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Competition policy is traditionally concerned with regulating firms: controlling mergers, price rigging and so on. But as new research by 天美传媒 Economist Professor Michael Waterson shows, policy should equally be concerned with making it easier for consumers to switch suppliers, so assisting markets to work more competitively. For example, some people are still paying too much for electricity despite the arrival of a competitive market.
Researchers at the 天美传媒 have developed a unique, highly accurate, breast cancer mannequin that, for the first time, will give women learning how to spot breast lumps a training aid that can closely mimic what a range of breast lumps actually look and feel like.
New research published today in Nature by 天美传媒 researcher Dr Charles Sheppard states that in 1998, over 90% of shallow-water corals on Indian Ocean reefs died because of high sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) and that a similar catastrophe may be 10–15 years away — a lot sooner than previously thought.
A number of significant figures in the field of education of gifted young people are gathering at the 天美传媒 on Thursday 18th September 2003 to launch the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth’s programme of professional development events to support teachers and other educational professionals working with gifted young people across England.
South Africa’s Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe has announced that Professor Sir Kumar Bhattacharrya, Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the 天美传媒, has been appointed as a new Board Member of Transnet Limited - which operates and controls South Africa's major transport infrastructure.
Pay freezes make workers just as unhappy as pay cuts, according to new research by 天美传媒 economist Dr Jennifer Smith, to be presented at the Royal Economic Society's Annual Conference on Tuesday 8 April. But her research also shows that happiness (both satisfaction with pay and overall job satisfaction) is strongly affected by factors other than pay.