On Wednesday the Prime Minister David Cameron set out his vision for the European Union and its future relationship with the United Kingdom. This was never going to be an easy speech. The Euro-sceptic group within the Conservative party would…
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Matthew Davison writes: Len McCluskey wants the unions to return to an agenda of ‘Educate, Agitate, and Organise’. Nick Cohen believes that “The price of press freedom is perpetual hyperbole [when arguing against state control]”. And one billionaire plutocrat believes…
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East Anglia University reports: Eating three or more servings of strawberries and blueberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by one-third – according to research from the University of East Anglia in collaboration with…
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News from Reading University: Provisional statistics from the Met Office show 2012 was the second wettest year in the UK national record dating back to 1910, just a few millimetres short of the record set in 2000. The University of…
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2012 was a year of contrasts in the UK – austerity, welfare cutbacks, dreadful weather, press intrusion, but we also had the feelgood factor of the Olympics and the diamond jubilee. Pod Academy’s podcasts tracked these issues, turning to research…
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Tess Woodcraft writes: Why not give yourself an audio treat this Christmas. Most of Pod Academy’s listeners are podcast fans, so here are our recommendations for podcasts for Christmas for anyone looking to give themselves some stocking fillers. And please…
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Roger Howard, Chief Executive of the UK Drug Policy Commission writes: If you have more than a passing interest in (illicit) drug policy, you could be forgiven for thinking one of two diametrically opposed things at the moment. If you…
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Tess Woodcraft writes: Gus Hosein of Privacy International and Richard Allan, policy director at Facebook went head to head at the launch of Index on Censorship’s new magazine ‘Digital Frontiers’ this week. Index on Censorship calls itself ‘the voice of free…
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Maarten van Schaik writes: Lord Leveson’s two-thousand page report was published on 26th November 2012, putting a fuse in the barrel of gunpowder lying under the political debate about press freedom and journalists’ ethics. Lord Leveson called for the introduction…
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One of the Pod Academy’s main aims is to inform current debate with academic research. That is why in the week that the Leveson Inquiry report is being published, we have an interview with Angela Phillips, Reader in Journalism at…
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