The Knowledge Exchange Blog

How Finland put housing first

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:25+00:0017 July 2017|Housing|

Earlier this year, official figures showed that rough sleeping in England had risen for the sixth successive year.

The data showed that 4,134 people slept on the street in 2016, an increase ….

Universal Credit – “forcing many into debt”

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:26+00:0012 July 2017|employment, jobs and careers|

Jul 07 Dealing With Debt - Magnifying Glass

By Heather Cameron

“The biggest change ever made to the benefits system… is currently failing too many people and forcing many into debt.”

This is the conclusion of a ….

Supporting markets to survive and thrive

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:26+00:0010 July 2017|Business and economy, Employment, jobs and careers, Regeneration and community development|

For around a thousand years, the London Borough Market has existed in one form or another. It has survived fire, flood, plague and war – and on the 3^rd of ….

Buurtzorg: reinventing district nursing in Scotland

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:22+00:005 July 2017|Health and social care|

Buurtzorg roughly translates from its native Dutch as “neighbourhood care”. The model, used extensively in the Netherlands, has attracted international attention as a novel way to deliver community based nursing programmes. Its positive ….

Technical education – reformed for whose benefit?

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:25+00:003 July 2017|Education and Skills, Employment, jobs and careers|

by Stacey Dingwall

The expansion of grammar schools may not have made it into this year’s delayed and reduced Queen’s Speech but another education policy did – the government’s planned ‘major’ reform of technical ….

The CABE Experiment and housing design: where have all the leaders gone?

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:24+00:0028 June 2017|Housing, planning, Planning, development and property, Uncategorized|

Bad design? Housing development in Melton Mowbray by Persimmon

Guest blog: Matthew Carmona and Lucy Natarajan

Here at The Bartlett, UCL we recently completed a major study of the eleven years of publically funded CABE, the Commission for Architecture ….

Planning for the digital economy

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:25+00:0026 June 2017|Business and economy, Digital, planning, Planning, development and property, Transport, Infrastructure and communications|

The digital tech sector is the UK’s fastest growing sector. Recent statistics show that it is growing as much as 50% faster than the wider economy. In London alone, a ….

Working longer – the reality ‘behind the headlines’

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:25+00:0021 June 2017|Business and economy, employment, Employment, jobs and careers|

Senior businessman in office working on laptop

By Heather Cameron

With no shortage of headlines highlighting the record employment rate in the UK, and the increasing number of older workers widely reported, it may seem that the outlook for ….

Maggie’s Centres: wellness through building design and the environment

theknowledgeexchangeblog2024-08-30T12:05:24+00:0019 June 2017|Environment, Health and social care|

In March 2017, the 20^th Maggie’s Centre was opened in the grounds of Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Falkirk. Designed by architects Garbers & James, it is expected to receive 3000 visits in the first year.

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