Professor Chick Wilson, Department of Chemistry There is no point in hiding from the truth; an already difficult and complex situation for research funding became significantly more complicated following the Brexit vote in June. We must not lose track of...

Dr Benjamin Bowman, Teaching Fellow in Comparative Politics, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies The EU Referendum underlined a clear disconnect between the ruling elites and the electorate, writes Benjamin Bowman. Disappointment with political choices is particularly marked among...

What have we learned from this referendum campaign, the passions and fears that it unleashed?  Were the electorate truly energised by the question, to leave or remain, or were they asking quite other questions than that on the ballot paper? ...

Dr Luke Martinelli, Research Associate Interest in universal basic income has been intensifying lately, with a discernible proliferation of opinion pieces in the mainstream press. While the reasons for the increased awareness are up for debate, it has surely been...

Dr Emma Carmel, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences The political arguments around EU membership and migration have the qualities of children’s playdough: eye-catchingly bright, highly malleable, and good to keep us busy for a while. Unfortunately, also...

Dr Alim Baluch, Teaching Fellow, Dept of Politics, Languages & International Studies The German government and the German media are watching the Brexit debate very closely and Germany is taking it personally. There are, of course, many different German perspectives,...

Dr Paul Kennedy, Lecturer in Spanish and European Studies, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies. With no government in place since the general election held on 20th December 2015, and successive rounds of negotiations failing to prevent another general...