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New research projects announced to tackle overheating in UK hospitals

Three new research projects have launched which aim to enhance patient safety by addressing the urgent threat of extreme heat in NHS buildings.
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Black History for Every Day of the Year wins book awards

We’re delighted to share the news that Black History for Every Day of the Year, by Dr Yinka Olusoga, has won two awards at the School Library Association’s Information Book Awards 2025.
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Tougher action on criminal landlords needed to overhaul failing system new research finds

Research findings by Dr Xavier L’Hoiry forms part of four new reports highlighting how councils and police forces across the UK are failing to crack down on criminal landlords operating at the margins of the private rented sector.
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Our experts react to the chancellor’s autumn budget

We asked our experts to react to chancellor Rachel Reeves' much anticipated autumn budget, here they share what they made of her announcement.
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How are multilingual pupils being compared to their monolingual peers?

Dr Sabine Little's research into how multilingualism and identity has fed into the Literacy Trust’s 2021 Research Report.
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From a climate of fear to a climate of solidarity: talking climate and migration around the UN Climate Change Conference 2021

by Ankit Kumar, Lecturer in Development and Environment for the Department of Geography
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10 ways our researchers are working to understand and fight against climate change

Researchers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences are working to understand and fight against the impacts of climate change.
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Should we be looking to eco-communities as ways to radically transform our cities? 

Could the collective and collaborative projects seeking to balance human and environmental needs be a solution for more people to live sustainably?
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Under-paid and under-valued: assessing mandatory vaccination for care home workers in England

A new Sustainable Care paper has been published today, entitled ‘Under-paid and under-valued: assessing mandatory vaccination for care home workers in England‘.