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Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse
To date, few institutions have been brought to justice for enabling, covering up or failing properly to investigate what Jimmy Savile did.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/05/jimmy-savile-how-the-netflix-documentary-fails-to-address-the-role-institutions-play-in-abuse
City imaging specialist evaluates the performance of five deep learning architectures in classifying COVID-19, Pneumonia and Healthy Individuals
The research paper was published in and selected for the front cover of the Journal of Imaging.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/10/city-imaging-specialist-evaluates-the-performance-of-five-deep-learning-architectures-in-classifying-covid-19-pneumonia-and-healthy-individuals
Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy
Dr Lolita Alfred, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at City, co-authors an article in The Conversation UK outlining evidence for increased fertility from healthier lifestyle options.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/04/planning-for-baby-why-both-men-women-should-consider-quitting-alcohol-before-during-pregnancy
Research paper co-authored by City’s Dr Martin Nyx Brain wins Best Tool Paper Award at the European Joint Conference on the Theory & Practice of Software (ETAPS)
The paper describes cvc5, a software verification tool and automated theorem prover.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/05/research-paper-co-authored-by-citys-dr-martin-nyx-brain-wins-best-tool-paper-award-at-the-european-joint-conference-on-the-theory-and-practice-of-software-etaps
New report: ‘Reset required? Evaluating the first two years of the Media Freedom Coalition’
The Media Freedom Coalition requires a 're-injection of energy' according to a new evaluation co-authored by City’s Head of Journalism, Dr Melanie Bunce.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/02/new-report-reset-required-evaluating-the-first-two-years-of-the-media-freedom-coalition
Official Secrets Act: UK government has a long history of suppressing journalism to hide its misdeeds
Dr Paul Lashmar on the government’s proposals for toughening the Official Secrets Act.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/08/official-secrets-act-uk-government-has-a-long-history-of-suppressing-journalism-to-hide-its-misdeeds
Brexit will likely lead to an increase of violence against women, report says
A new report from City, University of London argues that the consequential changes of Brexit will likely lead to an increase of violence against women in the UK.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/10/brexit-will-likely-lead-to-an-increase-of-violence-against-women-report-says
Professor Kenneth Grattan OBE FREng granted the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) Distinguished Service Award
City’s Royal Academy of Engineering-George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation receives the honour for his ‘valuable service and years of active contribution’.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/09/professor-kenneth-grattan-obe-freng-granted-the-international-measurement-confederation-imeko-distinguished-service-award
Digital technology is helping us memorialise the pandemic – despite the government wanting us to forget about it and move on
History suggests that pandemics do not end when politicians tell us they are over but when they become objects of cultural forgetting, writes medical historian Dr Mark Honigsbaum.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/03/digital-technology-is-helping-us-memorialise-the-pandemic-despite-the-government-wanting-us-to-forget-about-it-and-move-on
HIPER Pile system developed by City and Keltbray wins Best Innovation Award at Construction News Awards
The technology was first employed in the construction of HS2’s Maria Fidelis facility in Euston.
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/07/hiper-pile-system-developed-by-city-and-keltbray-wins-best-innovation-award-at-construction-news-awards