The Knowledge Exchange Blog
Prize-winning planners take a bow: winners of the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence
At this week’s Planning Research Conference, hosted by Queen’s University in Belfast, the winners were announced for the 2017 Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Research Excellence.
These awards recognise the best spatial ….
University degrees – are they worth the cost?
By Heather Cameron
Often cited as the best path to a successful career, university degrees continue to come under the spotlight with questions over their actual value, particularly with tuition fees now starting to increase.
Millions of ….
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Going grey behind bars: meeting the care needs of older people in prisons
The population is ageing. People are living longer, and are in need of greater levels of care than ever before. But how is this increase in life expectancy and demand for care being ….
Countdown to the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence
Here at the Idox Information Service, we see our core mission as improving decision making in public policy by improving access to research and evidence. So we are proud once again to be playing a ….
Joining up housing and mental health
The role of housing goes far beyond physical shelter and safety. It introduces people to a community to which they can belong, a space which is their own, a communal setting where they can make friends, ….
Coming unstuck? New solutions to tackle discarded gum
In April, the Local Government Association (LGA) declared war on chewing gum:
“Chewing gum is a plague on our pavements. It’s ugly, it’s unsightly and it’s unacceptable.”
Representing more than 370 councils in England ….
Delivering digital transformation: the mixed successes of the Government Digital Service
Image by gdsteam via Creative Commons
By Steven McGinty
It’s been a period of change for the Government Digital Service (GDS) since losing influential Executive Director ….
The rise in youth markets – “transforming town and city centres with the creativity of young people”
Credit: National Market Traders Federation (NMTF)
By Heather Cameron
As we recently reported, despite being around for centuries, and following a decline during the recession, traditional retail markets have experienced something of a revival ….
If more than one in three homeowners are interested in downsizing, why aren’t they making the move?
According to Savills estate agents, about 90,000 people over the age of 65 in the UK downsize to smaller homes each year. On the face of it, that’s a substantial number, but it still leaves more ….
