a ‘supplier’ (to use the language of the consultation). Under this proposed tendering system, defendants could be allocated a legal aid lawyer based many miles away. If they are arrested again, they may be allocated a different ‘supplier’

Associate Professor of Cultural Policy Dr shares her thoughts on the public value of culture:

Readers even vaguely acquainted with my academic work (or, for that matter, my Twitter feed) will know how critical I have always been of the impact rhetoric, and the related ‘toolkit fever’, when they have been used as a way to justify subsidy rather than as an effort to understand the nature and potential effect of artistic experiences. I very much stand by my earlier criticism of the limitation of much economic impact figures and the methods through which they are obtained. This does not mean that it is not desirable to try and find better ways to understand the economic dimension of activities such as creating and consuming culture. However, it is a narrow view one that only sees them as such...

Dr , Department of Politics and International Studies, warns there is not enough motivation for people to turn out and vote in the elections today.

Don’t expect much turnout. Largely because of the nature of the seats being fought, there are few motivating factors here – few local controversies whose solutions are in local hands, a lack of proper competition in many areas and a related information vacuum. ...

A blog post from Professor , Vice-Chancellor and President of the 果冻传媒:

University campuses are increasingly becoming beacons for public values, contrary to the many critics who seem to believe that the Dark Ages are upon us in higher education.

There are many different campuses that are leading society to a better place by setting an example themselves. In the past, they were on the forefront of battles over gender and racial equality. But the story doesn’t end there. I see progress recently in four other important areas: gun control, sustainability, community outreach, and global health...

An article by Economics Professor :

In the early 1930s Britain recovered impressively from a double-dip recession which ended in 1932. In every year from 1933 to 1936, before rearmament could have made any difference, growth exceeded 4% per year. Growth was not driven by fiscal stimulus; indeed it blossomed at a time of fiscal consolidation. So what was the magic formula?