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Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters (2021)
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Torija Martinez, A., Elliott, A., Harris, L., Podwinska, Z., Welham, C., Nicholls, R., …Williams, D. Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters

• emTransit B.V (Dott) is a European mobility operator currently operating over 30,000 electric scooters in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and now the UK. The company aims to expand its UK operations and has recently won a tender for the Tra... Read More about Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters.

Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined (2021)
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Kaufman, J., Patrick, R., & Power, M. (2021). Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined. Covid Realities

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the shortcomings of the UK’s social security system. As we move out of the pandemic, there is a need to grasp this opportunity to debate and start planning for a new and better social security settlem... Read More about Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined.

Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework (2021)
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Fitton, R. (2021). Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework

Subtask 1 investigated the possibilities and limitations of common data bases and monitoring systems. This subtask is strongly related to subtasks 2 and 3 by linking the available input data – as much as possible based on existing (non-intrusive) mon... Read More about Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework.

COVID sex lives : survey 1 report (2021)
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Garwood-Cross, L., Hakim, J., Hinds, R., Katz, R., Light, B., Mercer, J., …Upton, M. (2021). COVID sex lives : survey 1 report

This report presents initial findings from the first survey of Covid Sex Lives project. Public health measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus are translated into media messaging by organisations that target the health of different groups. Th... Read More about COVID sex lives : survey 1 report.

Longitudinal study of child and family social workers (wave 3) (2021)
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Johnson, C., Sanders-Earley, A., Earl, S., Winterbotham, M., McLaughlin, H., Pollock, S., …McCaughan, S. (2021). Longitudinal study of child and family social workers (wave 3)

In 2018, the Department for Education (DfE) commissioned a consortium led by IFF Research, working with social work academics at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford, to conduct a longitudinal study tracking the careers... Read More about Longitudinal study of child and family social workers (wave 3).

Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : a needs assessment (2021)
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Bekerman, M., Dutsyk, D., & Kuvatova, J. (2021). Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : a needs assessment

A report commissioned by the "Media Dialogue" project funded by the European Union taking stock of the state of journalism education in Kyrgyzstan with the view to the best ways of modernising the current teaching practices and the curriculum content... Read More about Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : a needs assessment.

Strategies to combatting violence in society, including violence against women and girls (2021)
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Connelly, L., Roddy, J., & Rowland, A. (2021). Strategies to combatting violence in society, including violence against women and girls

For at least two decades it has been recognised that violence is not an intractable social problem or an inevitable part of the human condition. Our global society can do much to address and prevent violence. For every person who dies as a result of... Read More about Strategies to combatting violence in society, including violence against women and girls.

Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients (2021)
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Vasilica, C., Garwood-Cross, L., Finnigan, R., Bashford, T., O’Kane, P., & Ormandy, P. (2021). Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients

Introduction: Managing long-term health conditions is a global challenge, which has necessitated developing innovative ways to deliver patient centred care. Social media allow patients to access and share personal experiences and peer support, with... Read More about Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients.

Non-take-up of benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Baumberg Geiger, B., Scullion, L., Summers, K., Martin, P., Lawler, C., Edmiston, D., …de Vries, R. (2021). Non-take-up of benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

The benefits system – particularly Universal Credit (UC) – has played a major role in Britain’s COVID-19 response, and it is no surprise that there has been an emphasis on how well it has responded. Most experts so far have suggested that UC has per... Read More about Non-take-up of benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The STRENCO Logic Model for tripartite working in mental health (2021)
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Vasilica, C., McGlynn, L., Schoultz, M., & Iles-Smith, H. (2021). The STRENCO Logic Model for tripartite working in mental health

The STRENCO Logic Model for Tripartite Working provides a snapshot of the feasibility of working in more co-produced ways to achieve greater inclusiveness of service users, family members, carers, experts by experience, clinicians, academics and stud... Read More about The STRENCO Logic Model for tripartite working in mental health.

Claimants’ experiences of the social security system during the first wave of COVID-19 (2021)
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Summers, K., Scullion, L., Baumberg Geiger, B., Robertshaw, D., Edmiston, D., Gibbons, A., …Ingold, J. (2021). Claimants’ experiences of the social security system during the first wave of COVID-19

COVID-19 arrived in the UK early in March 2020. By 23rd March 2020, the UK experienced the first national lockdown. As businesses and livelihoods stalled, an unprecedented number of applications were made for Universal Credit (UC). Drawing on data fr... Read More about Claimants’ experiences of the social security system during the first wave of COVID-19.

Navigating pandemic social security : benefits, employment and crisis support during COVID-19 (2021)
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Edmiston, D., Robertshaw, D., Gibbons, A., Ingold, J., Baumberg Geiger, B., Scullion, L., …Young, D. (2021). Navigating pandemic social security : benefits, employment and crisis support during COVID-19

An expanding range of external actors and organisations have come to mediate the relationship between benefit claimants and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Reflecting on the important role benefits, crisis and employment support play in t... Read More about Navigating pandemic social security : benefits, employment and crisis support during COVID-19.

E-scooters in Salford : interim report (2021)
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Sherriff, G., Blazejewski, L., Hayes, S., Larrington-Spencer, H., & Lawler, C. (2021). E-scooters in Salford : interim report

As part of national trials in the UK, an e-scooter share scheme is being operated by Lime in parts of Salford. Launched in October 2020, it is expected to run for an initial period of twelve months and will contribute towards an evidence base on the... Read More about E-scooters in Salford : interim report.

Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes (2020)
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Blazejewski, L., Sherriff, G., & Davies, N. (2020). Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes

Transport is a major contributor to urban greenhouse gas emissions and therefore of priority in mitigating climate change. In responding to multiple pressures that include development, population growth and recent marked increases in online shopp... Read More about Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes.

At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3 (2020)
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Geiger, B., Scullion, L., Summers, K., Martin, P., Lawler, C., Edmiston, D., …de Vries, R. (2020). At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3

There has been much scrutiny of the British benefits system during COVID-19, and most experts agree that the benefits system has performed well, even if historic weaknesses remain. Yet little attention has been paid to those who start a claim that is... Read More about At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3.

Cognitive strain in Parliament (2020)
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Baldwin, A., Pinto, C., Perriard-Abdoh, S., & Weinberg, A. (2020). Cognitive strain in Parliament

Being an MP does not come with a formal job description, and the working realities of our elected politicians are complex. We know from current psychological evidence that work plays a central role in our identity and meaningful activity in life i... Read More about Cognitive strain in Parliament.