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Is Santa Paws visiting your pet this year?

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher Professor Nickie Charles looks at the ways we make our dogs and other companion animals part of our Christmas and asks whether pets really enjoy the rituals of Christmas alongside their human companions.

Thu 14 Dec 2017, 09:39 | Tags: Sociology 1 - Research

¹û¶³´«Ã½ study to explore the politics of economic forecasting and its impact on Brexit and British capitalism

A major ¹û¶³´«Ã½ study analysing how official UK growth assessments are constructed, and their impact on economic policy and public finances, is to be supported by funding from the Leverhulme Trust.


Depression’s causal mechanisms identified with new method

People with major depressive disorder have alterations in the activity and connectivity of brain systems underlying reward and memory, according to a by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.


Sexual harassment of girls is widespread in schools, researchers find

A new study carried out by ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Institute for Employment research for the NEU teaching union and campaign group UK Feminista has found that over a third of girls at mixed-sex schools in England and Wales have been sexually harrassed while at school.

Tue 12 Dec 2017, 11:16 | Tags: Institute for Employment Research 1 - Research

Solar power advances possible with new ‘double-glazing’ device

A new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device – which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh opportunities to develop more advanced photovoltaics – has been invented by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers.

Thu 07 Dec 2017, 12:31 | Tags: Physics 1 - Research Science and Technology

Turning back the clock? Employment rights after Brexit

Over the last 20 years, the UK has become a leader in creating an employment culture that promotes work-family balance and assists working parents. The fourth ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Brexit Briefing on Employment examines how Brexit may risk a return to parents and carers becoming trapped in flexible jobs with fewer rights than full-time, permanent workers, and see men and women returning to entrenched gender roles.

 

Thu 07 Dec 2017, 10:48 | Tags: Institute for Employment Research 1 - Research Law

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