Stephen Kenny

The disconnect between the general public and the scientists whose research they fund is a constant source of frustration on both sides. Opportunities to bridge this gap are few and far between, with most members of the public feeling either totally disengaged with science or, at best, assuming the work being carried out is...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) Women’s Football Team lost to Nottingham Trent University (NTU) on penalties in a dramatic finale to their Varsity match, after the game finished 0-0 in normal time, at Meadow Lane. To proclaim that football is a game of margins at any level is to...

The continent of Europe is at crisis point. Since April 2015 it has faced the largest refugee influx since the Second World War. The response of the European Union has been inadequate and piecemeal without a grander policy solution on how to deal with the crisis as a whole....

A project to transform not just the fundamentals of our economic system, but also the psychological outlook of the world’s population on the products we consume may seem overtly ideological and indeed quixotic. However, this is the daunting task which is perceived as an exciting opportunity by those that...

As part of a monthly online feature, Impact investigates the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle against climate change. The relationship between artistic institutions and large corporations are nothing if not complicated. The unusual bedfellows have walked a fine line for a generation in their ‘mutually beneficial’...

As part of a monthly online feature, Impact investigates the latest news, projects and discoveries in the battle against climate change One could be forgiven for being skeptical when an article in Slate appeared at the beginning of March claiming global warming was ‘going into overdrive’. Whilst we should be...

Gaps in fossil records are one of the most frustrating aspects of paleontological and genetic sciences and cause myriad disputes in the field, most notably with regards to human evolution. An oft used rebuke from creationists that deplore the notion that we descended from apes is that there are...