All Outputs (753)

MediacityUK: A health impact assessment
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Chilaka, M. A. MediacityUK: A health impact assessment

This HIA is the first phase and a rapid assessment which gives general/ broad indications of the likely positive and negative health impacts of the MediacityUK development. Measures for optimising poitive impacts and mitigating negative imacts are al... Read More about MediacityUK: A health impact assessment.

Annotated bibliography of community music research review, AHRC connected communities programme
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This research review, consisting of a 90-entry annotated bibliography, was produced as part of an AHRC Connected Communities programme project entitled Community Music, its History and Current Practice, its Constructions of ‘Community’, Digital Turns... Read More about Annotated bibliography of community music research review, AHRC connected communities programme.

Race and higher educaton recruitment: A case study of Merseyside
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Patel, T., & Tyrer, D. Race and higher educaton recruitment: A case study of Merseyside

Studying ‘race’ – Sociological engagement and employment prospects
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Patel, T., & Tyrer, D. (2007). Studying ‘race’ – Sociological engagement and employment prospects

In using a level 3 module offered to students on the Sociology and Criminology degree programmes at Liverpool John Moores University, the following reports on a small scale research study which sought to gather insight into student motivations for en... Read More about Studying ‘race’ – Sociological engagement and employment prospects.

The long term cross-cultural foster placements of sanctuary seeking children: A consideration of the social identity development of the child
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Sandhu, R., & Patel, T. The long term cross-cultural foster placements of sanctuary seeking children: A consideration of the social identity development of the child

The study sought to examine the long term cross-cultural foster care placements of sanctuary-seeking young children who have been placed in the UK. In focusing on the views, attitudes and experiences of each child, this study utilised ethnographic re... Read More about The long term cross-cultural foster placements of sanctuary seeking children: A consideration of the social identity development of the child.

Ex-offender perceptions of criminal opportunities (theft from a motor vehicle) in Blackfriars
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Coulton, J., Jackson, W., Jeffery, R., Patel, T., Dennis, A., & Smith, G. Ex-offender perceptions of criminal opportunities (theft from a motor vehicle) in Blackfriars

Eighteen ex-offenders and 24 students were interviewed about their experiences as perpetrators, victims and beneficiaries of acts of theft. The project specifically addressed the crime of theft from or of a motor vehicle (TMV) in the inner-city area... Read More about Ex-offender perceptions of criminal opportunities (theft from a motor vehicle) in Blackfriars.

Capturing the lived experience of immigrant entrepreneurs: case studies from the ELIE project
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Downs, C., Molotti, G., Lambros, L., Kalinowski, T., & Akola, E. Capturing the lived experience of immigrant entrepreneurs: case studies from the ELIE project

ELIE stands for Employability: Learning from International Entrepreneurship and is an European Union Erasmus funded project. Our aim is to capture the lived experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs in order to develop learning materials for potential e... Read More about Capturing the lived experience of immigrant entrepreneurs: case studies from the ELIE project.

Resilient Homes (Phase 2) : the Timperley green homes trial on methods to motivate home-owners to address property-level effects of climate change
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property-level effects of climate change

This report describes the findings of a trial that tests strategies to motivate homeowners to purchase energy saving and flood protection measures for their properties. It was carried out as part of the second phase of the Environment Agency’s Resili... Read More about Resilient Homes (Phase 2) : the Timperley green homes trial on methods to motivate home-owners to address property-level effects of climate change.

Getting the message across: using media to reduce racial prejudice and discrimination
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Sutton, M., Perry, B., Parke, J., & John-Baptiste, C. Getting the message across: using media to reduce racial prejudice and discrimination

Cashless and card-based technologies in gambling: A review of the literature
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A review of the literature

The aim of this report is to provide the Gambling Commission and its stakeholders with an overview of empirical evidence and other relevant literature by which to better understand the arguments for and against the introduction of cashless and card-b... Read More about Cashless and card-based technologies in gambling: A review of the literature.

Extended evaluation of the Blackpool Budget Holding Lead Practitioner project
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Livesley, J., Ravey, M., Long, T., Murphy, M., & Fallon, D. (2010). Extended evaluation of the Blackpool Budget Holding Lead Practitioner project

The conversation: developing confidence to provide end of life care in Salford nursing homes
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Johnson, M., Attree, M., Jones, I., Gamal, E., & Garbutt, D. (2011). The conversation: developing confidence to provide end of life care in Salford nursing homes

The study was funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing and partly by Salford Primary Care Trust. A realistic evaluation design was used to collect data using a range of approaches, from before and after surveys of confidence in delivering end of life... Read More about The conversation: developing confidence to provide end of life care in Salford nursing homes.

A report on the health and social care listening event
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The purpose of the Listening Event was to enable a wide range of people, including professionals working in statutory, voluntary and other organisations and members of the public, to ‘have a say’ about health and social care and what we as a Universi... Read More about A report on the health and social care listening event.

Evaluation of Salford Carers' Development Service (SCDS)
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Williamson, T., & Wray, J. (2011). Evaluation of Salford Carers' Development Service (SCDS)

“A carer spends a significant proportion of their
life providing unpaid support to family or
potentially friends. This could be caring for a
relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled
or has mental health or substance misuse
problem... Read More about Evaluation of Salford Carers' Development Service (SCDS).

In boom and bust: is (not) investing in innovation worth the risk?
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Perry, B. In boom and bust: is (not) investing in innovation worth the risk?

Evaluation of the Blackpool Budget Holding Lead Practitioner Project
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Livesley, J., Long, T., Murphy, M., Fallon, D., & Ravey, M. Evaluation of the Blackpool Budget Holding Lead Practitioner Project

Tutorial : public engagement through audio internet experiments
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Cox, T. (2011). Tutorial : public engagement through audio internet experiments

This tutorial paper details experiences of four public engagement projects that have communicated acoustic science to lay audiences using web experiments. Recent developments in personal computers, the Internet and software platforms offers new and e... Read More about Tutorial : public engagement through audio internet experiments.

Including everyone in electronic health information services
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Hinder, S., Nelson, P., & Kershaw, H. Including everyone in electronic health information services

In this study we investigated what people with long-term health conditions feel about using NHS websites and what support they might need to use them. We studied people with diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) because of the hig... Read More about Including everyone in electronic health information services.

Total place - Discussion paper
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Dhar-Bhattacharjee, S., Baldwinson, T., Roy, S., & Thomas, A. Total place - Discussion paper

Total Place – Pooling public money
Total Place was a Labour Government initiative which started last year in April 2009 in Bichard’s work Operational Efficiency Programme, which looked at the scope for efficiency savings in the public sector. It in... Read More about Total place - Discussion paper.

Resilient homes : reward-based methods to motivate householders to address dangerous climate change
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The Resilient Homes project is a national initiative promoted and funded by the Environment Agency. This summary describes an aspect of the project carried out between January and June 2009 by a research team from Salford University under the directi... Read More about Resilient homes : reward-based methods to motivate householders to address dangerous climate change.