Expert Comment
Do our social connections affect whether we give to charity? Professor Kimberly Scharf from the Department of Economics researched how the number of social connections we have affects the way information about charities is shared.
This week’s launch of the 'Better Together' or 'No' campaign for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum means that the battle over Scotland’s constitutional future now begins in earnest. Alex Smith, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology explains how the next two years will prove decisive in the history of both Scotland and the United Kingdom – whether or not the former elects to leave the latter in 2014.
£3bn BT and BSkyB Deal Keeps the Premier League 'Bubble' Growing
Professor Wyn Grant, football finance expert from the department of Politics and International Studies, offers his thoughts on the latest Premiership television deal - and where all the money will be spent.
Vice-Chancellor Nigel Thrift explores three possible future outcomes of online consortia delivering an online teaching presence.
Vice-Chancellor Nigel Thrift considers the impact of the smaller things in life - from a ballpoint to a Blackberry - in comparison to the larger social forces in managing a university.