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  1. Socially Engaged Photography Driving Positive Change for the Homeless – Coventry University

    Anthony Luvera from the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University has conducted socially engaged photographic research that has looked to influence attitudes towards homelessness with various audiences, with his work being exhibited at a national and international level, in world-renowned galleries. One of Luvera’s works, the Assembly exhibition was co-created with over 50 people who […]

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  2. Dance, Digitisation and Intangible Cultural Heritage – Coventry University

    Coventry University researchers, Professor Sarah Whatley, Dr Rosamaria Cisneros and Dr Karen Wood from the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) have worked with IT developers, custodians of cultural content, renowned dance artists, and marginalised dance communities to educate the public and preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the future. ICH is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or […]

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  3. Drug-Testing Technology Saves Millions of Pounds and Lives – Coventry University

    Each year an estimated $15bn of pharmaceuticals are sold which unintentionally cause or worsen heart disease. From 2002, a team of researchers from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences at Coventry University have been working to address this issue by using novel techniques and scientific methods to improve the early detection of adverse drug […]

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  4. Tackling gender stereotyping in childhood: research to support gender neutral schooling – Middlesex University

    The impact achieved Gender stereotyping in schools is a longstanding problem which has serious implications for pupil confidence, academic attainment, emotional intelligence, behaviour and later life outcomes. Middlesex Professor Jayne Osgood has consistently informed teachers and school leaders who are keen to address discriminatory practices in school through research to support interventions that directly challenge […]

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  5. The Newham Plays – Middlesex University

    The impact achieved Created, produced and written by Dr James Kenworth, and directed by Dr James Martin Charlton, both long-term residents of Newham, the Newham Plays are a series of localist-focused plays rooted in Newham’s history, culture and people. Performed in site-sympathetic locations in Newham, East London, they feature a ‘mixed economy’ casting of young […]

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  6. Electrical Impedance Tomography – Middlesex University

    The impact achieved  This research project has pioneered the use of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), which can be used to image organ function in real time (100 images/second). Compared with existing technology it is highly portable, inexpensive and lends itself readily to remote imaging to save lives. The project’s key impacts are: Provision of imaging […]

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  7. Food recycling: waste solutions through city-scale food recycling policy are developed and tested in China – University of Brighton

    Food recycling: waste solutions through city-scale food recycling policy are developed and tested in China Food waste is a major problem worldwide. It makes up 30-40 per cent of household waste in the Global North and 60-70 per cent in China. Failure to enable householders to sort their waste for recycling, composting or reuse is at the heart of this global environmental challenge […]

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  8. Humanitarian business: Our innovation strategy is helping disaster-affected third world relief funds – University of Brighton

    The challenges facing international humanitarian action are growing in scale, scope and complexity. According to the United Nations report the gap between the amount of money needed to meet the basic needs of disaster affected communities and donations received is increasing. Innovation dedicated to improvements in both the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian relief initiatives and expenditure have, consequently, […]

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  9. Inclusive arts practice: reaching new understandings of what is truly inclusive – University of Brighton

    Participatory, inclusive arts practice can combat isolation, prejudice and exclusion. It provides meeting points, public platforms and common experience for diverse groups of people. Importantly, though, the best examples move beyond arts participation for health interests alone, and challenge simple art-as-service models. Alice Fox’s research at the University of Brighton is establishing a deeper understanding […]

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  10. Enhancing public policy delivery through the application of GIS network-based accessibility techniques – USW

    The application of research and innovative tools developed by the University of South Wales has enabled government, national sporting bodies and charitable organisations to improve their decision making and strategic planning to better support the delivery of the services they provide. Driven by a need to understand spatial and social inequalities in the provision of […]

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