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Worldview : A Multidisciplinary Report (2020)
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Benoit, C., Hutchings, T., & Shillitoe, R. (2020). Worldview : A Multidisciplinary Report. Religious Education Council for England and Wales

In response to the Commission on Religious Education report (CoRE, 2018), in February 2020 the Religious Education Council for England and Wales (which established the Commission on RE) commissioned an independent team of researchers to undertake a l... Read More about Worldview : A Multidisciplinary Report.

Driver Training for Future Automated Vehicles: Introducing CHAT (CHeck, Assess, Takeover) (2020)
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Shaw, E., Large, D., & Burnett, G. (2020). Driver Training for Future Automated Vehicles: Introducing CHAT (CHeck, Assess, Takeover). RAC Foundation

Automated vehicles are expected to offer many benefits, including improvements in road safety, increased mobility, enhanced driver comfort, and reductions in road congestion. However, fully automated, autonomous vehicles that require no input from a... Read More about Driver Training for Future Automated Vehicles: Introducing CHAT (CHeck, Assess, Takeover).

LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report (2020)
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Andrews, F., Catterall, P., Evans, I., Finn, M., Foxhall, K., Green, A., Gust, O., Harris, A., Pendleton, M., & Spicer, A. (2020). LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report. Royal Historical Society

A report by the Royal Historical Society's LGBT+ working group looking at LGBT+ histories and their place in university curriculums, libraries and galleries, as well as the conditions for LGBT+ historians. The report includes recommendations and reso... Read More about LGBT+ Histories and Historians: a report.

What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses (2020)
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Gao, J., Brooks, C., Xu, Y., & Kitto, E. (2020). What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses. UCL Institute of Education, Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education

The widely acknowledged importance of educating parents in children's early years has led to a substantial number of parenting programmes aimed at various aspects of early childhood care and education (ECEC). A vast amount of research has been conduc... Read More about What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses.

Air quality in the West Midlands: impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, March-May 2020 (2020)
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Bloss, W., Shi, Z., Rooney, D., Cowell, N., & Song, C. (2020). Air quality in the West Midlands: impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, March-May 2020. University of Birmingham/NERC

Executive summary
• Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have fallen significantly in most urban regions. The data shows that that future policies to reduce vehicle emissions in individual cities, whether through lowered traffic levels or switches to cl... Read More about Air quality in the West Midlands: impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, March-May 2020.

RPS guidance on ethical, professional decision making in the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020)
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Boyd, M. (2020). RPS guidance on ethical, professional decision making in the Covid-19 Pandemic. Royal Pharmaceutical Society

There is a wide recognition that all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, like other health professionals, are working under extreme pressures during the current pandemic. These are likely to get worse before they get better and may recur. Staff are... Read More about RPS guidance on ethical, professional decision making in the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects (2020)
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Treanor, L., Jones, S., & Marlow, S. (2020). Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects. Enterprise Research Centre

The contemporary stereotypical entrepreneur is typically characterised as a middle-class, middle-aged, white male (McAdam, 2012) leading a high-growth, high turnover enterprise. In reality, most UK businesses are home based, micro or small firms owne... Read More about Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects.

Asset Management for Retaining Walls (2020)
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Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Lynch, J., Zekkos, D., Gkrizi, A., Admassu, K., Benhamida, B., Spino, R., & Mikolajczyk, M. (2020). Asset Management for Retaining Walls. Michigan Department of Transportation

The work described here represents an attempt to develop a comprehensive risk management framework for the asset management of retaining wall structures. The work presented includes the development of a sensing strategy that can be used by structural... Read More about Asset Management for Retaining Walls.