All Outputs (336)

The CILIP Conference 2023: A report (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

Discussion paper on the 2023 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Conference that took place on 12th-13th July in Birmingham, UK.
Speakers covered a range of topics currently affecting library and information service... Read More about The CILIP Conference 2023: A report.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education: A comprehensive review of opportunities, challenges and implications (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper explores recent advancements and implications of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, with a specific focus on Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT 3.5 within the realm of higher education. Through a comprehensive review of academ... Read More about Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education: A comprehensive review of opportunities, challenges and implications.

Estimating defection in subscription-type markets with down-sampled representation: Analysis from the scholarly publishing industry (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

We explore the subscription-type market within the context of customer churn, and provide analysis on the business model of such markets, and how these characterise the academic publishing business. The proposed method attempts to provide inference o... Read More about Estimating defection in subscription-type markets with down-sampled representation: Analysis from the scholarly publishing industry.

Written evidence to the climate change, environment and infrastructure committee of the Welsh Government on the infrastructure (Wales) bill (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Planning Advisory Service commissioned the University of West of England (UWE) to research the role that Local Planning Authorities (LPA) can play in delivering housing-led development on brownfield land. The research resulted in a set of case st... Read More about The role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land - case study reports.

Policy fellowship schemes as a vehicle for co-production – insights from Welsh Government Fellowships (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

Engagement between academic researchers and policy makers is becoming increasingly common. Although approaches to the so-called Science-Policy Interface (SPI) can vary substantially – based on disciplines, different degrees of engagement and focus on... Read More about Policy fellowship schemes as a vehicle for co-production – insights from Welsh Government Fellowships.

Arts and humanities shaping the AI future (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The organisation of this event was motivated by the view there should be more Arts and Humanities (A&H) perspectives, methods and approaches involved in shaping our future relationship with AI technology.

Our invitation was sent to the most diver... Read More about Arts and humanities shaping the AI future.

Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

We present a detailed study of the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) using a new dataset based on the Bank of England minutes. We argue that the war and associated Bank of England actions led to a transformation of the financial system. Additionally, whil... Read More about Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War.

Combined blogs (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

These four blogs/working papers constitute one of the outputs from a research project that explores the ways in which Channel 4's relocation out of London in 2017-18 constitues a significant event for the brodcaster - the 'largest shake-up in its his... Read More about Combined blogs.

Can we identify students in ASHE? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

ASHE is a key dataset in the UK, the only one which allows long-term analysis of flows in labour market status and earnings, and hence vitally important in the understanding of low pay and wage progression. Separating out students from non-student wo... Read More about Can we identify students in ASHE?.

The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Recent research indicates that the percentage of employees in Britain who are low paid – earning below two-thirds median hourly earnings – has been falling in the last 6-7 years. It points to the increased ‘bite’ of the adult National Minimum Wage (N... Read More about The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?.

Enriched ASHE Quick Start Guide (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Wage and Employment Dynamics (WED) project was funded by Administrative Data Research 2019-2022 to review, quality assure and enhance ASHE data. The project was also provided with ASHE data linked to the 2011 Census for England and Wales. This do... Read More about Enriched ASHE Quick Start Guide.

Need for design patterns: Interoperability issues and modelling challenges for observational data (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Interoperability issues concerning observational data have gained attention in recent times. Automated data integration is important when it comes to the scientific analysis of observational data from different sources. However, it is hampered by var... Read More about Need for design patterns: Interoperability issues and modelling challenges for observational data.

The trajectory of changing rhoticity in Bristol English: A consultative paper (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

This consultative paper by Blaxter, Beeching, Coates, Murphy and Robinson presents data on rhoticity in Bristol English. Through an investigation into the speech of 30 Bristol speakers the study demonstrates that this traditional feature is declining... Read More about The trajectory of changing rhoticity in Bristol English: A consultative paper.

Securitization, covered bonds and the risk taking behavior of European banks (2022)
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This study investigates the impact of securitization and the issuance of covered bonds on the credit risk taking behavior of banks. We collected data for seven major European economies for the period between 2001 and 2014, that is, both before and af... Read More about Securitization, covered bonds and the risk taking behavior of European banks.

Weighting for employer non-response in ASHE (2022)
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The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs and provides many of the UK’s official earnings statistics. Weights are provided with the core dataset, which adjust the profile of the annual achieved sample suc... Read More about Weighting for employer non-response in ASHE.

Accounting for firms in ethnicity wage gaps throughout the earnings distribution (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Ethnicity wage gaps in Great Britain are large and have persisted over time. Previous studies of these gaps have been almost exclusively confined to analyses of household data, so they could not account for the role played by individual employers, de... Read More about Accounting for firms in ethnicity wage gaps throughout the earnings distribution.

ASHE – 2011 Census Data Linkage: User Guide Drop 1 of the ASHE – 2011 Census Dataset (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Longitudinal attrition in ASHE (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) provides many of the UK’s official earnings statistics. The survey operates on an annual 1% sample of employee jobs. However, the method of sampling - based on the final two digits of an employee’s Natio... Read More about Longitudinal attrition in ASHE.

Unemployment and COVID-19 in OECD countries: Does the gender of head of state matter? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper analyses the differences in the COVID-19 situation and resulting unemployment growth in OECD countries with male and female heads of state. Our sample period covers three waves of COVID-19. We have performed the wavelet analysis to evaluat... Read More about Unemployment and COVID-19 in OECD countries: Does the gender of head of state matter?.