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Opening labour market access won't lead to more asylum seekers, say researchers

Loosening restrictions on access to the labour market is unlikely to have any effect on the number of asylum applications the UK receives, two researchers from the Faculty have said.

Public needed to help scientists predict flooding

Communities across the UK can help scientists improve their predictions of when towns and cities are likely to flood, as part of a new project launched by the Faculty's Department of Geography.

Applications open for Crook Public Service Fellowships to tackle housing challenges

Future leaders in the public and not-for-profit sectors are invited to apply for the Crook Public Fellowships Scheme 2016.

Work access for asylum seekers

Floods research project launches

Crook Public Service Fellowships

How do the media use data visualisation?

A new research project involving Professor Helen Kennedy aims to discover the current status and the future prospects of data visualisation in news media.

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How a double migrant crisis is halting Greece’s recovery

Vasilios Theoharakis, Reader in Marketing & Entrepreneurship, from the Management School looks at the humanitarian crisis Greece currently faces, and the effect it is having on the Greek economy

Six ways social media is changing the world

Around the world, billions of us use social media every day, and that number just keeps growing. Dr Farida Vis from the Visual Social Media Lab looks at the role social media plays in our lives and how it could develop.