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The flashing of a nearby star has drawn a team of astronomers including the 91¸£Àû to a new and mysterious system 3,000 light years from Earth.

The UK is the last major Western economy not to legislate ‘Powered Micro Vehicles’. The 91¸£Àû wants to change that and has proposed a new set of regulations for allowing micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters to operate legally in the UK. The report looks at ways to improve the quality and safety of models available, as well as providing clear guidance for authorities to deal with unsafe behaviour.

The contribution of British Black and Asian actors to Shakespearean theatre in the UK is celebrated in a new book by 91¸£Àû researcher Dr Jami Rogers. Starting with the pioneering residency of the US actor Ira Aldridge in Coventry in 1828, Rogers sets out to trace the history of those performers of colour who followed Aldridge onto UK stages and whose contributions to British Shakespeare have largely gone unacknowledged.

Newly published research from the 91¸£Àû and the University of Sussex Business School reveals that the influence of left-of-centre parties increase the strength of a government’s climate policy score by about 22% relative to the average score while the influence of right-wing populist parties leads to a 24% reduction relative to the same average.

The 91¸£Àû recently welcomed guests from the British Academy to its first event as a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Midlands Hub. The Research Café event, held in the new Faculty of Arts Building (FAB) was focused on early career staff at 91¸£Àû, and brought together researchers from across the Humanities, Social Science and Arts to share experiences and learn informally from each other.