Tag: Economics
Bristol Economics student nominated for finals of National Undergraduate of the Year Competition
BSc Economics and Management student, Saul Wilson, made it to the final round of the TARGETJobs national student awards after taking part in a competitive process.
The TARGETJobs Undergraduate of the Year competition is open to all undergraduate students across the UK, offering opportunities and prizes such as internships and placements with internationally recognised organisations taking part in the initiative.…
Government versus the Markets
The coronavirus pandemic has seen a rapid and marked shift in the balance between markets and government.
Professor Sarah Smith explores governments responses to the current COVID-19 crisis.
Governments around the world have responded to the crisis with massive spending commitments.…
Nerding out Economics
Lecturers within the department have been exploring how economics has a vital part to play in everyday life.
From shortages of supplies in supermarkets to social distancing behaviour, economics can help us understand and make sense of some of the real-life effects of the coronavirus pandemic.…
The COVID-19 league table: should the U.K. be at the top?
On 5 May it was announced that the U.K.’s death toll from COVID-19 was 29,427, narrowly overtaking Italy on the same day (with 29,315 deaths): this meant that the U.K. had the highest number of recorded COVID-19 deaths in Europe.…
What do the daily death rates tell us?
The grim statistics, released daily, on the number of new coronavirus deaths in each country are pored over by the media and policy-makers as an indicator of when the pandemic might peak, whether lockdown is working, and whether more stringent restrictions might be needed.…
Panic in the shops of London…. and the rest of the UK
Economics provides a useful toolbox to make sense of the current crisis. Department of Economics staff are writing about coronavirus for different audiences, including launching a blog for 6th formers who are stuck at home.…
Economics debate team take first place at national competition
Three Economics students have won first place at The Economics Debate, an inter-university debating competition involving ten universities.
Pravin, Noah and Fintan, final-year BSc Economics and Politics, and Economics and Philosophy student’s stormed ahead in the annual university debating competition to take the final title.…
International Women’s Day – Celebrating Women in Economics
For International Women’s Day this year, the theme is equality – each for equal. We look at the topic ‘Women in Economics’, and celebrate the people working to improve diversity in a predominantly male field.…
What does an Economist look like?
Professor Sarah Smith, Head of Economics at University of Bristol explores the stereotypes within the industry in her article, ‘What does an economist look like?’
Ask google, or, as I have been doing, 15-17 year olds and you get pretty much the same answer.…