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📣 UEL in the press - weekly wrap up 📣 👶 First things first: Professor Amanda J. Broderick, Vice-Chancellor & President of UEL, writes for Times Higher Education arguing that widening participation cannot begin at 18, and that universities should take a greater interest in the first five years of life when many of the factors shaping future educational attainment are already being formed. https://lnkd.in/evKQuPdP   🧸 Power play: Professor Sam Wass, Director of UEL’s ISEY - Institute for the Science of Early Years and Youth, features on BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind, and in a number of outlets, including Huffington Post and Yahoo! Finance USA, explaining how shared play and attention between parents and children helps strengthen family bonds and supports children’s ability to focus as they grow older. https://lnkd.in/exdxxGTs (From 21:36)   🧪 Microplastic mission: Dr Ria Devereux of UEL’s Sustainability Research Institute and Dr Ravindra Jayaratne of the UEL School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering featured on BBC Radio London talking about their new study tracking microplastic pollution in the River Thames. The research will help build a clearer picture of how contamination levels are changing and what impact climate pressures may be having on the river system. https://lnkd.in/ex4VF8As (From 10:36)   ⚖️ In the balance: Middle East policy analyst Professor John Strawson talks to Jim Diamond of LBC News about the latest developments in the Iran conflict as Donald Trump is either gearing up for a fresh round of strikes or on the verge of a settlement - the only predictable aspect being the President’s unpredictability, says Professor Strawson.  https://lnkd.in/e3YKYuEY (From 00:48)   🤝 Closer ties: China expert Tom Harper tells the China Daily that the visit of UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to Beijing represents another step in the stabilisation of relations between the two countries. https://lnkd.in/eZJ5Vh4s #UELNews