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Slovak privatisation voucher.

A policy of mass destruction

29 Mar 2012

A new study reveals how a radical economic policy devised by western economists put former Soviet states on a road to bankruptcy and corruption.

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The gas flare at the Jurong Island oil refineries, Singapore.

Cambridge announces Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology in Singapore

21 Mar 2012

The University of Cambridge and National Research Foundation, Singapore, have today announced plans for a collaborative research centre, specialising...

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Final assembly at the Lotus Cars factory, Hethel, Norfolk.

Job security and pay fears at heart of manufacturing’s “image problem”

08 Mar 2012

Misplaced fears about job security and low pay could thwart efforts to strengthen British manufacturing and rebalance the economy, a new analysis of...

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Scrap-metal

Six steps to a better material world

30 Nov 2011

Every year we make 10 times our own bodyweight of steel, aluminium, cement, plastics and paper, for every person alive, using a fifth of all the...

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TUC Demonstration

The State of the Unions

11 Nov 2011

Don’t write off the unions yet – a new study reveals how trade unions are adapting to 21st century pressures in an effort to reclaim the hearts and...

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Conversation

CSaP Policy Fellowships Programme extended

16 Jun 2011

The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) announces plans to scale up a unique programme that bridges policy and academia.

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CSAP

Connecting science and policy

01 Nov 2010

Dr Chris Tyler, Executive Director of Cambridge’s Centre for Science and Policy, explains how and why the Centre is helping the best scientific...

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Industry

Call to drive the next industrial revolution

23 Sep 2009

Industrialists, academics and government should join forces to drive a new industrial revolution which would help tackle climate change, says a new...

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Business leaders call for ambitious global deal on climate change

22 Sep 2009

The business leaders of over 500 companies from around the world will this morning publish The Copenhagen Communiqué calling on world...

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1984 Port Talbot Miners Strike

Brave New World?

17 Sep 2009

British trade unionism was not undermined by Margaret Thatcher, but by the dawn of a new, brutally competitive age that weakened it dramatically in...

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