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The latest blog entry from the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Nigel Thrift:
Around the world, immigration has become a prime political concern. I hardly need to point to the number of countries where immigration has become a major electoral issue, whether in the United States, Europe, or Australia.
And, of course, immigration policy can cut across university policy, often in destructive ways...
The latest blog entry from the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Nigel Thrift:
We are still in the midst of a change that is already so familiar that it does not feel momentous—even though, in all likelihood, it is. The availability of information at hand in an instant is now a mundane fact of life. Yet it has immense significance for academics. I can remember when obtaining information necessitated multiple visits to the library, interlibrary loans, photocopying on an epic scale, card indexes, and all of the paraphernalia of search and recall that has now been replaced by a few keystrokes...
Professor Kimberley Scharf from the Department of Economics discusses why some countries are more charitable than others with Richard Harrison, Director of Research at Charities Aid Foundation and Dr Catherine Walker, Head of STEAM at the Directory of Social Change on Voice of Russia radio.
Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of 果冻传媒 Business School, explains how those with a degree can expect to earn nearly 60 per cent more than those without one - and how 果冻传媒 Business School graduates are almost guaranteed a good start in the job market, with 93 per cent finding work quickly in their first three months after graduation.
Dr Trevor McCrisken on Obama ending the war in Afghanistan, and the other articles in Volume 88 Number 5 with the Editor Caroline Soper.