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The immediate impact of Washington’s decision on Green Card certification for eight IT employers may be limited, but the freeze adds uncertainty to an immigration system already strained by decades-long queues .
360info
Trump’s economic interests and India’s market realities favour negotiation over confrontation
360info
Drought announced due to low water levels in reservoirs and rivers in many parts of Yorkshire despite recent rainfall.
Environment Agency
Research leadership is often measured through proxies, papers, grants, PhD completions. Placing these measures in the context of the wider movement for research assessment reform, Christoph Trattner argues a narrative approach could create a clearer picture of what good academic leadership looks like in practice.
LSE Impact
The debate around quantitative tightening can be technical and confusing. It need not be. Costas Milas and Christopher Mahon argue that QT deserves the same scenario testing as the rest of monetary policy. But policymakers would still face the challenge of setting the appropriate interest rate to navigate the economy through rising inflation and volatile bond markets.
LSE Business Review
If open research is judged only by who can read the final article, it overlooks an earlier inequality: who has the networks, feedback and institutional support to shape research in the first place. Luigi Capoani and Marta Bisol discuss how one open network, the European Youth Think Tank, works to create more opportunities for early career research to engage different audiences with their research.
LSE Impact
The Environment Agency has issued a drought permit to South West Water to help secure the public water supply at Wimbleball Reservoir.
Environment Agency
The National Health Service (NHS) faces environmental and financial pressures linked to the widespread use of single-use medical devices. Transitioning to reusable alternatives presents an opportunity to reduce waste, carbon emissions, and long-term costs while maintaining clinical outcomes. This study examined the readiness of NHS Trusts and Health Boards across England and Wales, United Kingdom, to adopt high-priority reusable…
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
The council has secured funding that will deliver £15m of capital grant funding to businesses across the West Midlands, the next stage of the Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) grant programme.
Birmingham City Council
Every PhD is a doctorate, but not every doctorate is a PhD: what distinguishes them? Fadime Sahin outlines the key differences between doctorates in the UK higher education system.
LSE Impact
Almost £10 million will be invested in 45 communities across England to improve access to healthy, affordable food in areas with the highest levels of deprivation
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Across Birmingham, too many people are still locked out of opportunities because they lack access to a device, affordable internet, or the skills and confidence to get online.
Birmingham City Council
Water Bill to remove caps on government share ownership in water firms
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Passengers will benefit from more reliable trains, better connectivity and a greener railway across the UK.
Department for Transport
Birmingham’s arts and culture organisations can apply for new funding grants - between £10,000 and £50,000 each - as an open call for applications is launched today, 29 September.
Birmingham City Council
Christmas is coming, as dates for Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market have been announced for this year’s event.
Birmingham City Council
British Armed Forces families raising neurodivergent children must coordinate health, education, welfare and informal support within a service context characterised by mobility and deployment. This study examined how families understood, accessed and sustained support, and how these processes shaped caregiving and family life. Twelve parents and caregivers of children aged 3–17 years with diagnosed or suspected neurodevelopmental…
PLOS One
Background: Effective community surveillance of respiratory diseases relies on the timely collection and analysis of high quality clinical and virology data. The aim was to develop interactive dashboards for general practice, public health, and researcher groups. This would improve the visualisation, utilisation, and quality of virology data from an English sentinel network, support disease trend monitoring, early outbreak response, and…
PLOS One
Much has been written about the animal economy of medieval England (CE 450–1500) but interpretation of the zooarchaeological record has been held back by reliance on artificial periodisation. This study reduces that reliance via a novel approach to data synthesis. A substantial zooarchaeological dataset compiled for the ‘Feeding Anglo-Saxon England’ project was investigated allowing a more detailed understanding of when change took…
PLOS One
Accurately mapping environmental and social inequalities at fine spatial scales is critical for urban policy, yet the data required are often costly and infrequently updated. Vision foundation models can extract information directly from satellite imagery, offering a rapid and scalable alternative. We compare three modelling pipelines for predicting two contrasting indicators of urban inequality – air pollution and house prices – across…
PLOS One
Research regularly reports lower mortality among migrants, leading to conclusions of a “Healthy Immigrant Effect”. However, evidence on migrant health is less consistent, suggesting a disconnect between mortality and health outcomes. This highlights the need to examine both health and mortality simultaneously rather than relying on single-outcome measures. We estimate life expectancy (LE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) at…
PLOS One
Background: Within the UK, more than a million people cannot speak English well or at all. The lack of data on English proficiency means that the link between English proficiency and health status and care utilisation is not comprehensively quantified. Objective: Describe the association between English proficiency and patients’ health status and healthcare utilisation, and demonstrate that GP data can be useful in understanding the…
PLOS One
Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities experience significantly worse health outcomes and die younger than people without intellectual disability. People with severe or profound intellectual disability have particularly complex health needs. However, no large-scale population-based studies have specifically examined mortality patterns and factors associated with age at death in this group. Methods and findings: This…
PLOS Medicine
Background: Cross-country comparisons can provide valuable insights into the societal and policy contexts that shape socioeconomic inequalities in ageing. However, longitudinal comparative research in this area is scarce. We therefore examined associations between socioeconomic conditions and functional ageing trajectories in a longitudinal comparison between England and Canada. Methods and findings: In this longitudinal cohort study,…
PLOS Medicine