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Alumnus Rob Wilson’s Journey from Cranfield to Skyports Infrastructure
Rob Wilson’s interest in aviation started long before he came to Cranfield to study Air Transport Management MSc. However, it wasn’t until 2017, when he started regularly flying between the UK and Austria to ...
Beast from the East – GDP damage
I thought I’d get my two-penneth in before the BBC News’ Kamal Ahmed pops up telling us how much damage the current arctic weather has caused to the economy! A study carried out in 2015 ...
How the UK is dealing with the impact of droughts on agriculture
A water crisis is a serious challenge. According to the World Economic Forum, water crises are one of the most important risks facing our globe. Droughts are a natural hazard, but one that causes great ...
Eastern Europe, migration & UK airports
Leading up to June 2016's EU referendum, arguments from both “in” and “out” campaigns are heating up, with particular attention given to the impact of migration from EU member states in Eastern Europe. Figures from the ...
Sunflowers to save us: repairing contaminated land and powering our homes
We know our land is valuable, but we haven’t always valued it in the past. Currently, there are more than 400 million hectares of contaminated or abandoned land (that's roughly 400 million rugby pitches). Obviously ...
Tata Steel, State Aid and Brexit
Ruth was interviewed on Radio 5 Live Breakfast show on 31 March, discussing why the Government could not give State aid to save Tata Steel, and how this might be affected if the UK were to ...