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Surviving to thriving: Impact of art interventions on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence (2022)
Report

This evaluation report describes a series of art workshops designed to support the wellbeing of people who have experienced sexual violence, run through Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (SARSAS; www.sarsas.org.uk), led by socially enga... Read More about Surviving to thriving: Impact of art interventions on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence.

Targeted support is needed to protect the wellbeing of researchers working with emotionally challenging material (2022)
Report

This project, funded by the ESRC IAA, focused on the lived experiences of PhD and early career researchers who are routinely exposed to emotionally challenging material. It investigated existing wellbeing resources and piloted counsellor-led trai... Read More about Targeted support is needed to protect the wellbeing of researchers working with emotionally challenging material.

Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Attitudes to British Sign Language in deaf education compared to Gaelic and Welsh (2022)
Report

Having conducted a review of the impact of the Scottish national BSL plan on deaf education, in particular its issues, failures and successes, during Phase 1 of this project, the purpose of this report was to ascertain whether there is an appetite at... Read More about Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Attitudes to British Sign Language in deaf education compared to Gaelic and Welsh.

NTFS 2022: Authenticity in teaching and assessment (2022)
Report

The world of education is constantly evolving and so it needs to provide context to what is being delivered at each session. This is more so for complex topics within the cyber science domain that evolves and changes every second.

Making community-scale food systems more resilient: Reorienting consumption practices by supporting community-scale supply chain models (2022)
Report

Food insecurity increased in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic due to affordability challenges with job loss and accessibility problems related to lockdowns and uneven food distribution. Community-scale organisations played a crucial role in provid... Read More about Making community-scale food systems more resilient: Reorienting consumption practices by supporting community-scale supply chain models.

Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK (2022)
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Between the ages of 16 and 24, young people experience a succession of life changes. During this time, transport plays an important role in helping young people to connect to new experiences, to become independent and to develop their identify. Howev... Read More about Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK.

Evaluation of microbial viability and nucleic acid integrity after exposure to new molecular transport medium (Σ-MM™) (2022)
Report

A range of organisms (bacteria and yeasts) were inoculated into Sigma MMTM. The inoculum was then aliquoted into TSB broth at 1 minute and 2 minutes to assess for turbidity indicating growth over a 10 day period. A separate aliquot was also removed f... Read More about Evaluation of microbial viability and nucleic acid integrity after exposure to new molecular transport medium (Σ-MM™).