The Knowledge Exchange Blog
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
Image: All-a-flutter. Shutterstock.
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
Image by Mike Malone
At the start of this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that air pollution posed the greatest threat to global environmental health in ….
“The ‘frustrated’ housing aspirations of generation rent”
A key change in the UK’s housing market over the past twenty years has been the growth of the private rented sector (PRS), with more living in the sector than ever before. This growth has led ….
How empowering the community can help us create better places to live
Places can be defined in a lot of different ways: the geographic location, the physical buildings, the people who live there and the relationships that are formed. Central to places should be the people who live ….
