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Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace (2017)
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Weinberg, A., & Doyle, N. (2017). Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace

This report, written by Dr Ashley Weinberg, CPsychol., AFBPsS, and Nancy Doyle CPsychol., AFBPsS, brings together evidence from across the discipline to demonstrate how policy makers can work to improve psychological wellbeing and productivity in the... Read More about Psychology at work : improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace.

Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation (2017)
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Ball, M., Hampton, C., Kamerāde, D., & Richardson, H. (2017). Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation

This report highlights the extent and experiences of workers on temporary agency and zero-hours contracts.Using interviews with the workers themselves and data from the Annual Population Surveys it examines the impacts of hidden exploitation. It m... Read More about Agency workers and zero hours : the story of hidden exploitation.

Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation (2017)
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Rogers, M., Ahmed, A., Jones, C., Lawrence, J., & Wilding, M. (2017). Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation

This report provides the findings of the evaluation of TrustCare, an independent arm of Trafford Housing Trust which offers independent living services. The report offers the findings of the evaluation reporting on each stage of the process and drawi... Read More about Understanding independent living customers at Trafford Housing Trust : an evaluation.

What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence (2017)
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Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2017). What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence

According to the World Health Organisation Global Health Observatory (2017), non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) present a significant cause of death through cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions and type 2 diabetes. The impact of NCDs on... Read More about What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence.

Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report (2017)
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Ahmed, A., Wilding, M., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., Rogers, M., & Madoc-Jones, I. (2017). Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report

Research aims and methodology: 1.1 Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 introduced major changes to the way homelessness is being addressed in Wales (from April 2015), with the core changes aimed at extending services to include prevention o... Read More about Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014) interim report.

From sick kids to SicKids! (2017)
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Rowland, A., Livesley, J., Ngov, C., Eno, M., Dim, D., & Carter, D. (2017). From sick kids to SicKids!

This report outlines the varied activities undertaken by SicKids in Cambodia up to and including the April 2017 visit by Dr Joan Livesley and Professor Andrew Rowland. Both the November 2016 and April 2017 visits were part-funded by a Humanitarian Gr... Read More about From sick kids to SicKids!.

The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients (2017)
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Rogers, M. (2017). The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients

The University of Salford worked in partnership with Manchester Women’s Aid to conduct a consultation of older service users who access DVA intervention via IRIS. This included service users, both female and male, who are over 50 years of age. This p... Read More about The Iris Project, Manchester Women’s Aid : an independent consultation with older clients.

Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside (2017)
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Wilding, M. (2017). Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside

The project aimed to review the extent to which the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside are being met and to make recommendations for potential improvements. This required collating information about the ways in which organisation... Read More about Meeting the housing needs of the armed forces community in Tameside.

Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester (2017)
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Mottershead, S. (2017). Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester

In April 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by the Manchester Life Development Company to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a parcel of land in the New Islington area of Ancoats, Manchester (centred on NGR 385370 398310). The evalua... Read More about Archaeological evaluation : Vesta Street, New Islington, Ancoats, Manchester.

Environment and health impact assessment – developing an online knowledge sharing platform and network : report of an expert consultation, 25-26 April 2017, Bonn, Germany (2017)
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Fischer, T., Hayes, S., & Fung, H. (2017). Environment and health impact assessment – developing an online knowledge sharing platform and network : report of an expert consultation, 25-26 April 2017, Bonn, Germany

Aim of the expert consultation was to discuss the need of and options for the development of an online knowledge exchange platform on environment and health in impact assessments. Importantly, the target group of such an online platform would be th... Read More about Environment and health impact assessment – developing an online knowledge sharing platform and network : report of an expert consultation, 25-26 April 2017, Bonn, Germany.

Evaluation (and related activities) of a NHS supported local delivery model for non-credit bearing Multi-professional Support for Learning and Assessment in Practice in Greater Manchester (2017)
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Leigh, J., Rosen, L., Grant, M., & Warburton, T. (2017). Evaluation (and related activities) of a NHS supported local delivery model for non-credit bearing Multi-professional Support for Learning and Assessment in Practice in Greater Manchester

Background: HEE North West (HEE NW) is currently piloting for 12 months a partnership of Trusts within Greater Manchester to deliver non-credit bearing Multi-Professional Support of Learning and Assessment in Practice (MSLAP) programme in NHS, priv... Read More about Evaluation (and related activities) of a NHS supported local delivery model for non-credit bearing Multi-professional Support for Learning and Assessment in Practice in Greater Manchester.

Optimax 2016 : peer observation of facilitation (2017)
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Robinson, L., Coward, J., De Labouchere, S., Lowe, J., Mercer, C., Palmqvist, C., & Takavol, P. (2017). Optimax 2016 : peer observation of facilitation

In August 2016, a 3-week research Summer School was delivered at University of Salford. The Summer School, known as ‘OPTIMAX’ was in its fourth year of delivery. Previous iterations were held in the Netherlands (2015), Portugal (2014) and Salford... Read More about Optimax 2016 : peer observation of facilitation.