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Alan Woodward commented for BBC on their hijacked twitter accounts

Alan Woodward, a cyber security expert and a visiting professor of the Department, commented for BBC on the recent event that several twitter accounts of BBC were hijacked by a group calling itself Syrian Electronic Army. Alan guessed that social engineering is likely the reason behind the success of the hijackers. To see the full story, click here.


MERAC Astrophysics prize for Justin Read

Justin Read has been awarded the European Astronomical Society’s MERAC 2013 prize for his high-impact research in computational astrophysics and cosmology.


Dr Angela Druckman: invited speaker at 5th International Conference on Carbon Accounting


Growth and Consumption: Tim Jackson interviewed on Swedish Radio

Growth and Consumption: Tim Jackson interviewed for the Swedish Radio programme Konflikt, broadcast on Swedish national radio on Saturday 9th March 2013


Economics for a Finite Planet: Tim Jackson speaks at Cambridge University

Economics for a Finite Planet: Tim Jackson speaks at Cambridge University on 20th March 2013 as part of The Distinguished Lecture Series


Yacob Mulugetta returns after two years at the United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa


MES students shine at the IMechE 25th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition

Rita Morgado da Silva, Alex Humphries and Johanna-Marie Best represented the Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the IMechE 25th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition that took place at the IMechE Headquarters in London on 28th February 2013.


The Economist article, "How to build a multiverse"

Professor Ben Murdin was recently interviewed about his work with white dwarfs at the Advanced Technology Institute and at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

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