All Outputs (25)

POCARIM policy brief 5 : internationalisation and international mobility in social science and humanities careers (2014)
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Coey, C., Kupiszewska, D., & Kupiszewski, M. POCARIM policy brief 5 : internationalisation and international mobility in social science and humanities careers

The Innovation Union Communication asserts the need for researchers to be able ‘to work and cooperate across the EU as easily as within national borders’ and for the development of ‘frameworks for a truly free movement of knowledge’ (2010b). In this... Read More about POCARIM policy brief 5 : internationalisation and international mobility in social science and humanities careers.

POCARIM policy brief 4 : interdisciplinarity in social science and humanities careers (2014)
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Coey, C. (in press). POCARIM policy brief 4 : interdisciplinarity in social science and humanities careers

Mobility and interactions between members of disciplinary communities are seen to be one of the keys to mobilising knowledge and generating innovation in the knowledge-based economy. Whilst a good deal of policy and research attention has been given... Read More about POCARIM policy brief 4 : interdisciplinarity in social science and humanities careers.

POCARIM policy brief : Impact, contribution and engagement of PhD graduates in social science and humanities (2014)
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Millard, D. (in press). POCARIM policy brief : Impact, contribution and engagement of PhD graduates in social science and humanities

Impact has traditionally been assessed in terms of academic impacts, based largely on publications in peer-reviewed journals and citations. In recent years, more attention has been paid to the impact of research on society at the national and Europea... Read More about POCARIM policy brief : Impact, contribution and engagement of PhD graduates in social science and humanities.

Vascular health checks in Salford : an exploration using FARSITE data (2014)
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Coffey, M., Cooper, A., Brown, T., Cook, P., & Clarke-Cornwell, A. (2014). Vascular health checks in Salford : an exploration using FARSITE data

POCARIM policy brief 3 : The role of networking in the social sciences and humanities (2014)
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Ackers, H. (in press). POCARIM policy brief 3 : The role of networking in the social sciences and humanities

Policy Brief 3 focuses on the subject of networking. Networks are critical to many aspects of the POCARIM project. On the one hand they play an important role in career development both in terms of disseminating information about positions and resear... Read More about POCARIM policy brief 3 : The role of networking in the social sciences and humanities.

Research to assess the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises (2014)
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Brown, P., & Sherriff, G. (2014). Research to assess the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises

This report is based on a small scale, Department of Energy and Climate Change commissioned, research project to better understand the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency faced by individual firms, particularly small and medium sized enterprise... Read More about Research to assess the barriers and drivers to energy efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises.

The valuation tool user guide : monetizing Cradle to Cradle® (2014)
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Ankrah, N., Manu, E., Hammond, F., Gyau, K., Hingorani, N., & Wood, P. (2014). The valuation tool user guide : monetizing Cradle to Cradle®

This User Guide outlines the object, scope and expected deliverables from the Valuation Tool component of the Cradle to Cradle® C2C BIZZ project. It describes the compendium of subtools that have been developed comprising: i) overview of funding too... Read More about The valuation tool user guide : monetizing Cradle to Cradle®.

Diversity and inclusiveness in dementia: Listening event report (2014)
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Ahmed, A., Yates-Bolton, N., & Collier, E. (2014). Diversity and inclusiveness in dementia: Listening event report

This report provides feedback from a Listening Event held in Salford on March 10th, 2014 which explored issues in relation to diversity and inclusiveness and dementia and captured the views of professionals, service providers and people living in the... Read More about Diversity and inclusiveness in dementia: Listening event report.

Living on a railway line : turning the tide of child abuse and exploitation in the UK and overseas (2014)
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Rowland, A. (2014). Living on a railway line : turning the tide of child abuse and exploitation in the UK and overseas

Practical guide for Green Development (2014)
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Webb, B., & Hayes, S. (2014). Practical guide for Green Development

Private investment in disaster risk management (2014)
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Ingirige, B., Amaratunga, D., Kumaraswamy, M., Liyanage, C., Perwaiz, A., Towashiraporn, P., & Wedawatta, H. (2014). Private investment in disaster risk management

Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK (2014)
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Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2014). Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK

Our research focuses on the impact of Virtual Currency (VC) adoption on the British service businesses. We follow the systemic multiple perspectives theory (Linstone, 2010) to explore the Technical, Organizational, and Personal (TOP) changes that org... Read More about Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK.

Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training (2014)
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Sherriff, G. (2014). Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training

This research aimed to better understand the communication strategies that can most effectively be used to engage with the diverse community of adults who cycle, or would cycle, and help convince them of the benefits of cycle training. The research w... Read More about Communicating cycle training : Perceptions and experiences of adult cycle training.

Working with Cancer Service Durham County Council - independent evaluation : final report (2014)
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Amir, Z., Brown, T., Coffey, M., Jevons, H., & Parker, C. (2014). Working with Cancer Service Durham County Council - independent evaluation : final report

Beyond NPV (2014)
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Fox, R., Roddy, E., & Swientozielskyj, S. (2014). Beyond NPV

Net Present Value is a deceptively simple prescription that has dominated academic advice. Discount all expected cash flows at a risk adjusted discount rate and if the result is positive, invest, otherwise do not invest. It is still possible to read... Read More about Beyond NPV.

Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film (2014)
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Fitton, R. (2014). Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film

We were asked to test this product in the Energy House over all of the windows in the house. The house currently has 5 main windows (windows to the front bay were not tested). The test consisted of two parts: a control test with no film on the window... Read More about Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film.

Retrofit alternatives in five UK cities (2014)
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Barlow, C. (2014). Retrofit alternatives in five UK cities

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which locally-based projects that can be identified as ‘alternative retrofit’ make use of city spaces. A review of relevant literature on the use of such spaces frames and conceptualises these alter... Read More about Retrofit alternatives in five UK cities.

POCARIM policy report 10 : The internationalisation of careers in the social sciences and humanities (2014)
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Coey, C., Kupiszewska, D., & Kupiszewski, M. POCARIM policy report 10 : The internationalisation of careers in the social sciences and humanities

Between 2011 and 2014 a multinational team of academics and researchers collaborated on a research project funded by the European Commission under the Framework 7 Programme: Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research... Read More about POCARIM policy report 10 : The internationalisation of careers in the social sciences and humanities.

POCARIM policy report 9 : Intersectoral mobility of social science and humanities PhD graduates in Europe (2014)
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Millard, D. (in press). POCARIM policy report 9 : Intersectoral mobility of social science and humanities PhD graduates in Europe

Between 2011 and 2014 a multinational team of academics and researchers collaborated on a research project funded by the European Commission under the Framework 7 Programme: ‘Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Researc... Read More about POCARIM policy report 9 : Intersectoral mobility of social science and humanities PhD graduates in Europe.

POCARIM policy report 13 : The role of relationships in knowledge mobilisation: some conclusions and policy recommendations (2014)
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Ackers, H. (in press). POCARIM policy report 13 : The role of relationships in knowledge mobilisation: some conclusions and policy recommendations

This concluding paper reflects on the role that scholarly networks and relationships play in the creation and mobilisation of knowledge in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). More specifically, it focuses on how inter-disciplinary, inter-sector... Read More about POCARIM policy report 13 : The role of relationships in knowledge mobilisation: some conclusions and policy recommendations.