Category: Students
Patent-waiving, inflation, vaccine lotteries: What do the Experts Say?
Economics staff at Bristol University give their views on recent economics hot-topics. Where does the expert consensus lie?
By Ethan Lester
For this month’s survey of expert opinion at Bristol University’s School of Economics, I ask three questions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response.…
Studying during the pandemic: we hear from economics students
On 16th March 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, “now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and travel.” Over a year on, the UK’s ‘roadmap’ out of a series of lockdowns is gradually being enacted step-by-step, but blended learning remains and campus life is overwhelmingly quiet as the government’s preference to work and study from home when possible, also remains.
…Lockdown policies, corporation tax, the labour market ‘revolution’: What do the experts say?
Economics staff at Bristol University give their views on recent economics hot-topics. Where does the expert consensus lie?
By Ethan Lester
This month, we focus on three covid-related economic developments. Firstly, as Britain tentatively follows its ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, we ask whether ‘zero-covid’ policies should be prioritised over ‘low-covid’ ones.…
How reliable are Student Evaluations of Teaching?
For many years, universities have asked students to complete evaluations of teaching and other aspects of educational provision; since 2005 the UK government has conducted the National Student Survey to collect information from all students in UK Higher Education Institutions and the results are published annually.
… The Brexit deal: What do the experts say?
Staff at the University of Bristol’s School of Economics give their views on the UK’s new trade agreement with the EU. Where does the expert consensus lie? Undergraduate student, Ethan Lester summarises the results.
… Economics at Bristol: Ee Mun’s experience
Ee Mun graduated with a BSc in Economics and Finance. She discusses her experience of her studies and reasons for choosing to study at Bristol, the support she received as an international student, and how it helped establish her career.
… Bristol Talks Economics: Jonathan Haskel, Bristol alumnus
Bristol Talks Economics continued in December, welcoming Professor Jonathan Haskel. University of Bristol alumnus, Jonathan is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme at the School.
… Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – ‘Ask an Economist’ with Malindi Myers
Ask an Economist: Bank of England Monetary Policy Report with Malindi Myers, presented at Bristol Festival of Economics in November, review by undergraduate student Ben Pimley.
Malindi Myers, as the South West Agent of the Bank of England, is one of the best-placed experts to talk about the real impact Covid-19 is having on the UK economy.…
Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – Ha-Joon Chang asks ‘What next after globalisation?’
This November saw the return of the annual Bristol Festival of Economics by Festival of Ideas. Undergraduate student Ben Pimley provides a review of Economist Ha-Joon Chang’s talk, ‘What Next After Globalisation?’
Ha-Joon Chang may be a household name to many young economists given that he wrote the Personal Statement staple ’23 Things They Don’t Teach You About Capitalism’, but as an academic economist at Cambridge University he is particularly interested in the role of the state in economic policy.…