All Outputs (42)
The role of home adaptations in improving later life (2017)
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This report summarises the findings of a systematic review of the best, available scientific evidence on how home adaptations can contribute to improving later life. Living in a suitable home is crucially important to a good later life. The right h... Read More about The role of home adaptations in improving later life.
MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data (2017)
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For the past few years, the authors of this report have applied their expertise in transport studies, mathematical modelling, emissions analytics, statistics and geography to undertake innovative analysis of a dataset consisting of all registered lig... Read More about MOToring along: The lives of cars seen through licensing and test data.
Youth engagement with alcohol brands in the UK (2017)
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Report from Cancer Research UK, University of the West of England and University of Stirling which explores how young people engage with alcohol brands
The project presented in this report aimed to collaborate with communities and social enterprises in the co-designing and development of tools that facilitate community engagement for renewal projects. The resultant tool, called "Seeing differently',... Read More about Tools for renewal: Co-designing tools to support social enterprises to engage in conversations with their communities during renewal projects.
GW4: Bridging the gap (2017)
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Bridging the Gap identified that realising the full benefits of Arts and Humanities research collaborations requires deeper consideration of research relationships as processes rather than just a means to an end. A processual approach demonstrates th... Read More about GW4: Bridging the gap.
MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients (2017)
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The purpose of this report is to review evidence of MMC application in housing with regards to diverse modes of delivery, lending approaches, customer satisfaction and long-term management/maintenance.The report provides a detailed overview of above... Read More about MMC modes of delivery in housing: Effects on Housing Association clients.
Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences (2017)
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This report presents a synthesis in the form of narrative summaries of the international evidence base and policy experiences on heating controls in the domestic sector. The research builds on the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)... Read More about Heating controls: International evidence base and policy experiences.
Combined authorities: Signs of success (2017)
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A research report into the early successes and challenges of the newly formed Combined Authorities.
Sustainable food cities: Phase 2 evaluation, scoping research (2017)
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This report summarises findings from the baseline evaluation Sustainable Food Cities (SFC) Phase 2 programme, which runs from 2016 to 2019. This is based on a small study consisting of semi-structured interviews with representatives from eight urban... Read More about Sustainable food cities: Phase 2 evaluation, scoping research.
UWE Research Support annual report 2016-2017 (2017)
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Annual report covering the work of the Library Research Support Team, including updates on the Research Repository.
Creative Hubs and Urban Development Goals (UK/Brazil) (2017)
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Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos (2017)
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The SRA reported on here involved three groups of stakeholders—local farmers represented by their community-elected organizational leaders, government service providers represented by district and provincial extension agents and leaders, and a team o... Read More about Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos.
Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR (2017)
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Background and methodology Lao PDR has a well-established network of central, provincial and district agricultural extension units. The extension system has benefited from several decades of Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects which have... Read More about Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR.
A guide for monitoring the effects of climate change on heritage building materials and elements (2017)
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This report is concerned with advanced tools and methods for monitoring the effects of climate change in buildings. It addresses the expected changes, the effects on the fabric of a heritage building, and the mechanisms of deterioration. This will be... Read More about A guide for monitoring the effects of climate change on heritage building materials and elements.
Easing the pressure on A&E: Could first aid education help? (2017)
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A summary of a research project commissioned by the British Red Cross and conducted by researchers at the University of the West of England, Bristol and at the University of Bristol. The report contains a response from the British Red Cross to the re... Read More about Easing the pressure on A&E: Could first aid education help?.
The role of first aid education to support people attending urgent care services: Research report for the British Red Cross (2017)
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The British Red Cross commissioned researchers at the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol to examine the potential role of first aid education to support people accessing urgent care services. This research report describ... Read More about The role of first aid education to support people attending urgent care services: Research report for the British Red Cross.
Executive Summary Background Over the last decade, the MSc Public Health at UWE has successfully recruited many international students. An issue for the university in promoting the benefits of the programme internationally is that there is a good c... Read More about Recruitment, employability and career development for international students undertaking the UWE MSc Public Health: Final report.
Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes (2017)
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A report commissioned by the UK Department for Communities and Local Government into the role of financial payments in reducing opposition to new homes.
Summary of outcomes of the cycling demonstration towns and Cycling City and Towns Programmes (2017)
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The Cycling Demonstration Towns (CDT) programme ran from October 2005 to March 2011, and involved six medium-sized towns, with populations of between 65,000 and 245,000 people. The partly concurrent Cycling City and Towns (CCT) programme ran from Jul... Read More about Summary of outcomes of the cycling demonstration towns and Cycling City and Towns Programmes.