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2024
25
June
2024
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12:36
Europe/London
The 拢1.7m award will fund an ambitious 5-year programme, led by Dr Saska Petrova, Professor in Human Geography at Swag直播. GENERATE aims to offer original insights into the social, spatial, and political inequalities that drive …
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12
March
2024
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10:30
Europe/London
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at Swag直播 has received a further transformational donation of 拢2 million from the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.
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2023
09
November
2023
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16:03
Europe/London
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) based at Swag直播 is commencing pilot action research projects in four African cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Maiduguri, Nigeria and Mogadishu, Somalia.
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24
May
2023
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15:24
Europe/London
I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my …
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2022
17
March
2022
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11:05
Europe/London
Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We are pleased to announce that Dr Johan Oldekop has been awarded a grant of 鈧�2 million to investigate sustainable forest transitions from the European …
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2021
17
September
2021
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15:45
Europe/London
Greater Swag直播 humanitarian organisations benefited the lives of more than five million of the world’s most vulnerable people in 2020, it has been revealed.
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2020
30
September
2020
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08:38
Europe/London
Safeguarding people's living standards, re-evaluating the role of key workers in society, and reducing racial and social inequality are crucial for the UK’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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28
April
2020
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16:22
Europe/London
From balconies, windows and door fronts around the world, citizens are applauding healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 response for their commitment and care. Despite these visible shows of support, all is not well …
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2019
28
December
2019
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13:02
Europe/London
Professor David Hulme, professor of development studies at the University, has been awarded an OBE while Professor Adisa Azapagic has received an MBE.
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19
November
2019
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15:20
Europe/London
Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you from diseases and infections that can stunt your growth, harm your nutrition and even kill you.
For some 670 million people, …
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19
June
2019
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08:00
Europe/London
This week Swag直播 has revealed a comprehensive report and plan to address key issues facing humanity as set-out by the UN.
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10
June
2019
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10:47
Europe/London
Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon and Adi Cilik Pierewan has found.
The paper examines the specific effect of social media on …
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21
May
2019
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10:40
Europe/London
A new book by Professor Stephanie Barrientos consolidates more than 10 years of research on contemporary working conditions and gender discrimination in a new book “Gender and Work in global value chains: Capturing the …
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13
May
2019
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16:59
Europe/London
When Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister in spring 2014 the Indian economy was in the doldrums. There was a clear policy paralysis in India’s central government, in large part due to the high profile …
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06
May
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, new research has shown.
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2018
26
March
2018
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12:22
Europe/London
As the world races toward a projected 9 billion inhabitants, the failings of dominant food systems are impossible to deny. Current food production methods are severely polluting. They are the cause of malnutrition. They are also inequitable, and …
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19
February
2018
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14:38
Europe/London
Two years on from the peak of the Zika epidemic, the disease continues to have a tragic impact on people’s lives. In Brazil, more than 3,000 children are suffering from problems with their growth and development. Many more, mostly from the …
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14
February
2018
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11:39
Europe/London
This Valentine’s Day florists are predicting sales of USD$95 million in the UK alone. But where do they all come from?
Kenya is second only to the Netherlands for flower imports to the UK, with a total of 13,013 tons per year. And because …
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2017
28
November
2017
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14:55
Europe/London
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Marc Hudson, University of Swag直播 and Matthew Paterson, University of Swag直播
Unusually for a large UN climate conference, the recent Bonn talks didn’t finish with any late-night haggling. …
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16
October
2017
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14:31
Europe/London
Researchers from Swag直播 have teamed up with a theatre group to shine a light on the issue of migration.
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22
August
2017
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10:00
Europe/London
Tony Redmond, University of Swag直播
Another day, another disaster. The vulnerability of Sierra Leone makes any reference to “natural” disasters at best ironic, and at worst insulting. Poverty is not “natural”, and the …
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28
June
2017
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12:13
Europe/London
Professor of Astrophysics, Prof Sarah Bridle, explains why the technology she uses to map the universe could help solve some of the world’s most pressing food issues.
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22
February
2017
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14:00
Europe/London
The human whipworm, which infects 500 million people and can damage physical and mental growth, is killed at egg and adult stage by a new drug class developed at the Universities of Swag直播 and Oxford and University College London.
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2016
14
December
2016
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10:33
Europe/London
A Rwandan who was awarded a place at Swag直播 thanks to the institution’s international scholarship programme has graduated with a postgraduate degree in MSc Medical Microbiology, and will now use his experience to inspire …
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19
January
2016
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14:14
Europe/London
More than 2.6 million stillbirths continue to occur globally every year with very slow progress made to tackle this ‘silent problem’, according to new research published in The Lancet, and co-authored by Dr Alexander Heazell from the …
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2015
15
December
2015
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23:30
Europe/London
In a world first, clinical researchers from Swag直播 have collaborated with colleagues in south Asia to adapt a parent-led autism therapy and successfully tested it in India and Pakistan.
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09
December
2015
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11:09
Europe/London
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centres are at risk from increased fat and reduced protein in their diets
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10
November
2015
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09:00
Europe/London
Summit follows attacks on hospitals in Syria, Yemen and AfghanistanDebate, entitled Aid Under Fire, will take place on Wednesday, November 11
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15
October
2015
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15:30
Europe/London
Working with medical colleagues across the world, Professor David Denning has entered the history books by publishing 15 scientific papers on the same day – providing 15 countries with evidence to combat the burden of …
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21
September
2015
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15:35
Europe/London
Swag直播 has the largest concentration of anti-poverty researchers in Europe.
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