University of Portsmouth of Portsmouth won a £272,000 award from the Education and Training Foundation to research how best to deliver study programmes in the UK. In 2016, Dr Victoria Wang and Professor Mark Button, of the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, were awarded £299,355 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to investigate unintended consequences of data release, including those associated with issues of trust, identity, privacy and security. The project is in partnership with Swansea University's Department of Computer Science, the DVLA and other government agencies. The University of Portsmouth is one of only four universities in the south east
Controversy and criticism of The X Factor (UK) what it means to be an artist and that it leaves less room for people trying to work their up organically. Before the UK Singles Chart started to include streaming data in its chart, another criticism of "The X Factor" is that the winner routinely achieves the number one spot in the UK Christmas singles charts, which, it is claimed, has "taken the magic" out of the event. In 2008, a campaign was launched to encourage people to buy Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" instead of 2008 "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke's version; however Burke beat Buckley's