Building more cohesive communities
Research provides the facts policy-makers need to build better communities
Calculating the costs and benefits of community projects
Finding new ways to measure the success of government initiatives for disadvantaged communities
Understanding employment in Britain's seaside towns
Research by Professors Beatty and Fothergill in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) has broken new ground by finding new ways to collect and understand the evidence on the people and work available in these coastal areas
Remembering early women activists
Historical research underpins new plans to commemorate nineteenth-century feminists
War and Medicine
Through negotiated access David Cotterrell was able to view the militarised healthcare pathway from point of wounding to domestic rehabilitation
Teaching new perspectives on twentieth century German history at GCSE and A-Level
Investigating overlooked aspects of pre-1945 Germany leads to new approaches to History teaching
Improving maps for the visually impaired
Research, led by Professor Paul Chamberlain, has explored the value of artefacts in developing knowledge and the role of haptic (touch) cues in improving the design and usability of products
My Dangerous Loverboy
With funding from the UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC), Professor Virginia Heath and Senior Lecturer Steve Sprung created My Dangerous Loverboy, a film and cross-platform media project about sex trafficking
The historic role of women in the countryside
Dr Verdon highlights the importance of women as farmers and labourers in the 19th and 20th century
Supporting young people’s sexual wellbeing
New research into how best to support young people’s sexual wellbeing is changing attitudes and policy