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Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Education's consultation seeking viewsÌýÌýon planned new level 1 English and maths qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds with prior GCSE attainment at grade 2 or below.
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Education's consultation aboutÌýreforming the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system.
Read the UoS LifeLab and NxtGen Academy response to the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology Call for Evidence.
Read UoS's and UWE's response to the Department for Work and Pensions Young People and Work Report Call for Evidence.
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Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Education's consultation aboutÌýreforming the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system.
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's consultation about using AI as a tool for energy systems, focusing onÌýpublic EV charging data, national open API, driver confidence and infrastructure planning (ArcanjoÌýet al.).
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's consultation about using AI as a tool for energy systems, focusing onÌýsmart meters, household appliance-level data, privacy and residential flexibility (PeriyathambiÌýet al.).
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's call for evidence about addressing theÌýsystemicÌýbarriersÌýthat prevent women from entering, progressing, and leading in the tech sector.
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the Welsh Government's consultation about draft regulations to implement stricter fine particulate matter air quality targets.Ìý
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Read the joint response from City St Georges University of London and the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ to the Department of Health & Social Care's consultation on energy drinks.
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Read Dr Natasha Campling's response to the Department of Health and Social Care's consultation to extend medicines responsibilities for allied health professions.
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Read Prof. Paul Griffiths, Dr Chiara Dall’Ora, Dr Talia Emmanuel and colleaguesÌý response to the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan Call for Evidence.
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Read SMMI's response to the Department for Transport's Call for Evidence on Decarbonising Smaller Vessels.
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Read Professor Andy Cundy and Professor Bo Chen's response to the NDA strategy for public consultation.
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Read Professor Fiona Woollard's response to the MHRA consultation on International Guidelines for Including Pregnant and Breastfeeding Individuals in Clinical Trials.
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Read Dr Marion Laboure and Dr Larisa Yarovaya's response to the FCA's Consultation Paper CP14/24 on strengthening custody and safeguarding rules for cryptoasset firms.
Read Dr Sien Van Der Plank's response to DEFRA's 2025 Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) funding consultation.
Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the APPG for the Ocean's inquiry into Sustainable Ocean Policy.ÌýLed by Prof. Chris Hauton, the submission draws on expertise from across the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Marine and Maritime Institute
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Read Dr Alexandra Krendel and colleagues' response to the Women and Equalities Committee, based on years of research into the language and harms of the online manosphere.
Read Dr Joseph Owen and Professor Nicky Marsh's response to the New Towns Parliamentary Inquiry, drawing on AHRC-funded Feeling Towns research.
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Read Dr Wassim Dbouk's (¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Marine & Maritime Institute) response to the DESNZ Call for Evidence on greenhouse gas removals
Read the response from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI) to the Department for Transport's call for evidence on Net Zero ports.
Read Professor PK Senyo's response to the UK Parliament Treasury inquiry, outlining how to mitigate AI-driven financial instability and protect vulnerable consumers.
Read the UoS Web Science Institute's response to the UK Government's Call for Evidence on Data Intermediaries, drawing on the development of the Roberta Data Trust.
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Read the response from a UoS CentRIC+ team to the Department for Health and Social Care's Shaping the National Cancer Plan Consultation.
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ReadÌýDr. Jane Parry and Dr. Michalis Veliziotis’s response to the House of Lords Inquiry underscores the profound transformation of UK workplaces.
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Read Souhtampton Marine and Maritime Institute's response to Marine Recovery Fund consultation.
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ReadÌýRAi UK's response to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology consultation on the proposed AI Management Essentials tool.
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Read Professor Schönbaumsfeld’s response to the Media Literacy Consultation underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive, systemic approach to media literacy in the UK.
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Read theÌýCentre for Research in Inclusion response to the Digital Inclusion Action Plan.
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Read the Professor Eigenbrod’s response to theÌýUK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affair's Land Use Framework Consultation.
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Read the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Research Data and IP Team’s response to the UK Government’s Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.
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Read Professor Cruden's response to the UK Parliement Public Accounts Committees'Ìý"Public Charge Points for Electric Vehicles" consultation.
Read CORNERSTONE and SMMI's responses to the UK Parliement's Under the Microscope inquiry.
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Read Michael Lomotey's response to the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee's call for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK Parliament Science, Innovation and Technology Committee's call for evidence.
