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Grower says UK farming much better off without subsidies 10 June 2021 | Pip Robson says farmers should view the reduction in subsidies as a real opportunity A Northumberland grower says he wants farming to stand on its own two feet as the industry could be much better off without subsidies. Pip Robson, who runs a mixed farm of 800 hectares, said farmers should view the reduction in direct payments as a real opportunity. The grower made the comments after he joined AHDBs Monitor Farm Network in...

Date Time Behavioural study to understand mass cooperation awarded €2.5 million A new study to understand when and why people are prepared to cooperate and act in the interest of others, rather than themselves, has been awarded €2.5 million by the European Research Council (ERC). The Covid-19 pandemic and global warming are two recent examples of issues that require cooperation at a very large scale. A failure to cooperate, that is, to act in one’s self-interest rather than the collective...

Kevin Vora As a master’s degree student in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Vora joined KER to gain more experience in data analytics. He found that and more. “I actually feel myself putting the skills to the right use and bringing some impact here,” he said. “I am able to publish my results, and our researchers put them to the right use.” In his position as data analytics research aide, Vora analyzed COVID-19 cases by geographic region and found they resembled a patchwork of...

Near Port Alberni, Anger Over Planned Pot Facility Near Indigenous Healing Centre ‘Exhausting’ dispute involves a local MP, the regional district, mad residents, lawyers, ministries, the land commission and more. Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Reach her here. SHARES An Indigenous drug and alcohol treatment and healing centre has long been fighting the development of a cannabis growth facility across the street. ‘It’s just exhausting.’ Photo by M...

Eventbrite - Embassy of Ireland, Great Britain presents The Irish Writers in London Summer School’s 25th Anniversary - Thursday, 27 May 2021 - Find event and ticket information.

Shortly after my son was born, the panic attacks started I was fortunate to get quick and effective treatment for my post-partum anxiety. But many Indigenous women, however, aren’t so lucky. Photo: Kelly Boutsalis My first panic attack happened while I was browsing shelving units at Ikea. I was shaking, my leg kept banging into my seven-month-old son’s stroller and my heart was beating like crazy. But as soon as I got into the parking lot, the feelings dissipated. A second attack hit me a f...

Date Time University of Nottingham spin-outs support region’s reputation for scientific breakthroughs A NEW report shows that technologies developed from research carried out at the University of Nottingham have attracted millions of pounds’ worth of investment over the past 12 months, supporting the region’s economic prosperity and reputation for scientific breakthroughs. The University has 25 spin-out companies who are developing technologies which began life as research projects and ar...

Share The University of Cambridge announces the appointment of Dr Diarmuid O’Brien as the new Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, effective September 2021. Dr O’Brien takes over one of the world’s most successful university centres for technology transfer from outgoing chief executive Dr Tony Raven, who has grown Cambridge Enterprise into an innovation powerhouse with a portfolio of spinout companies that have raised billions in follow-on funding and help power the UK’s thriving in...

Schools highlight just a few of the ways their faculty are making a difference—and their strategies for making impactful research the norm, not the exception. How are business schools promoting research that improves business practice and changes society for the better? What does such research look like in real-world contexts? And how are schools quantifying its true impact? Business school administrators and scholars are still working out how to respond to these complex quest...

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