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  1. How Professional Doctorates are empowering nurses and midwives to lead

    November 15, 2023

    …d research. Reflecting on our approach to the doctorate, there is much congruence in what we are trying to achieve. Ensuring that research is aligned with public need, all of our doctoral students enter the programme with a plan for their research which is derived from their own sphere of practice. For example, Buyanga (2023) undertook a study to extend our understanding of why patients are often malnourished whilst in hospital. Buyanga explored h…

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  2. University of West London

    …research and almost 80% of our research is rated as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the latest Government Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment. Over the last few years, UWL has invested more than £150 million into the campus to create an inspiring social and learning environment for students in which they can develop and thrive. * Average all questions, National Student Survey 2022 ** Excluding specialists, Natio…

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  3. Using data to improve young people’s lives – Oxford Brookes University

    May 11, 2022

    …gnancy. Her research has led agencies including UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) to include adolescent nutrition as a key priority in reaching the UN’s sustainable development goals on good health and well being, and on gender equality. Changing lives in the poorest communities Rozana’s painstaking statistical research is challenging thinking and delivering real change to social policy in developing countries. Co…

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  4. Pesticide risk assessment: from Danish law to saving the bees – University of Hertfordshire

    May 11, 2022

    What do Danish law makers, British beekeepers and international environmental campaigners have in common? They have all benefited from the Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB), one of the most comprehensive pesticide resources in the world, developed at the University of Hertfordshire. First launched in 2007, the database was developed by the Agriculture and Environment Research Unit led by Professor Kathleen Lewis. Two decades of continuous rese…

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  5. Middlesex University

    …e: creating knowledge and putting it into action. A global university with international campuses, Middlesex University uses its educational and research outputs, and engagement, to effect personal and social change across the world in such vital and complex issues as social justice, culture, health, sustainability and prosperity. Middlesex is a distinctive type of university – distinctive in the practice-oriented way it educates, researches and e…

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  6. Supattra Maneein

    November 17, 2021

    …biogas production. Supattra presented her research during 2020 at the 2nd International Conference for Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF), set up by the DTA Energy Directors and co-hosted by the University of Hertfordshire in 2020, and her conference paper ‘Enhancing methane production from spring-harvested Sargassum muticum’ was published under open access as part of the ICESF proceedings: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-…

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  7. Soil-based construction materials research at University of South Wales

    October 24, 2021

    …(AMTeC), is looking into the development of sustainable building and construction materials which use natural, industrial, and agricultural waste, and other by-product materials. Soil has immense potential in sustainable construction, not only due to its abundance and low cost, but also its ability to work in a close synergy with a variety of natural, industrial, and agricultural waste streams. Industrial trials at brick-making plants at Bedfords…

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  8. Creating a new national park for the West Midlands

    October 24, 2021

    …k. The WMNP Advisory group comprised of representatives from The Prince’s Trust, the Maria Nobrega Foundation, the National Trust and the Environment Agency. The team are also set to secure seed funding from the WMCA to develop a three-year work programme, developing strategic recommendations and policies encouraging cross-boundary working. On 28 July 2020, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) signed a memoriandum of understanding with BCU,…

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  9. Reducing the impact of flooding on residential properties

    October 14, 2021

    …and more adversely affected by weather events, such as Brazil, China and Peru. Outcomes and impact: Policy and practice The research has driven the creation of BS Standard, a Code of Practice and an Environment Agency National Property Flood Resilience procurement framework. Through these impacts, Professor Proverbs and the team have had a significant impact on the response to flooding in the UK. For example, following the 2015/16 exceptional floo…

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  10. Inspiring young people in Europe to engage with their communities

    August 26, 2021

    Academics at Leeds Beckett University are leading a new international project to empower and inspire disadvantaged young people across Europe and encourage them to be more active within their local communities, using digital technology and online spaces. The academics – led by Dr Erika Laredo, Senior Lecturer in youth work and community development in the School of Health at Leeds Beckett – will work with a team of partner organisations across Eu…

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