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The experts assess whether the claims in the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto align with the evidence.
The Lib Dems are making a big noise about mental health – but their manifesto’s pledges are too thin to be taken seriously.
Computers and smartphones make us stressed and ill. It’s about time we rethought how we should be using them.
The Liberal Democrats would pump more money into mental health. But there is no sign of them actually changing the system.
Subatomic particles have shaped and continue to shape our universe but despite perfect predictions by physicists, the theory about unseen particles is still wrong.
The fact we’re no closer to finding Flight MH370 shouldn’t stop us from looking.
“That’s obscene,” I thought when I saw the photo of Helena Bonham Carter, nude, clasping a tuna between her legs and gazing lovingly into its face. She declared the fish was her “Valentine”. My Western…
A powerful intelligence lobby made up of former defence ministers, police chiefs and intelligence commissioners has emerged in British politics, determined to push for greater powers and resources for…
The narrative around the NHS today is of angels and demons. We want to praise heroes when life is sweet and find a villain for each failure. Even more confusingly, the same person can be cast as both hero…
Engineering has been a British success story. But its future is in doubt unless the country can educate, recruit and retain many more female engineers. The sector has survived, even thrived, by importing…
ITV has recently announced that it will not commission a second series of the controversial comedy series Dapper Laughs. The decision comes after a petition to have the programme removed from the air gathered…
On Remembrance Sunday, while in my native Germany a wall of white balloons dissolved into the air to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, I joined thousands at the Tower of London…
Research into how humans choose a mate is often guided by evolutionary theory: because people’s choice of mate is assumed to have consequences for reproductive success, it must therefore be subject to…
The latest ranking of business schools has just been released by the Princeton Review and a certain type of business school continues to dominate – American ones. Having earned their reputation over the…
Rupert Murdoch has hinted at a change of heart about “Page 3 girls”. Pressure from The No More Page 3 campaign has pushed the issue to the forefront of public debate and now boasts more than 203,000 petition…
When it comes to physical exercise, we don’t tend to take into account how important our brain is for keeping our whole body going. But our ability to control our muscles – to keep them contracting and…
With the exquisite turn of phrase for which she was so highly regarded, Barbara Tuchman once likened the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war against Serbia of 28 July 1914 to an example of “the bellicose…
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has reportedly had an $80 billion takeover bid rebuffed by Time Warner. The deal would have created a company with a combined revenue of $65 billion, and would have been…
The battle for the Pacific island of Saipan during World War II is one of those well-remembered battles between Japan and America, one made worse by the mass suicide of local Japanese civilians who jumped…
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Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University London
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Lecturer in Political Ecology and Environmental Justice, Brunel University London
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Lecturer in Games Sound and Music, Brunel University London
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Reader in Occupational Therapy, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer, Private and Commercial Law / Researcher in International Law and Trade, Brunel University London
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Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University London
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Reader, Brunel University London
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Reader in Political Science, Brunel University London
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Assistant Professor in Global Challenges, Brunel University London
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Reader in Occupational Therapy, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Bio-Law, Brunel University London
