Australia: the politics of border control
When Novak Djokovic took up residence at Melbourne’s Park Hotel for a few days, the world noticed the desperate refugees locked in with him. But he has left the building and the…
Migration
Securing borders is neither easy nor cheap
The UK should beware when it looks to Australia for a solution to ‘stop the boats’. The cost to the Australian taxpayer of detaining asylum seekers has been estimated at A$4 million…
Immigration: the ugly face of Brexit and beyond
A growing tide of desperate people seeking sanctuary and a surging anti-immigrant sentiment among the native populations of some nations will lead to an even greater crisis in Europe, writes Geoff Kitney….
Italian storms darken European horizon
A new “anti-system” political coalition in Italy is stirring up the relative tranquillity of the Eurozone economy. Banks and businesses are fastening their seatbelts and preparing for a bumpy ride, John Egan…
Productivity, Productivity, Productivity
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic survey of the UK, writes John Egan….
Globalisation: the fightback for a fairer world begins
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan writes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Today the UK is in a state of consistency
In the week leading up to delivery of the Brexit divorce letter, public opinion in the UK appeared to be a strange mix of short-term pragmatism and long-term pessimism, writes John Egan….
University applications in decline
The number of people applying to become nurses in England has dropped dramatically, Aban Contractor writes. Fewer people applied to study at United Kingdom higher education institutions in the 2017 academic year,…
Universities need numbers to add up after Brexit
It really is all about the numbers, whether it be funding for ground breaking – often life saving – research, undergraduate or postgraduate students or engaging with emerging markets. The scale of…
Europe: Britain never did get it
When Theresa May declared in her landmark Brexit speech this week that it was her fervent wish that Europe should succeed with the European Union (EU) project, it struck me how strange…