The Knowledge Exchange Blog

Guest post: Some countries have introduced mandatory nutritional labelling on menus – here’s why the UK should follow suit

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:0021 October 2019|Health and social care|

Guest post by: Dolly Theis, University of Cambridge

Would you eat a burger if you knew it contained almost 6,000 calories? Some would gladly tuck in while others would recoil in horror. ….

Reading the city: wayfinding is about more than getting from A to B

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:0014 October 2019|Planning, development and property, Transport, Infrastructure and communications|

On-street-signage-system2 Bristol: legible city. Image: Chris Bahn

Wayfinding has been variously described as:

spatial problem-solving
systems that assist people to find their way from one place to another
a way of helping people engage seamlessly in a ….

Education and youth work: collaborating to close the attainment gap

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:009 October 2019|Education and Skills|

by Scott Faulds

At this year’s Scottish Learning Festival, there was a large selection of seminars offered which allowed ….

Scottish Learning Festival 2019: getting back to the basics in Scottish education

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:007 October 2019|Education and Skills|

by Rebecca Jackson

The Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) is the annual conference and exhibition for educational practitioners across Scotland. Across two days thousands of delegates and over 200 exhibitors from across the spectrum of Scottish education gathered ….

Housing wealth matters

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:0030 September 2019|Equality and Diversity, Housing|

Houses-on-coins-by-Images-Money

With the widening gap between the richest and poorest across different measures of inequality, there is growing awareness that income is not the only factor that impacts living standards. This has led to increasing ….

Taking forward key issues in Scottish planning at this year’s SPEL conference

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:0025 September 2019|planning, Regeneration and community development|

On 19^th September 2019, we welcomed speakers and delegates to Edinburgh for the 29th Scottish Planning and Environmental Law Conference.

Before we began, the conference was invited to pause to remember and reflect on the life and ….

Supporting perinatal mental health: from peer-support to specialist services

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:46+00:0023 September 2019|Health and social care|

There is a societal expectation that pregnancy and the arrival of a new baby are happy and exciting times. However, it may come as a surprise to learn that up to 1 in ….

Rolling the dice with sexual health? New challenges for STI services

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:45+00:0016 September 2019|Health and social care|

Today is the start of Sexual Health Week, which aims to raise awareness about services for the testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The UK has a strong track record in ….