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Read the response by CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre to the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology'sÌýcall for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee's call for evidence.
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Read the response to the Women and Equalities Committee's call for evidence.
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Read Sustainibility and Resilience Institute's response to the Department for Business and Trade's call for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK Department for Education'sÌýcall for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK Ministry of Justice'sÌýcall for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence'sÌýcall for evidence.
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Read the response to the UK Parliement Modernisation Committe's call for evidence.
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Read the response from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Marine and Maritime Institute to the UK Governments call for evidence.
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Read the response to the Welsh Government's call for evidence.
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Read the response to the HM Treasury's call for evidence.
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Read the responseÌýto the Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review.
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Read the response from the Citizen-Centric AI Systems Team's response to the UK Governments Call.
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Read the responseÌýto the Welsh Government's call.Ìý
Read the response to the Environment Agency’s Standard Rules Consultation No.25 byÌýProfessor Ieropoulos
Read the response from the Centre for Homelessness Research and Practice submitted to Hampshire County Council's Future Services Consultation.
Read Professor Paul Kemp's response to Defra consultations on Fisheries Management Plans.
Read the response on behalf of theÌý‘Future Electric Vehicle Energy networks supporting Renewables (FEVER)’ project team to long duration electricity storage.
Read the response by Danielle Schoenaker, Jenny Hall, Judith Stephenson, Keith Godfrey, Nisreen Alwan to Health and social care statistical outputs.
Read Dr Simon Fraser, Professor Nisreen Alwan and Mrs Rebecca Wilkinson's response to the Welsh Health and Social Care Committee’s inquiry.
Read Dr Minkwan Kim's response to the consultation into the Orbital Liabilities, Insurance, Charging and Space Sustainability.
ReadÌýProfessor Nicky Marsh, Dr Daniel Ashton, and Dr Michael Howcrof's responseÌýto the Reimagining where we live: cultural placemaking and the levelling up agenda inquiry.
Read Professor Jeremy Webb, Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies and Professor Saul Faust's response to the consultation into the antimicrobial resistance national action plan.
Read Dr Christina Vogel's response to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's draft report into feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years.
Read Professor Rosalind Edwards and Dr Hélène Vannier Ducasse's response to the Government’s consultation on the Digital ID Verification System.
Read Professor Ioannis (Yannis) Ieropoulos's response to the Environment Agency's consultation on standard rules permits for waste operations in the non-hazardous and inert waste sector.
Read Dr Renatas Kizys and Chris McHugh's response to the Government's consultation on the Green Finance Strategy update.
Read Professor Dominic Hudson, Dr Christina Vanderwel and Dr Matthew Loxham's response to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs' consultation on the Air Quality Strategy.
Domestic maritime decarbonisation: the course to net zero emissions. Read from Professor Damon Teagle, Professor Stephen Turnock, Charlie McKinlay, Professor Dominic Hudson, Panagiotis Manias and Dr Wassim Dbouk.
Read from Professor Paul Kemp, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ in response to DEFRA consultation: Fisheries: Managing our quota in 2023 and beyond.
Read from Carmine Ornaghi, Professor of Economics in response to this call for evidence on UK Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Read Professor Chris Hauton, Professor Jack Corbett, Dr Jasmin Godbold and Dr Maria Baker's consultation response on the 2030 Strategic Framework for International Climate and Nature Action.
Read Professor Paul Kemp's consultation response to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Draft Joint Fisheries Statement.
Read Professor Professor Tom Cherret, Professor James Scanlan, Dr Matt Grote, Dr Aliaksei Pilko from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, as well as Angela Smith and Janet Dickinson.
Read Dr Harry Annison's written evidence in response to the United Kingdom's Parliamentary Inquiry regarding Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.
ReadÌýDr Jane Parry from the Univeristy of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's response to the making flexible working the default consultation.
Read Professor Sarvapali Ramchurn, Professor Derek McAuley, Professor Gary Burnett, Professor Richard Hyde, Dr Jiahong Chen, and Didier Hawkey.
Read Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Leslie Carr,ÌýProfessor Rosalind Edwards, Professor Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Professor Gopal Ramchurn, andÌýDr Sarah Gorin's consultation responses.
Read from Professor Derek McAuley and others about Algorithims, Competition and Consumer Harm.
