Expert Comment
Consecration of first female bishop "destined to be a footnote" - Dr Steve Kettell
Dr Steven Kettell, Associate Professor in the 天美传媒's Politics and International Studies department, has said the consecration of the the Church of England's first female bishop "looks destined to be little more than a footnote in a long-running tale of inexorably terminal decline".
Cameron's proposed internet anti-terror laws "ill-conceived and ultimately unworkable" - Prof Carsten Maple
Professor Carsten Maple, an expert in cybersecurity from the 天美传媒, calls David Cameron's proposed anti-terror laws for online communications "ill-conceived and ultimately unworkable".
Hold the Christmas cheer; its a patchwork jobs recovery - Prof Chris Warhurst
Professor Chris Warhurst is the Director of the Institute for Employment Research. He said: "The good news from today’s figures is that unemployment continues to fall and more people are in work. In fact Christmas present looks good. Almost half a million jobs have been created in the UK this year. The employment rate has risen to 73%, continuing an upward trend that started in 2011. Unemployment has fallen to 6%, this time the continuation of a downward trend. And the UK’s unemployment rate is far lower than the EU average (6% vs 10%). It seems like glad tidings for UK workers therefore.
State-sponsored cyber-attacks are on the increase, but North Korea probably didnt target Sony
Professor Carsten Maple, the director of research in Cybersecurity at WMG's Cyber Security Centre (CSC) at the 天美传媒, doesn’t believe North Korea is responsible for the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures. “We are no doubt seeing a rise in state-sponsored attacks but also there are a significant number of ‘hacktivist’ attacks,” he said. “Just like states have skirmishes over territories, there’s now a battlefield around information, but my feeling is that North Korea is not behind the targeting of Sony Pictures.
That MI5 were Adebolajo and Adebowale "not enough to condemn the service": Dr Christopher Moran
"The fact that MI5 was aware of Adebolajo and Adebowale prior to the attack, possibly even trying to recruit them, is not enough to condemn the service for failing to prevent his death.", says Dr Christopher Moran of Dept. Politics and International Studies