All Outputs (1858)

Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability (2024)
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During 2021/22 the Department for Transport (DfT) made additional funding available to Sub-national Transport Bodies (STBs). The funding was to enable STBs to support their local authorities (LAs) in delivering transport policies in four priority are... Read More about Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability.

A new vision for city centres: Lessons from the Sparks project (2024)
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This interim evaluation report delves into the innovative ‘meanwhile use’ of urban spaces, a critical response to the revitalisation challenges faced by high streets, amidst financial austerity and the changing landscape of retail and cultural consum... Read More about A new vision for city centres: Lessons from the Sparks project.

Submission to inform Chile Declaration and Action Plan in the context of the Cartagena +40 multi-stakeholder pledge (2024)
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Women in Refugee Law (WiRL)'s submission regarding the particular challenges that women refugees face in the Latin America and Caribbean region aims to inform the Cartagena +40 process and next ten-year action plan.

WiRL’s submission identified tw... Read More about Submission to inform Chile Declaration and Action Plan in the context of the Cartagena +40 multi-stakeholder pledge.

What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area? (2024)
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This research uses microdata to analyse labour market and wage dynamics across the Western Gateway Area (WGA) and its constituent parts. It compares the performance of the WGA with national ‘control’ averages. The report covers the period 2004 to 20... Read More about What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area?.

Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report (2024)
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This report explores green career aspirations and how they relate to competency development and learning approaches. 669 young people were engaged during this project, exposed to various engagement approaches. The report finds that empowering approac... Read More about Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report.

Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions (2024)
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This report presents the findings of research commissioned by the Royal Town Planning Institute to provide evidence on the nature, scope and efficacy and potential of current approaches to strategic planning policy and practice in 2024.
It shows wid... Read More about Strategic planning in England – Current practice and future directions.

Risks and opportunities of the metaverse (2024)
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Expert memorandum prepared by Verity McIntosh and Catherine Allen, at the request of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, Parliamentary Authority of the Council of Europe.

The ‘metaverse’ represents a new frontier for digital te... Read More about Risks and opportunities of the metaverse.

Comparing the school curriculum across the UK (2024)
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The school curriculum in England is the responsibility of the Westminster Government. Since devolution (1997-99), the respective state school curriculums in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, have been a devolved matter. Education policy in Scotl... Read More about Comparing the school curriculum across the UK.

School health assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of overweight children aged 4-5 years. Evaluation report: Executive Summary (2024)
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This is an executive summary of the evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran... Read More about School health assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of overweight children aged 4-5 years. Evaluation report: Executive Summary.

School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report (2024)
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This is a report on the RE-AIM evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran from... Read More about School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report.

School inspections in England: Ofsted (2024)
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This briefing covers:
• Recent developments, including changes to complaints procedures, and speedier re-visits for schools judged inadequate on safeguarding grounds only
• Possible future reform to how Ofsted inspects schools, including around the... Read More about School inspections in England: Ofsted.

Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers case study (2024)
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This article depicting the Children's Participation in Schools project was published as part of UCET's Case Study on good practice in educational research

UCET manifesto and briefing paper (2024)
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Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report (2024)
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Schools Under the Microscope was a citizen science project which extended the learning and development undertaken during the HOMEs Under the Microscope project by applying and adapting methods developed during HOMEs to the school context, to facilita... Read More about Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report.

Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention (2024)
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Programmes for perpetrators are an important element of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. They help to ensure that perpetrators take responsibility for their acts of violence and, ultimately, do not re-offend. The... Read More about Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention.

Eating disorders in under-represented groups: Patient and public involvement insights (2024)
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Eating disorders (ED) and disordered eating do not discriminate by gender, age or ethnicity. Despite this, in the UK, compared to those from White British backgrounds, people from minoritised ethnic communities are less likely to present to ED suppor... Read More about Eating disorders in under-represented groups: Patient and public involvement insights.

Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions (2024)
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The first 2PS (Prevent & protect through support) Knowledge Transfer Workshop (KTW) was held with stakeholders on 22nd January 2024 at UWE in Bristol bringing together professionals, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from acro... Read More about Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions.

Trust in Forensic Science Evidence - Project launch event report 2024 (2024)
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This report captures the key themes from a launch event of an ESRC-funded project titled ‘Trust in Forensic Science Evidence in the Criminal Justice System: The Experience of Marginalised Groups’. The event offered the project team a chance to intera... Read More about Trust in Forensic Science Evidence - Project launch event report 2024.

Alternative technologies: A just transition (2024)
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In the second half of 2023, Pervasive Media Studio was recognised for our work and expertise within responsible R&D at the intersection of creative technology and climate action, by Dr. Erinma Ochu- Wallscourt Associate Professor in Immersive Media b... Read More about Alternative technologies: A just transition.

Sustainable food places: Understanding the contribution to local government (2024)
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Local food partnerships have become an increasingly widespread feature in localities across the UK. The membership of the Sustainable Food Places Network has over 95 local food partnerships, and a wider number of newly formed partnerships are seeking... Read More about Sustainable food places: Understanding the contribution to local government.