By Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
The Labour government has made economic growth its top priority, committing to planning reforms, business partnerships and millions of pounds of investment in science and technology.
But economic growth is not just about innovation, investment and businesses. How the law functions is of fundamental importance for economic growth. The UK’s highly-regarded system of justice plays an important role in creating the environment of trust that underpins commerce and investment.
The legal system should be…
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By Matthew Cocks, Reader, Exercise Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
Katie Hesketh, Assistant Professor in Exercise Prescription, University of Birmingham
Our study also found that people who used a wearable fitness tracker were three times more likely to still be active a year later.
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By Gordon A. Gow, Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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By Simon Gikandi, Professor of English and Chair of the English Department, Princeton University
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
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By Hedley Twidle, Associate Professor and head of English Literary Studies, University of Cape Town
Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has – like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change – seen an outpouring of remarkable nonfiction. The Interpreters is a new book that collects the work of 37 authors, all of it writing (plus some drawing) concerned with actual people, places and events.
The anthology is the product of many years of reading and discussion between my co-editor Sean Christie (an experienced journalist and nonfiction
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By Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Design, University of Khartoum
It’s time to rethink how Africa’s public spaces are defined and designed – by listening to how people already make cities public.
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By Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK
The Conversation’s audio team is celebrating a very successful night at the Publisher Podcast awards where The Conversation won Publisher Podcast of the Year.
The judges said: “This particular publisher has been entering these awards since the start and it’s been a real honour to watch their work grow in quality and depth each year, to the point they were placed in the top 3 of every single category they entered this year.”
We were also thrilled that our recent…
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By Brian Fauteux, Associate Professor Popular Music and Media Studies, University of Alberta
As big streaming companies fight legislative requirements to pay into Canadian content, the story of satellite radio exemplifies competing commercial and public interests in policymaking.
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By Jonathan Wroot, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Greenwich
Tornado fuses aspects of the western and samurai-style action in atmospheric 18th-century Scotland. Critics have praised the performances of Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and newcomer Kôki who plays the titular Tornado.
Director John Maclean’s appreciation of both westerns and samurai films is undeniable in Tornado, a stylistic tale of revenge,…
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By Danny Buckley, Workplace Learning Director, Loughborough University
Natalia Vershinina, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Audencia
Peter Rodgers, Professor of Strategy and International Management, University of Southampton
Some small firms deliberately choose not to grow – and bring in more money for the country – because of the complexities.
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