30/04/2015  -  11.33am

Obesity and the election

Posted by: Jane DeVille-Almond: Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing University of Wolverhampton

Did you know there’s an election looming? Yes, I’m sure you did and I guess you all have your own pressing concerns that you are hoping will appear in the manifesto of your favourite party.

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21/04/2015  -  11.05am

The Election and the NHS: promises, promises

Posted by: Jim Bethel: Senior Lecturer in Emergency Care

The NHS would seem, temporarily at least, to be like the Queen and Alan Bennett- beyond reproach, almost untouchable.

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21/04/2015  -  10.04am

Poverty and Wolverhampton: Why the general election should herald a new approach

Posted by: Dr Steve Iafrati: Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, Social Policy‌

Despite all the media coverage about a potential EU referendum, leaders’ debates, and even a recent newspaper exclusive about Nigel Farage’s coat, the main issue of the forthcoming election and the one that genuinely affects us most should be what can be done about poverty...

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09/04/2015  -  1.52pm

Famous for 15 minutes. Almost.

Posted by: Mike Haynes, Professor of International Political Economy

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes". I almost was. But the balloon burst. I blame the BBC economics correspondent Robert Peston, and Radio Four's the Today Programme. They offered hope and then took it away.

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