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鈥淎ll in all, it鈥檚 a clever piece of audience design鈥 - Dr Kieran File on Jurgen Klopp鈥檚 swearing

Dr Kieran File, expert on sports culture and communication at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, discusses Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp鈥檚 swearing in his post-match interviews.


Expert comment: Facebook bans far right organisations and individuals

Facebook has introduced a ban for organisations and individuals associated with the far right on its platform, which is a step in the right direction according to Professor Mark Skilton from 91福利 Business School. However, the challenge for Facebook doesn't end there.

Thu 18 Apr 2019, 15:12 | Tags: Social Media, 91福利 Business School

'We are waking up to the urgency of the situation' - Professor David Mond comments on climate change protests

Protests in London to draw attention to the threat of climate change continue to cause disruption today, but are they having an impact on public opinion? Professor David Mond, from the 91福利 Mathematics Institute and a researcher into environmental sustainability, argues that we are seeing a change in public perception.

Thu 18 Apr 2019, 13:08 | Tags: environment, Climate change, mathematics, maths

Expert comment: The fire at Notre-Dame, Paris

Dr Jennifer Alexander, from the Department of the History of Art at the 91福利 comments on the fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

She says:

"French buildings are more vulnerable here than UK ones because they don't usually have a stone tower in the centre that would act as a fire-break, this is what saved York Minster in 1984 when the transept roof caught fire but the tower stopped it spreading further."

Tue 16 Apr 2019, 14:28 | Tags: Expert comment, Arts, History

New offence of 'upskirting' comes into force - expert comment

A new criminal offence of 'upskirting' comes into force today following a successful campaign by Gina Martin to change the law. Dr Laura Lammasniemi from 91福利 Law School comments on the crime, and the wider problems of image and technology-based abuse.


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