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UK Regional Innovation Pilots ‘Should Shun Silicon Valley Myth’
In this article, John Morgan in the Times Higher Education Supplement, discusses the government's plans to create ‘innovation accelerators’ in Glasgow, the West Midlands and Greater Manchester. City-REDI / WMREDI's Professor Simon Collison comments on the plans for the West Midlands.
Closing the digital skills gap
By Simon Collinson | 04 May 2022 Fears about digital skills shortages are not new. For many years, organisations have been grappling with the increasingly urgent need to train their existing employees and recruit new ones with the right skills. Today, it continues to cause strife in the public sector, with 65% of government worker respondents to our recent Digital Skills Index saying that they do not have the skills required now.
four problems with Boris Johnson's flagship project Original
The UK government has revealed its plan to level up the country – a white paper setting out policies to tackle inequality between places. The plan comes at a defining moment. It’s widely seen as the key to holding on to the constituencies that delivered victory to the Conservatives in the last election. But to succeed, it has to work in practice. All the signs in this respect point to failure. The plan is neither ambitious enough nor coherent enough to work.
Outreach events with Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies
We received some great comments from parents: "Jacob said the Science night was good. He especially liked making the gold coin – a process he'd not seen before and told me at length how he'd achieved the colour change. Thank you, Jacob was inspired!" "Really fun time, great hand on experiments she particularly enjoyed the slime and coins. The people were friendly and welcoming." "Kyle had a great time. Kyle loves this type of activity.
Local elections are a chance to address English regional inequality
More than 4,000 seats will be contested in local elections across England on May 3. Most of these lie outside London, in metropolitan and shire districts and in unitary councils, where 45% of the electorate voted to stay in the EU, compared to 60% of Londoners. These elections will be an important further indicator of regional divisions across England, where political differences reflect serious imbalances in wealth, opportunity and power.
Association of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers of Cerebrovascular Disease Burden and Cognition
Background and Purpose—The present study sought to examine the association between the burden of cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) as assessed by multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and neurocognitive function. Methods—Cognitively impaired patients and controls were tested on an extensive neuropsychological battery and underwent multimodal brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Simon Collinson reviews 'How I Became the Mr Big of People Smuggling' by Martin Chambers
How I Became the Mr Big of People Smuggling is sold as a crime novel, but this is a crude categorisation for an unusual book. Mr Big is more like a fictional memoir; the story of Nick Smart, a high-school graduate who signs up to work as a jackaroo at the remote Palmenter Station, but quickly discovers that it is a front for a people-smuggling outfit. He then kills the station’s murderous namesake and takes over the operation.
Simon Collinson reviews 'The Toe Tag Quintet' by Matthew Condon
Matthew Condon is a writer who confounds expectations. He followed his prize-winning epic novel The Trout Opera (2007) with Brisbane (2010), a meditative exploration of the city’s rich history. In The Toe Tag Quintet, he turns his hand to crime. This is not a novel but a series of novellas about a detective’s exploits following his retirement to the Gold Coast.
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