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Wyn Grant, politics professor at Warwick University, said negative headlines around the world -- which declared "Britain's Burning" and "War Zone London" -- may cause short-term harm.

"It gives the impression of a city which is very unsafe for people to visit," he said.

In helping academics to overcome the challenges of impact and engagement, some universities are setting up digital centres to distribute useful resources and guidance. Eleanor Lovell discusses the University of Warwick’s Knowledge Centre and the ways it seeks to assist academics in increasing their impact.

As the UK attempts to re-balance its economy away from financial services, questions are being raised over how to encourage growth in British manufacturing. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group and long-serving adviser to the UK government on industrial matters, tells the FT's Peter Marsh that the time is ripe for the creation of an industry bank - a financial institution solely focused on the country's manufacturing sector.

The recent tragedy in Norway was on a scale that is hard to imagine. But what are the wider implications of the attacks? What is the significance in terms of European far right groups? What similarities are there to the work of Al Qaeda? Professor Stuart Croft, Politics and International Studies, explains more.

Professor Robert Jackson from the University of Warwick expressed concerns at a conference this week that cuts and policy changes by the government had marginalised Religious Education in schools.