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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.

Spaces of (dis)connection: Migrant essential workers – new exhibition

New ESRC Funded project: Humanising Healthcare

Maximising Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Beyond Severe Mental Illness (SMI)

Teaching Digital Literacy: Videogames in Education
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Enhancing our public benefit research with SafePod

Our researchers can now save on travel, cost and time to access securely protected data by using the newly installed SafePod in the Western Bank Library.