The Knowledge Exchange Blog
Turning the tide on perceptions of value: what do students think value for money really means?
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A little over a year and half since we last wrote about the value of higher education (HE), which highlighted a ….
Museums as facilitators of health and wellbeing in communities
Great North Museum Hanckock, Copyright Rebecca Jackson
It’s estimated that there are over 2500 museums in the UK, ranging from world-famous collections in major cities to small local ….
Ugly veg: supermarkets aren’t the biggest food wasters – you are
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This guest blog was written by , NPhD Researcher in Urban Agriculture, University of Sheffield and Jill L. Edmondson, EPSRC Living with Environmental Change Research Fellow, University of ….
Putting the brakes on rent rises: will London adopt rent controls?
Earlier this year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revealed that he plans to include the introduction of rent controls on private rented residential properties in the capital as one of his manifesto promises in the 2020 ….
How can the UK Government support our rural entrepreneurs?
By Steven McGinty
Rural businesses play a significant role in the UK economy. Yet, policymakers often overlook their contribution and, as such, have failed to realise the economic opportunities in many of our ….
This April get free access to the Social Policy and Practice database!
Social Policy and Practice is a database supporting the smarter use of evidence and research within the UK. The key strengths of the database lie in the area of health and social care – it’s not a ….
Banning fast food outlets near schools: have takeaways had their chips?
A number of organisations – including the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Public Health England and the Royal College of Paediatrics ….
Bees and butterflies are under threat from urbanisation: here’s how city-dwellers can help
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This guest blog was written by Katherine Baldock, NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Bristol.
Pollinators such as bees, hoverflies and butterflies, are responsible for the reproduction of ….
Treating violence as a disease: can a public health approach succeed?
Knife crime, especially deaths of young people, has been making the headlines in recent weeks. And an approach which has a proven track record in Glasgow is now being adopted by the ….
Zoning in on air pollution: low emission zones to tackle our dangerously dirty air
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At the start of this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that air pollution posed the greatest threat to global environmental health in ….
