BBC News – Skating on the thin ice of a new report!
Here we go again – reporting at face value, out of context, on complex issues. Is robbery increasing any more today than, say, last year, 2 years ago, 3 years ago? How are robberies counted ...
Uber Elevate is Rising to the Challenge
By Yani Asmayawati Professor Iain Gray and I recently attended the 3rd Annual Uber Elevate Summit in Washington DC. We were two of the 1,500 attendees from 31 countries representing a very diverse audience from government ...
Embarking on the Exec MBA – Goodbye life, or is it?
When I mention to others that I am about to embark on the Cranfield Exec MBA, in amongst all of the positive reactions I receive such as 'what an amazing opportunity' and 'oh wow' there ...
Rivers connecting countries and people in India
Imagine: You're a taxi driver in India and you pick up four Europeans from the airport for a trip to the foothills of the Himalaya. You quickly learn that whenever the car crosses a bridge, ...
Engaging citizens in Sub Saharan Africa on air quality for improved public health and environmental sustainability
Air pollution according to the United Nations kills 800 people every hour around the globe1 and majority of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries specifically Africa and Asia2. Addressing the deteriorating air ...
Your open day questions answered.
On our last open day we asked our followers to ask us anything. We've taken some of those questions and put them all in one place. Whether you're coming to study at Cranfield soon or ...
An unexpected voyage to St. Kilda
Stefano: Kennedy famously said that the Americans chose to go to the moon not because it was easy, but because it was hard. We chose to sail a 43 feet yacht, with a relatively inexperienced ...
No. 10, Parliament, BREXIT and the Chaotic Domain!
No-one who has been watching parliamentary events play out this week can be in doubt that we are “living in interesting times” – or to put it more bluntly in a state of chaos! In ...
Drones for flood emergency response
Let me introduce myself before I talk about this project - I am Manoranjan Muthusamy, a Sri Lankan born and bred. I studied my BSc in Civil Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, which has ...
Cranfield – the beginning and the end of 11 wonderful years in the UK
In 2008 I arrived in the UK to study my Master’s in design and Innovation for Sustainability at the Centre for Competitive Creative Design (C4D) at Cranfield. At that time, I never could have imagined ...