All Outputs (1827)

The macroeconomics of austerity (2023)
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A new study from the thinktank the Progressive Economics Forum (PEF), published today, uses official figures to show that the total economic damage inflicted by austerity is significantly higher than previously thought, needlessly cutting more than h... Read More about The macroeconomics of austerity.

Arts on referral at Fresh Arts: A mixed-methods report on the efficacy of arts on prescription in a hospital setting for people experiencing chronic health conditions (2023)
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This report describes the evaluation methods and outcomes of four arts on referral programmes delivered through Fresh Arts on Referral at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Arts on referral, where people are referred to art workshops, led by a skilled arts... Read More about Arts on referral at Fresh Arts: A mixed-methods report on the efficacy of arts on prescription in a hospital setting for people experiencing chronic health conditions.

Equality policy and practice in the TSSA (2023)
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Future brief: Nanoplastics: State of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts (2023)
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This Future Brief elucidates the current situation
regarding nanoplastics and the environment,
from their detection and analysis through to their
potential health risks, dispersal pathways, and
future outlook.

Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants (2023)
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This is a follow-up survey of the 2022 round of Plant and Share grant holders. It builds upon the UWE’s survey of the Cook and Share grant programme. It provides additional evidence on the small grants component of FFLGT with respect to growing. It a... Read More about Plant and share: An evaluation of food for life get togethers' small grants.

Co-creating green a strategic public art vision for Lyngford Park, Taunton (2023)
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Understandings of Lyngford Park and proposals for the space have been developed through a series of creative engagement activities held throughout the summer of 2022 as part of the Pride in Priorswood Family Fun Days in the park. This builds on deep... Read More about Co-creating green a strategic public art vision for Lyngford Park, Taunton.

Creating jobs in low- and middle-income countries through demand-side policies (2023)
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This brief focuses on demand-side policies for promoting employment in LMCs. The shifting consensus on macroeconomic policy in advanced economies, alongside growing acceptance of industrial policy, provides an important opportunity for reconsideratio... Read More about Creating jobs in low- and middle-income countries through demand-side policies.

Attracting and sustaining the screen industry workforce in Yorkshire and the Humber (2023)
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A key resource to any creative industry is their workforce, and this is
particularly true for the screen industry. Although the central importance of this workforce is widely acknowledged, comparatively little is known about the mobility and embedde... Read More about Attracting and sustaining the screen industry workforce in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Evaluation of Property Flood Resilience repair grant scheme: FD2727 Final report stage 4 (2023)
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Property Flood Resilience (PFR) repair grant scheme may be activated following severe flooding events that impact multiple local authorities (LAs). It has been activated, when needed, alo... Read More about Evaluation of Property Flood Resilience repair grant scheme: FD2727 Final report stage 4.

Key questions for road investment and spending (2023)
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This report has been produced by the Road Investment Scrutiny Panel – an assembled group of senior professionals supported by funding from the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund.

Roads are the arteries of economic and social prosperity. They also come at a c... Read More about Key questions for road investment and spending.

PROTECT - A COVID-19 National Core Study: Keeping the UK building safely 2 (2022)
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Transmission
There is evidence of a broad range of COVID-19 transmission mitigation measures in action; these were generally well received by participants, who reported high levels of compliance.
There is evidence of competing requirements of COVID... Read More about PROTECT - A COVID-19 National Core Study: Keeping the UK building safely 2.

My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme (2022)
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In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities
share experiences, ideas and resources betw... Read More about My Food community: Full evaluation report on the first delivery of a community food leadership programme.

My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22 (2022)
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The Soil Association’s My Food Community is a community leadership programme intended to create ‘a network for good food champions to learn, connect and take action’. My Food Community forms part of Food for Life Get Togethers, a UK-wide National Lot... Read More about My Food Community: Summary evaluation findings from the first delivery of the programme in 2021–22.

Data use externatilies: Report to department for digital, culture, media and sport by Belmana with the University of the West of England (2022)
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This study was commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to:
● Identify the likely positive and negative externalities of data use (that is, the wider social impacts of data use) and
● Provide an assessment of the viabili... Read More about Data use externatilies: Report to department for digital, culture, media and sport by Belmana with the University of the West of England.

High-fidelity simulation: The sky's the limit at UWE! (2022)
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For many of us, the word ‘simulation’ conjures up distant memories of OSCE day nerves from our time as students and nostalgia from interview assessments of the past when a dishevelled mannequin was presented to us having been rigged to resemble someo... Read More about High-fidelity simulation: The sky's the limit at UWE!.

Written evidence submitted to call for written evidence: Economic crime and corporate transparency bill (2022)
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Cultural districts and innovation: A focus on the global south (2022)
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This report explores how cultural districts in the Global South are either innovating or creating the conditions to meet the needs of new and existing challenges – either brought about or amplified by the pandemic. Here, innovation is understood as t... Read More about Cultural districts and innovation: A focus on the global south.

Telepresence teaching in higher education as a reasonable adjustment: Pilot project report 2022 (2022)
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IP12 Advanced logistics for end-to-end collaboration and coordination (2022)
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Infrastructure and construction projects are increasingly adopting off-site construction, and are becoming more competitive and collaborative, making well-timed delivery of off-site components/volumes essential. Logistics for off-site construction an... Read More about IP12 Advanced logistics for end-to-end collaboration and coordination.

IP5a standardisation and classification of project cost data (2022)
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Benchmarking is a fundamental tool for improving performance in the delivery of transport infrastructure projects. The sector has seen a significant boost in funding in recent years, and there is an urgent need to use benchmarking to inform decision-... Read More about IP5a standardisation and classification of project cost data.