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EXPERT COMMENT: The UK and Ireland’s climate was tropical 26 million years ago – here’s why that matters now
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Associate Professor Matthew Pound, and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Jessica McCoy, discuss the change in UK climate.
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Read the latest issue of Northumbria University News: Summer 2024 edition
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EXPERT COMMENT: Gordon Brown wants £3 billion for the 'austerity generation'. But the UK needs a more enduring solution
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Elliott Johnson, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy, Daniel Nettle, Professor of Community Wellbeing, and Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, discuss the interventions required to tackle poverty and inequality in the UK.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives – here’s why
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Northumbria University PhD candidate in Marine Ecology, Matthew Floyd , discusses seagrass in the Maldives.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Elliott Johnson, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and CAPE North of Tyne Combined Authority Policy Fellow, Howard Reed, Senior Research Fellow in Social work, Education, and Community wellbeing, and Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, discuss the economic case for benefits.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy at Northumbria University, and Matthew Flinders, founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield, discuss the Labour Party's opportunity to address the country's economic pressures.
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EXPERT COMMENT: The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Dr Thomas Cheney, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at Northumbria Law School in Northumbria University, discusses the implications of Space Junk.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Four reforms to stop English councils from going bankrupt
In this article originally written for The Conversation, Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Associate Professor in Strategic Public Sector Finance and Urban Adaptation at Northumbria University, and Mark Sandford, Honorary Professor of Local Government at the University of Bristol, discuss four reforms to stop English councils from going bankrupt.
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EXPERT COMMENT: The animal sounds in most nature documentaries are made by humans – here’s how they do it and why it matters
In this article originally written for The Conversation, Lecturer in Film Dr Damien Pollard discusses foley artists and their role in wildlife documentaries.
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EXPERT COMMENT: The secret world of puddles
In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Mike Jeffries, Associate Professor of Ecology at Northumbria University discusses the conservation value of puddles which is still largely unappreciated.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Antarctic study proves glacier has undergone irreversible retreat – highlighting potential for widespread ice loss
In an article written for The Conversation*, both from Northumbria University, Hilmar Gudmundsson, Professor of Glaciology and Dr Brad Reed, Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, alongside Mattias Green, Professor in Physical Oceanography at Bangor University discuss developments in the activity of the Pine Island glacier in the west Antarctic ice sheet.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Everton FC lost ten valuable points for breaking financial rules – but football fans may eventually consider it a win
In an article written for The Conversation*, Mark Middling, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Northumbria University discusses the impact of Everton FC's recent ten point deduction for breaking financial rules.
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EXPERT COMMENT: This 17th-century portrait was given plumper lips years after it was finished – an expert explains why
In an article written for The Conversation*, Nicky Grimaldi , Assistant Professor of Arts at Northumbria University discusses the idea of conserving originality and how the additions of the restorer can lend an interesting element to a painting’s story.
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Read the latest issue of Northumbria University News: Autumn 2023 edition
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EXPERT COMMENT: Remembrance Day: five beautiful novels about war commemoration
In an article written for the Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary literature and Research Fellow Dr Alexandra Peat discuss recommendations for five novels that can give readers fresh insights into conflict and commemoration.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain’s wild species
In an article written for The Conversation*, Andrew Suggitt, Assistant Professor in Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University, and Alistair Auffret, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, discuss how making a new map of land-use change for Great Britain helped their research into the extinction crisis.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research
In an article written for The Conversation*, Deirdre McKay, Professor of Sustainable Development at Keele University, Kelly Sheridan, Associate Professor in Forensic Science at Northumbria University, and Axa Research Fund Fellow Thomas Stanton from Loughborough University discuss new research on the shedding of microfibres.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Increasing melting of West Antarctic ice shelves may be unavoidable – new research
In an article written for the Conversation, Jan De Rydt, Associate Professor of Polar Glaciology and Oceanography at Northumbria University, along with Ocean-Ice Modeller Kaitlin Naughten and Ocean and Ice Scientist Paul Holland, both from the British Antarctic Survey, discuss their recent research findings on the warming of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Plan to ‘retain and explain’ controversial statues is flawed – why we should always question our monuments
In an article written for The Conversation, Claudine van Hensbergen, Associate Professor in Eighteenth-Century English Literature at Northumbria University, discusses the UK government's official “retain and explain” policy regarding controversial monuments and the challenges and opportunities that come with it.
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