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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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Williamson, T., Ball, E., Choucri, L., Collier, E., Devitt, P., Franks, H., …Yates-Bolton, N. (2011). A report on the health and social care listening event

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?

Changing attitudes to nature: first love, separation and pre-nuptial agreements
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James, P. (2011). Changing attitudes to nature: first love, separation and pre-nuptial agreements

In his inaugural lecture Professor James addresses questions such as why we keep pets, what happened in Salford on 29th October 1827, and how to improve your personal efficiency by ten to fifteen percent. The answers to these questions address diffe... Read More about Changing attitudes to nature: first love, separation and pre-nuptial agreements.

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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Bichard, E., & Kazmierczack, A. Resilient homes : reward-based methods to motivate householders to address dangerous climate change

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.

A summary of freight issues raised in selected multi-modal and roads-based studies with reference to the North West of England
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Henson, R., & Yousif, S. A summary of freight issues raised in selected multi-modal and roads-based studies with reference to the North West of England

ReKnowiT - Research knowledge into teaching: Phase I: Project report
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Amaratunga, R., Senaratne, S., Baldry, D., Kagioglou, M., & Aouad, G. ReKnowiT - Research knowledge into teaching: Phase I: Project report

Quality of doctoral programmes, project report
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Rezgui, Y., Mitra, S., & Amaratunga, R. Quality of doctoral programmes, project report

Evaluation of Salford new deal for communities 'enhanced midwifery service project'
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Wray, J., Waterhouse, C., & Lythgoe, J. (2010). Evaluation of Salford new deal for communities 'enhanced midwifery service project'

Foreword: New Deal for Communities launched in 1999 to help close the gap between 39 deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of the country the ten year scheme is one of the most ambitious area based initiatives ever launched in England. Salford Co... Read More about Evaluation of Salford new deal for communities 'enhanced midwifery service project'.

Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance due to generic prescribing: a qualitative study
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Williamson, T., Howarth, M., Greene, L., & Prashar, A. Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance due to generic prescribing: a qualitative study

Research was undertaken in response to requests by older people in Rochdale Borough to investigate an issue of great concern to them namely prescription medications constantly changing appearance due to generic prescribing. When branded drugs are... Read More about Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance due to generic prescribing: a qualitative study.