All Outputs (1048)

Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future? (2014)
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New Zealand’s land transport programme has a current expenditure target for the next ten years of $38.7bn including $10bn to change the shape of the road network and improve its quality and capacity. Yet such investment plans are in the face of a cou... Read More about Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?.

Financialisation and the financial and economic crises: The case of South Africa (2014)
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Planning enforcement England: At the crossroads (2014)
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Planning Enforcement as a service, profession and activity has historically enjoyed far less focus and resources than the other elements within the planning trinity. Despite a brief renaissance during the mid-noughties the unprecedented budget cuts f... Read More about Planning enforcement England: At the crossroads.

CLAPA regional coordinators project: Evaluation interim report (end of year two) (2014)
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The psychosocial impact of cleft lip/palate on siblings: Research report for the cleft lip and palate association (2014)
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Toilet provision in workplaces (2014)
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Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access (2014)
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This project aimed to provide open access to data from Peter Townsend’s 1967-68 Poverty in the UK (PinUK) landmark UK survey, and to enhance the capacity to use it, through innovative analysis of micro paradata and comparative analysis of macro parad... Read More about Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access.

Mapping and analysis of research and KE funding sources for operational research in the UK (2014)
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This project came about in 2013 after a discussion with the Chair of the Education and Research Committee of the Operational Research Society (ORS) about obtaining a clearer idea of the range and characteristics of sources of funding for research in... Read More about Mapping and analysis of research and KE funding sources for operational research in the UK.

Inspiring library partnerships: Evaluation of a unique reciprocal borrowing scheme between Higher Education and local authorities in the West of England (2014)
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The SWRLS Open Doors project was a partnership between LibrariesWest (led by South Gloucestershire Library Service) and UWE Bristol Library Services and funded by SWRLS (South Western Regional Library Service). The aim was to pilot a reciprocal borro... Read More about Inspiring library partnerships: Evaluation of a unique reciprocal borrowing scheme between Higher Education and local authorities in the West of England.

Why asthma still kills: The national review of asthma deaths (NRAD) (2014)
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Advancements in drug treatments, applied research and the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines have contributed to the reduction of deaths from asthma over the past 50 years.
Previous confidential enquiries have suggested that avoidable... Read More about Why asthma still kills: The national review of asthma deaths (NRAD).

Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2 (2014)
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In 2011, the Government called for an independent review, to assess whether they were taking the right approach to managing, operating and enhancing the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which resulted in the Cook Report ‘A Fresh Start for the Strategic... Read More about Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2.

Drug recovery community at HMP Eastwood Park - Effectiveness and future challenges (2014)
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Drug Recovery Community at the HMP Eastwood Park, using quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods. A ‘Drug Recovery Community’ in a custodial setting refers to a dedicated prison wing accommodation that... Read More about Drug recovery community at HMP Eastwood Park - Effectiveness and future challenges.

Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA): A case file review of two pilots (2014)
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This research summary provides a description of Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA), a community-based initiative that aims to prevent further offending and sexual abuse by sexual offenders.

Description and measurement of visual scanning training in Occupational Therapy for patients with visual search deficits following stroke (2014)
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Visual search is a process which is integral for carrying out most activities of daily living; for example for finding utensils needed in preparing a meal or for avoiding hazards when crossing the road. This essential... Read More about Description and measurement of visual scanning training in Occupational Therapy for patients with visual search deficits following stroke.

Life on a low income in austere times (2014)
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Following the ‘credit crunch’ 2007-2008, the UK entered the deepest recessionary conditions in living memory. As the liquidity from the financial services sector came to an abrupt halt, the investment ‘life blood’ of the economy in short supply, nume... Read More about Life on a low income in austere times.

Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission (2014)
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The paper is split into three main sections: a review of existing data sources; an analysis of characteristics of the main reference datasets used for the production of research and official statistics; and an investigation into the imputation code u... Read More about Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission.

Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity (2014)
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One of the largest pieces of independent research on police attitudes in England and Wales. The research, led by Dr James Hoggett from UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol), looked at police attitudes to current reform proposal... Read More about Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity.

Planning for growth: Stakeholder views on prospects for growth in the Cambridge sub-region under localism (2014)
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Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2014)
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Drawing on the Health Visitor Implementation Plan (DH, 2011a) and Educating Health Visitors for a Transformed Service (DH, 2011c), this evaluation aimed to assess the extent to which the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme meets the... Read More about Meeting the challenges of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

A human rights assessment of hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional gas development in the United Kingdom (2014)
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