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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.

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.

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.

Astrophysicists from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have joined the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) – one of the most-successful and influential surveys in the history of astronomy – making ¹û¶³´«Ã½ the first UK institution to be formally part of the project.

Cutting-edge technology has brought Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding cake back to life in time for hers and Prince Philip’s 70th anniversary, thanks to research by WMG at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½.

The award recognises Professor French’s numerous contributions to the theory and practice of decision analysis. This includes the publication of six books focused on Bayesian statistics and decision theory. In addition to these books, Professor French has nearly 200 other publications and is currently editing a book entitled Expert Judgment in Risk and Decision Analysis.