News and Updates

Knowing what words really mean is an essential reading aid, especially when it comes to reviews or blurbs.  So here's a guide (source unknown but I got it c/o a response to the Bluestocking article on book blurbs.  Of course,...

The University has a new promotional video showcasing its work is helping to build support and momentum for ambitious climate action.  In it, you can find out how Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh is helping to shift behaviour and build support and...

I’m somewhat of a radical on dogs and cats in that my genuinely progressive policy would reduce their numbers by 20% year on year until only essential working animals remained – a policy that would mean net zero cats of...

I listened to all of Starmer's speech today at the party conference, in part because of my interest in what he'd say about the school curriculum – and in part out of sheer interest.  In the end he said nothing...

The Wiltshire Council website has announced that the Council has been awarded £480,000 over the next two years by the Department for Transport (DfT) to spend on staff who will plan and support delivery of growth in the electric vehicle...

Ed Miliband took the Climate Change Act through the Commons in 2008, committing us to cut emissions by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.  Only five MPs failed to support this.  In 2019, the May government amended the Act by...

I've been absorbed by the media coverage of the iconic tree that is no longer on Hadrian's Wall.  First of all, there was the uncertainty as to whether this was deliberate vandalism or not.  In my book, anything involving a...

I see that the Labour Party has abandoned its plan to remove charity status from independent schools.  This is not because of a Damascene change of heart, but because it has discovered that a change in the statutory definition of...

Helen Thompson's article in a recent Sunday Times reminds us that our Net-Zero legislation passed through the UK parliament in indecent haste in the dog days of the May government.  Her article: Why net zero requires a reinvention of civilisation,...

Last week's update from the Bath Comms Team (always an informative though abbreviated read) urged us all to put our pronouns on our Teams Profile: "At the University of Bath, we encourage staff and students to share their pronouns. Sharing...