| Title |
Author(s) |
Summary |
Key themes |
| How can vocational lecturers bridge the gap between colleges and industry |
Dr Jo-Anna Russon, Senior Research Fellow, International development, TVET and the private sector, School of Education
Professor Volker Wedekind, Head of the School of Education, Vocational education policy, theorising TVET systems
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Lessons from the Department of Higher Education and Training five-year research programme on TVET |
Education; TVET; Training |
| Can supply chain mapping help prevent dangerous products from entering the market? |
Dr Wafaa Ahmed, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham et al
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Analysing supply chain mapping and emerging legislation on product safety, with a key focus on dangerous chemicals and materials |
Supply Chains; Health and safety; Business; |
| Improving access to quality early childhood education and care for refugee children in Europe |
Professor Joanna McIntyre, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Recommendations for policy and practice to promote inclusive, equitable and high-quality ECEC for young refugee learners |
Education; Refugees; |
| Promoting the educational inclusion of refugees with disabilities in Europe |
Professor Joanna McIntyre, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Recommendations for policy and practice to reduce exclusionary practices and to ensure that learners from refugee backgrounds with disabilities receive the support they need to thrive in education |
Education; Refugees; |
| Can we improve trust in the police? |
Dr Larissa Sandy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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How adaptations to police liaison program models can improve sex worker safety |
Justice; Health and safety; |
| Electrifying air travel |
Dr Sharmillah Sumsurooah, Faculty of Engineering |
Hybrid and 'all electric' aircraft technologies offer a pathway to net zero. |
Sustainability; Net Zero; Transport; |
| Haze and government communications in Malaysia |
Dr Matthew Ashfold, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Dr Chris Ives, Faculty of Social Sciences et al
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How improved communications can reduce negative health impacts from haze pollution and support haze-free consumer behaviour |
Health; Malaysia; Communications; |
| See bike, say bike |
Dr Peter Chapman, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science |
How a new campaign can prevent dozens of deaths every year on British roads |
Transport; Health and Safety; Psychology |
| Fixing the climate impact of nitrogen from global farming |
Professor Ted Cocking, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science |
A revolutionary technology developed at the University of Nottingham challenges farming’s reliance on greenhouse gas-emitting synthetic fertilizers |
COP26; Agriculture |
| Covid-19 responses in multi-academy trusts |
Professor Christopher Day, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Lessons learnt from how multi-academy trusts responded to the pandemic |
Education; Covid-19; |
| How do we make COP26 deliver for adaptation in fragile urban environments? |
Dr Arabella Fraser, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Investigating how non-conflict violence risks and climate change risks overlap in cities, and what this means for adaptation |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Working together to improve financial lives |
Dr Shaun French, School of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences |
How independent, local partnershipstogether with new research can help tackle indebtedness and financial exclusion |
Economics; Finance; |
| Developing countries and the global data economy |
Dr Jacqueline Hicks, School of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences |
How donors can support lower income countries to engage with the global data economy |
Economics; Digital; |
| Faith for a safe climate future |
Dr Chris Ives, Faculty of Social Sciences |
A Calling for the Inclusion of Religious Perspectives in Climate Policy |
COP26; Faith; |
| Addressing modern slavery at COP26 |
Dr Bethany Jackson, Rights Lab
Professor Zoe Trodd, Rights Lab
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Tackling the modern slavery – environmental degradation – climate change nexus |
Modern Slavery; COP26; |
| Gender Recognition Act |
Dr Katharine Jenkins, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts
Dr Ruth Pearce, University of Leeds
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The Gender Recognition Act:a trans-inclusive feminist approach. Outlining the need for reforming the GRA to allow self-determination. |
Gender; |
| Enhancing young LGBT people's everyday lives through inclusivity |
Dr Lucy Jones, School of English, Faculty of Arts |
Through their own words, Dr Lucy Jones highlights the necessity for policies supporting LGBT youth |
LGBTQIA; Inclusivity; |
| Rebuilding and enhancing trust in algorithms |
Dr Ansgar Koene, Faculty of Science
Dr Philip Inglesant, University of Oxford
Dr Jun Zhao, University of Oxford
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Researchers from the ReEnTrust project explore the importance of trust in the digital age |
Computing; Technology; Algorithms; |
| Towards peatland restoration |
Professor David Large, Faculty of Engineering |
Monitoring and accountability through remote sensing of surface motion |
Environment; Climate Change; |
| Human rights: a framework to incentivise reduced industrial emissions |
Professor Robert McCorquodale, School of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Legal frameworks around human rights offer a means to incentivise corporate behaviour toprotect the climate |
COP26; Human Rights; |
| The art of belonging |
Professor Joanna McIntyre, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Supporting social integration of young forced migrants in urban contexts through cultural place-making |
Immigration; |
| Gas fermentation |
Professor Nigel Minton, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences |
Engineering Biology offers the potential to not just capture greenhouse gas emissions, but use them to make the chemical building blocks for key industrial components |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Public messaging for Generation Z |
Professor Louise Mullany, School of English, Faculty of Arts
Dr Lucy Jones, School of English, Faculty of Arts
Dr Victoria Howard, Faculty of Arts
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Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic on how government can best communicate with young people |
Government; Communications; Young People; Gen Z; |
| Sustainable gemstone mining in Kenya |
Professor Judy Muthuri, Nottingham University Business School
Mr Arthur Ndegwa, Kenya Project Lead, Taita Taveta University
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Strengthening stakeholders' collective action for sustainability in the gemstone mining sector in Kenya |
Sustainability; Mining; Kenya; |
| Reduce, reuse, reunite: creating net-zero energy communities |
Dr Eldar Naghiyev, Faculty of Engineering |
A unique project at the Trent Basin Housing Development in Nottingham makes the future of fully-fledged community energy bubbles a promising reality |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Decarbonising our buildings and cities with technology |
Dr Ke Qu, Faculty of Engineering |
The energy used by many buildings is costly to the environment and to our bills – but this is changing with technological research |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Agriculture and sustainability for climate change: focusing on people |
Professor David Salt, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science |
If agriculture is to adapt to climate change and reduce its carbon footprint, farmers themselves have to be a core part of the solution |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Why future food? |
Professor David Salt, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science |
How researchers, producers, consumers and governments can work together so our food is secure, healthy and sustainable |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| The Unnatural Natural: environmental impacts of fashion's plastic alternatives |
Dr Tom Stanton, School of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr Matthew Johnson, School of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dr Rachel Louise Gomes, Faculty of Engineering
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Why alternatives to plastic in clothing manufacturing may not always offer the assumed environmental benefits |
Fashion; Plastic; Sustainability; |
| Predicting the behaviour of authoritarian regimes: the benefits of historical perspectives |
Dr Edmund Stewart, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts
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Historical perspectives on predicting the behaviour of authoritarian governments |
Authoritarianism; Classics; |
| Innovating electric aircraft for greener global transport |
Dr Sharmillah Sumsurooah, Faculty of Engineering |
Net-Zero aviation to take flight by bringing together international research to transform the aviation industry. |
COP26; Sustainability; |
| Disabled refugees - visible and included in education |
Professor Elizabeth Walton, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences |
A British Academy funded Learning in Crises project. |
Education; Disability; Human Rights; |