Tag Archives: United Kingdom

19Jan/23

CBI and Finastra survey shows UK SMEs face significant barriers to international trade

January 19, 2023EconomyCanvassing, Small and medium-sized enterprises, United Kingdomadmin

Research from the CBI and Finastra, canvassing the opinions of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), suggests that there’s a gap between the ambition of firms to trade internationally and the reality of doing so. While just 44% of businesses surveyed currently engage in international trade, only 23% said they were not interested in doing so. One third of respondents believe there’s potential value, but do not trade internationally due to perceived barriers and a lack of support. Continue reading

19Jan/23

How the Fifa20 video game reproduces the racial stereotypes embedded within football

January 19, 2023GamesCreative Commons, Culture, Cultures, Esports, FIFA, Gamer, germain s, Marcus Maloney, Paul Ian Campbell, Raheem Sterling, Samantha Kerr, SHUTTERSTOCK, Soraya Murray, Stereotype, United Kingdom, Video game, Video game culture, Video gaming, Vinnie Jonesadmin

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Paul Ian Campbell, University of Leicester and Marcus Maloney, Coventry University

EA Sports’ Fifa football videogame series is arguably the most successful sports gaming franchise of all time. Since its debut in 1993, it has sold over 260 million copies across 29 iterations. This position was reaffirmed in 2022, with its latest instalment, Fifa23, reported as the UK’s highest selling videogame at Christmas.

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09Jan/23

Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead

January 9, 2023EconomyAgriculture, Argentina, Articles, China, Creative Commons, Egypt, Energy crops, Europe, Famine, Food and drink, Food industry, Food politics, Food prices, Food security, India, Inflation, John Hammond, Moscow, Pakistan, Pricing, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wheat, Yemen, Yiorgos Gadanakisadmin

John Hammond, University of Reading and Yiorgos Gadanakis, University of Reading

Welcome to this special report on the food industry, the fourth instalment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023. It follows recent articles on inflation, energy and the cost of living.

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24Dec/22

UK Nurses can now apply for USD $ 250,000 award till 10th January, 2023

December 24, 2022HealthcareArticles, Aster DM Healthcare, Health, International Nurses Day, London, Nursing, Nursing in the United Kingdom, United Kingdomadmin

Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award, an initiative by leading integrated healthcare provider Aster DM Healthcare, to recognize the contribution of nurses to the community, has announced an extension of the deadline for nurses based and working in the UK till 10th January 2023, given that London will be hosting the awards ceremony on International Nurses Day – 12th May, 2023. Applications from all countries, except UK, closed on 12th December. Continue reading

22Dec/22

The 3rd APEC Women Connect Her Power Entrepreneurship Competition Announces 2022 Winners, Raising Profiles of Budding Women Entrepreneurs

December 22, 2022InnovationAsia-Pacific, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Australia, China, Continents, France, Italy, Malawi, Nigeria, Organizations, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Worldadmin

The 3rd APEC Women Connect “Her Power” Entrepreneurship Competition came to an end on December 16 with a livestreamed ceremony. Over four months, the competition engaged over 1,000 participants interested in social commerce from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, Italy, Nigeria, Malawi, Venezuela, and China. Continue reading

21Dec/22

Why do people feel lonely at Christmas? Here’s what the research says

December 21, 2022ReasearchAndrea Wigfield, Articles, Caregiving, Chronic condition, Creative Commons, Emotions, Friendship, Human behavior, Interpersonal relationships, John Ratcliffe, London, Loneliness, Philosophy of love, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social connection, Social isolation, United Kingdom, Young careradmin

Andrea Wigfield, Sheffield Hallam University and John Ratcliffe, Sheffield Hallam University

Christmas is said to be a time for connecting with friends, family and having fun. But it can also be time of loneliness. Indeed, the results of a 2018 survey looking at loneliness during Christmas time in the UK revealed that 17% of people felt more lonely over the festive period.

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19Dec/22

Why Wellcome closed its Medicine Man exhibition – and others should follow suit

December 19, 2022MedicineAnaïs Walsdorf, British Museum, Charles Thompson, Collection, Congo, Conservation and restoration of human remains, Creative Commons, Culture, Exempt charities, Henry van der Weyde, Henry Wellcome, Humanities, India, London, Medicine Man, Museology, Museums, Nigeria, Oliver Dowden, Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, Oxford, Paira Mall, United Kingdom, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trustadmin

Anaïs Walsdorf, University of Warwick

In November the Wellcome Collection closed their Medicine Man gallery. In a Twitter thread, they acknowledged that “the display still perpetuates a version of medical history that is based on racist, sexist and ableist theories and language.”

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15Dec/22

Why I’m righting the wrongs of my early research and sharing my scientific data with local communities

December 15, 2022ScienceArticles, Botswana, Countries, Creative Commons, Field research, Knowledge, Michael Crichton, Research, Sallie Burrough, Sarah Mothulatshipi, Science, Scientific method, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdomadmin

Sallie Burrough, University of Oxford

“You know what’s wrong with scientific power? It’s a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.” That’s how filmmaker Michael Crichton put it in Jurassic Park nearly 30 years ago. The problem of scientific colonialism has not, however, gone away.

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15Dec/22

‘It’s like being in a warzone’ – A&E nurses open up about the emotional cost of working on the NHS frontline

December 15, 2022HealthcareAfghanistan, Arlie Hochschild, Creative Commons, Emergency department, Health, Jill Maben, Kate Kirk, London, National Health Service, Nursing, Obstetrical nursing, Pediatric nursing, SHUTTERSTOCK, United Kingdomadmin

Kate Kirk, University of Leicester

As nurses prepare to strike for the first time, an A&E nurse and lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare writes about the stress, fear, grief and guilt they feel every day working on the frontline of an NHS in crises.

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10Dec/22

Balenciaga’s controversial new campaign and the long history of ‘shockvertising’

December 10, 2022MediaAdvertising, Balenciaga, Benetton, Benetton Group, Brooke Shields, Calvin Klein, Carl W Jones, Clothing, Companies, Creative Commons, Demna Gvasalia, fox tv, French Connection, Gabriele Galimberti, Kim Kardashian, Marketing, Oliviero Toscani, Sex in advertising, Shock advertising, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Carl W Jones, University of Westminster

Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti is gaining notoriety. All this is due to a recent advertising campaign from leading global fashion brand Balenciaga that has caused widespread controversy.

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