Expert opinions cover stolen treasure sugar refugees the EU and market crashes

Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing the origin of the national institute, the Bank of England.

• Read the full article 'How stolen treasure kick-started the Bank of England' here

Dr Clett Erridge from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has written an article for The Conversation discussing the naturally-occurring kind of sugar, trehalose.

• Read the full article 'Could some types of sugar actually be good for you?' hosted on Think: Leicester here

In an article for Spiked-Online, Dr Tara McCormack from the Department of Politics and International Relations suggests the EU's problems have nothing to do with Putin.

• Read the full article 'No, Russia isn’t weaponising refugees' here

Academics Pascale Lorber, Oxana Golynker, Lisa Rodgers (Law School) and Benjamin Hopkins (School of Management) have written an article for Think: Leicester discussing employment rights for workers in the UK as a member of the EU.

• Read the full article 'Life at work: why being a member of the EU matters' here

Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how the proportion of female traders has a strong effect on market stability.

• Read the full article 'More female traders can minimise market crashes – here’s how' hosted on Think: Leicester here

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