Tackling poverty through housing and planning policy in city regions
Client: Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) | Authors: Richard Crisp, Will Eadson, Aidan While
Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness
Client: Economic and Social Research Council | Staff: Peter Wells, Ellie Munro, Chris Dayson, Ian Wilson, Andrea Wigfield. Ellie Lockley, Alessandro Di Nuovo, Jon Dean, Maddy Arden
Holding onto Home: Tenancy Sustainment in Social Housing
Client: Nuffield Foundation | Staff: Kesia Reeve, Emma Bimpson, Ian Wilson, Maddy Arden, Laura Kilby, Tony Manzi, Martin Lamb, Peter Thomas, Other partners are Qa Research; the Chartered Institute of Housing; and the Housing Quality Network
Demonstrating the Value for Money of Third Sector Activity in Rotherham
Client: Voluntary Action Rotherham | Staff: Chris Dayson and Ian Wilson
An Evaluation of Outcomes and Value for Money Provided by Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency (MVDA)
Client: Middlesborough Voluntary Development Agency| Staff: Chris Dayson and Richard Crisp
Future health technology needs to take into account children and young people’s preferences, say researchers
Health technology should be easy to use, have the ability to be personalised, allow the user to choose how their information is shared and where possible, have in-built games and incentives according to new research.
Richest households can afford to heat homes for an extra month each year
There is stark inequality in the amount of heating and hot water households in the UK can afford to use, with the highest users accessing 27 more days of heating and hot water than the lowest each year, according to new research.
Sheffield Business School co-chairs ISBE conference on ‘entrepreneurship for equity’
Hundreds of business leaders, policymakers and third sector representatives descended on Sheffield for the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) conference co-chaired by academic experts from Sheffield Business School. The theme of this year's event, held across three days in the city, was 'Entrepreneurship research, policy and practice for a more equitable world'
Parkrun increases life satisfaction and is worth £667 million a year to the UK economy
New research published to mark parkrun’s 20th anniversary has revealed how it is worth nearly £700 million a year to the UK economy as a result of improved life satisfaction for those who take part.
Sheffield Hallam signs MoU to help make Jeju Island ‘healthiest place to live in Asia’
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with representatives from the South Korean island of Jeju to help make it the ‘healthiest place to live in Asia’.