Read Professor Simon Blainey, Professor John Preston, Professor William Powrie, Professor Rod Anderson, and Professor Tom Cherrett's response to a call for evidence on Whole Industry Stategic Plan for Rail.
Read Professor Carmine Ornaghi's, Professor of Economics at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, response on water industry and the government's strategic policy statement.
Read Professor Simon Wolfe's, Professor of Banking and Finance and Dr Mohamed Bakoush's,ÌýAssistant Professor of Banking and Finance, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, written response.
Read Professor Carmine Ornaghi's, Professor of Economics at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, response.
Richard Coles of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has submitted a response to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency consultation on Amendment to MGN 535 on the small seagoing passenger ships code.
Prof. Gopal Ramchurn, Francesco D'Amore, Seyed Toliyat, Dr Wassim Dbouk, Dr Enrico Gerding, Dr Richard Gomer and Dr Seb Stein respond to the BEIS consultation on The future of automated mobility in the UK.
Dr Harry Annison, Associate Professor in Criminal Law at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has submitted a response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on Root and Branch review of the parole system.
Dr Ben Anderson of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, recently submitted a response to the New Zealand Climate Change Comission's Consultation.
Read ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Buisness School academics reposnse to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy inquiry.
UoS academics have submitted a response to the Health and Social Care Committee's inquiry into women's health strategy.
Dr Hosam Al Kaddour, Prof. Collins Ntim and Prof. Ven Tauringana from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Business School at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, have responded to the HMRC consultation on R&D Tax Reliefs.
Dr Wassim Dbouk, Marine and Maritime Policy Officer from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has submitted a response to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation on Environmental Principles.
Professor Ian Townend, Dr Charlie Thompson and Hachem Kassem of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, respond to the consultation from Defra on Property Flood Resilience.
Read the response from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ to the Department of Health and Social Care on Restricting promotions of food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt.
Read the response from Dr Edison Fernandes De Arruda, Lecturer in Business Analytics/Management Science at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to the call from the Cabinet Office.
Read the response from Prof Fiona Woollard, Professor of Philosophy at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to the call from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.
Read the responses from Prof. Paul Kemp, Professor of Ecological Engineering at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, to three DEFRA calls for evidence on post-Brexit management of fisheries.
Read the response from Mr Richard Coles, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Insititute of Maritime Law, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Law School, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Read the response from Prof Keith Godfrey; Prof Mark Hanson; Prof Mary Barker; and Dr Chandni Jacob, Faculty of Medicince, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Read the response from Professor Susan Gourvenec, Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Read the response from Dr. Mohamed Hosam Al Kaddour and Professor Collins Ntim highlighting the importance of the R&D tax relief for SMEs.
ReadÌýthe response from Claire Atkins and Prof Alex Neill, onÌýthe integrity and stability of the English higher education sector.
An analysis Ìýof changes in outdoor air quality in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ during the COVID-19 outbreak from Dr Ben Anderson,ÌýPrincipal Research Fellow within the ECC Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Read the response fromÌýDr Ben Anderson, Principal Research Fellow within the Energy & Climate Change Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, to the call from the Committee on Climate Change.
Read the response from Dr Ben Anderson, Principal Research Fellow within the ECCÌýDivision of Engineering and Physical Sciences, to the call on "Access and Forward-Looking Charges Significant Code Review".
Laura Bea, Policy Fellow at Public Policy ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ responds to the Home Office consultation on Violence against Women and Girls
Read the response from Dr Callum Highmore and Professor Bill Keevil, providing advice on chlorine treatment during food processing.
Read the response from Prof Andrew Cruden, Dr Harriet Kimpton and Susan Sun from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Read the response from Professor Mark Spearing the Vice President of Research and Enterprise at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ on behalf of the Higher Education Institution.
Written evidence from Dr Krishanthi Vithana, Prof Yehuda Baruch, and Prof Collins Ntim, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Business School, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ; and Dr Zhifang Zhang, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
Read the response from Ian Clarke,ÌýProf of Molecular Microbiology; and Dr Colette O'Neill, Postdoc Researcher, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, expressing their opinion surrounding the the NCSP policy update.
Read the response from Dr Dianna Smith, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, addressing ‘The need for a consistent approach to providing equitable food access’.
Read the response from Dr Emma Roe addressingÌý‘Designing a market that enables higher standard, domestic food products to flourish in relation to food animal health and welfare’.
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