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Daniel A. Villar
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
Global warming and infectious diseases: you ain’t seen nothing yet
At first glance, infectious diseases and global warming appear to have little in common. One is an existential threat to human...
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Ben Whitaker
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
Higher Education and the “New Normal
“The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.” Edward Gibbon I...
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Adam Thompson
- Jul 9, 2021
- 10 min
Academic publishing is broken
I have been meaning to write this blog post for a while, but it has taken me a long time to collect my thoughts into a coherent...
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Judith Skiming
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
Science: The superpower needed for electoral success?
“Has Science saved the world?” This is the hubristic, and rather pre-emptive, title of a display about the development of the COVID-19...
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Juna Sathian
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
Good Science in Politics
'Good quality policy making depends on high quality information, derived from a variety of sources - expert knowledge; existing domestic...
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Tom Evans
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Do we need to find another way to bang the ‘Green’ drum?
Very few people now believe that our environment is in a good, healthy condition. For most, the argument is over and it is widely agreed...
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Róisín McCallion
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
Science before soundbites
Since Boris Johnson stepped out to his podium for the first Coronavirus press conference, what seems like a lifetime ago, one phrase has...
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Izzy Creed
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
We need a new kind of Mental Health awareness
Over the last 10 years the public awareness of mental health issues has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, improved government policy...
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Alison M Dunning
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
On being voiceless...
I’m happy that ‘equality’, ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ are rapidly becoming buzz words. It feels good to see Labour values coming into...
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Judith Skiming
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Edtech Genie - A force for good or divisive inequity?
The covid-19 pandemic has been a massive disruptor in all areas of society and the economy, not least in Education. The shock of school...
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Ben Whitaker
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
It's too darn hot
It must be said, that I am really beginning to worry, about the climate crisis, emergency, or whatever you want to call it. A lot. The ...
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Paul Henry
- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
The questions we ask
‘All models are wrong, but some are useful.’ George Box FRS In my role as a data scientist, I regularly find myself totally blown away by...
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Daniel A. Villar
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
British ecological crisis: is there a solution?
The British countryside is an ecological wasteland. By this I do not simply mean that it has been impacted by humanity—every landscape...
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Joe Buckley
- Mar 26, 2021
- 5 min
Contactless Authentication
Over a year after the Tories’ 2019 landslide, my coping mechanism is to avoid reading about government policy as much as possible. Some...
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Adam Thompson
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
On the road to Labour's science publishing house
Those of you that follow our blog regularly may remember that, in October, we put a call out recruiting members for the inaugural...
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joeeastwood8
- Mar 11, 2021
- 6 min
You have much less privacy than you think you do
Increasingly in the current age, decisions about people’s lives are being taken, not based on the people themselves, but on data...
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Ben Fernando
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Action this day
Last week, the UK passed the most grim milestone so far in the pandemic: 120,000 deaths. There are many questions to be asked about how...
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Scientists for Labour
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Climate change and pandemics
Today we were joined by Geraint Davies MP, chair of the all party parliamentary group (APPG) on air pollution, to launch our report...
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Scientists for Labour
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Inequality in 2021, slowing down, learning from Finland, and choosing which science to follow
Last week we had the great honour of hosting a talk and discussion from Professor Danny Dorling entitled Inequality in 2021, slowing...
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Scientists for Labour
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Personal inequality and COVID-19
Last night we had the honour of hosting Baroness Mary Goudie for the launch of our latest report, "Personal inequality and COVID-19". In...
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