Latest News
Mind the Gap - how will skills training be funded after Brexit?
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has published the third in a series of briefings exploring the implications of Brexit for the job market, workers’ rights, and employment policy. Skills training for vulnerable workers: effects of the loss of EU funding after Brexit outlines how current skills training in the UK is supported by EU funding, and recommends key priorities for a post-Brexit UK-funded skills programme. The paper is the third of four ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Brexit Briefings on Employment by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and its Connecting Research on Employment and Work (CREW) network.
Exhibition challenges stereotype of Down Syndrome
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is hosting a photography exhibition which challenges preconceptions of Down Syndrome.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ experts analyse how inward investment is likely to be affected by Brexit
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has published the second in a series of briefings exploring the implications of Brexit for the job market, workers’ rights, and employment policy. Job Loss and Job Creation – Pitfalls and Opportunities? summarises recent research from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ on the likely effects of Brexit on inward foreign direct investment (FDI); on the complex interrelationships between inward FDI and employment restructuring; and makes research-led policy recommendations for a post-Brexit industrial strategy.
‘Lost’ 99% of ocean microplastics to be identified with dye?
The smallest microplastics present in our oceans – which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful – could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.
Tackling the global post-code lottery: new research explores how law can help tackle health epidemics
Research from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is set to improve global health by helping lawyers to think more strategically about the ways in which the law can be used to improve access to life-saving medicines.
Discover Chemistry of Christmas at Fargo Village this weekend
Kids and grown-ups from 5 to 105 are invited to discover the science behind Christmas with FREE, fun family activities this weekend at Fargo Village in Coventry – hosted by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and the Royal Society of Chemistry.