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How Will Drivers and Passengers Interact in Future Automated Vehicles? (2024)
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Large, D. R., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2024). How Will Drivers and Passengers Interact in Future Automated Vehicles?. RAC Foundation

The presence of one or more passengers has been shown to distract drivers during manual driving, with reported reductions in situational awareness, an increase in the risk of taking unsafe actions, and an increased risk of a fatal crash, particularly... Read More about How Will Drivers and Passengers Interact in Future Automated Vehicles?.

Policy Brief: Autism and Driving (2024)
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Sheppard, E. (2024). Policy Brief: Autism and Driving. University of Nottingham

More than one in 100 people in the UK are autistic. Despite the prevalence of autism within society, autistic people face barriers in their everyday lives. One example of this is with learning to drive. Research shows that autistic people are less... Read More about Policy Brief: Autism and Driving.

Policy Brief: Access to care for neurodiversity - ADHD and Tourette Syndrome (2024)
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French, B., & Groom, M. (2024). Policy Brief: Access to care for neurodiversity - ADHD and Tourette Syndrome. University of Nottingham

Around 15-20% of the population is neurodivergent. Despite this, access to diagnoses and care for neurodivergent people is problematic and there is inconsistent support across the UK. Research at the University of Nottingham focuses on the impor... Read More about Policy Brief: Access to care for neurodiversity - ADHD and Tourette Syndrome.

More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health? (2024)
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Wishart, M., Roper, S., Belt, V., Bourke, J., Hassard, J., Blake, H., …Leka, S. (2024). More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health?. Enterprise Research Centre

Using employer-level survey data, this report compares how firms in England, Ireland and Sweden are responding to the challenges of workplace mental health. The three countries adopt very different approaches to the funding and provision of healthcar... Read More about More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health?.

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave (2024)
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Ogunbode, C., Cooper, E., Prosser, A., Kirkcaldy, H., & Hui, A. (2024). It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave. Nottingham: Nottingham City Council

Previous research provided indications of areas in Nottingham that face higher risks during hot periods based on social and geographical data, but there was little insight into lived experiences of dealing with heat among Nottingham communities. We d... Read More about It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave.