The Knowledge Exchange Blog
Why fewer Londoners are taking the tube: a transport researcher explains
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This guest blog was written by Nicole Badstuber, Researcher in Urban Transport Governance at the Centre for Transport Studies, UCL.
For the first time since 2008, the number ….
How to make people with learning disabilities feel more included in society
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This guest blog was written by Val Williams, Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Bristol.
People with learning disabilities can often find themselves feeling excluded ….
The private rented sector: meeting demand and improving data
The private rented sector (PRS) has grown recently, to become a more than significant part of the housing market in the UK. A shortfall in social housing availability, and extortionate deposit costs for first time buyers has ….
It’s National Writing Day! But writing enjoyment is in decline, finds new survey
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Today is National Writing Day, an annual celebration to inspire people across the UK to get writing. But this ….
A world of evidence … but can we trust that it is any good?
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What is good evidence? And how can policymakers and decisionmakers decide what is working and what isn’t, when it comes to deciding where public money is spent and ….
Identity politics: despite concerns about disenfranchising voters, ID voting may be here to stay
With the exception of Northern Ireland, citizens voting in UK elections don’t usually need to verify that they are who they say they are. But in last month’s local elections, five areas in England piloted ….
Protecting privacy in the aftermath of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal
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By Steven McGinty
On 4 June, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham told MEPs that she was ‘deeply ….
Universal basic income: too good to be true?
“I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective – the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed ….
‘The great training robbery’ – one year on, is the apprenticeship levy having the desired effect?
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It’s now been a full year in operation, but will the apprenticeship levy “incentivise more employers to provide quality apprenticeships” and “transform the ….
Multiplying excellence: maths schools in the UK
In a report published for National Numeracy Day, it was revealed that innumeracy and poor numeracy skills costs the UK economy over £20bn. And despite there being no scientific research to support the idea of a ….
