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Risky business – new research explores how corporate law undermines financial stability
With the effects of the 2007 credit crunch still being felt around the world, a new book by Dr Andreas Kokkinis, Assistant Professor in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s School of Law, explores whether traditional models of corporate governance fail to promote financial stability. Corporate Law and Financial Instability explores the tension between corporate governance systems focused around shareholders who want to maximise their returns, and prudential regulation where risk-taking must be controlled in order to safeguard financial stability.
Cannabis linked to bipolar symptoms in young adults
Cannabis use in youth is linked to bipolar symptoms in young adults, finds new research by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.
Researchers from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Medical School found that adolescent cannabis use is an independent risk factor for future hypomania – periods of elated mood, over-active and excited behaviour, and reduced need for sleep that are often experienced as part of bipolar disorder, and have a significant impact on day-to-day life.
Greg Clark announces £80 million funding for Coventry, ¹û¶³´«Ã½shire and ¹û¶³´«Ã½ partnership to create new national battery facility
A partnership between WMG, at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½, Coventry and ¹û¶³´«Ã½shire Local Enterprise Partnership, and Coventry City Council has been awarded £80 million to establish a new National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility (NBMDF). The announcement was made by The Rt Hon Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, while attending an energy conference on the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ campus on Wednesday 29th November 2017.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ genome researcher wins prestigious Fellowship
A rising research star from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has been awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
Living in a ‘war zone’ linked to delivery of low birthweight babies
Mums-to-be living in war zones/areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birthweight babies. However the evidence for any impact on the rate of other complications of pregnancy is less clear. That’s the findings of a review of the available evidence conducted by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School’s MSc Business Analytics course has been ranked seventh in the world in a new QS World University Ranking.