This month brings some changes to our team; we welcome back Anthea Terry, new interim Head of PolicyBristol, working alongside our Academic Director Patricia Gaya. Alexia MacDonald goes on maternity leave this month, and Emily Crick, who starts on 18 June, will be job-sharing with Lindsey Pike while Alexia is away.
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National and local policies still need strengthening: findings from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review
The third annual report for the LeDeR programme was published in May 2019. It presents information about 4,302 deaths of people with learning disabilities notified to the LeDeR programme from 1st July 2016 - 31st December 2018, with a focus on the 962 deaths of adults and children reviewed during 2018.
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Higher Education in South Africa: addressing inequalities experienced by students from rural contexts
Significant inequalities in access and participation continue to be major challenges for higher education in South Africa. This briefing makes recommendations for policy and practice in developing inclusive curricula, support mechanisms and structures in universities.
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Care under the Rainbow Launch Event
Dr Wenjing Zhang and Dr Paul Willis from the School for Policy Studies introduce a new learning resource for creating inclusive care home environments for older LGBT+ residents.
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Climate change: sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generations
Antarctica is further from civilisation than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is around one tenth the size of its southern sibling. Together, these two ice masses hold enough frozen water to raise global mean sea level by 65 metres if they were to suddenly melt. But how likely is this to happen?
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Image: Michael Bamber, Author provided
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Why haven't e-cigarettes stubbed out cigarettes?
People who used e-cigarettes to quit smoking are more likely to be smoke-free after one year compared to people who used more traditional methods such as nicotine patches. So, why are some smokers reluctant to try e-cigarettes, and why have some people been unable to quit smoking using them?
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The Geography of (In)opportunity: how access to post-16 provision relates to young people's trajectories through education.
26 June 2019, 4.00- 5.30 PM, Room 1.20/21, School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA
This event is part of the School of Education's 'Bristol Conversations in Education' seminar series, and is co-hosted by the Bristol Poverty Institute. These seminars are free and open to the public.
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Bristol City's Future and the Role of Digital
12 June 2019, 12.30 -17.00, Engineer's House, Clifton Down, BS8 3NB
This workshop will bring together academics and practitioners with an interest in the research, development and application of digital technologies in urban areas. The workshop will produce a vision for possible digital city futures, that will inform Bristol City Council's development of its Digital Strategy aligned with the One City Plan.
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Ground-breaking driverless car project showcases vision for a connected transport future
The multi-organisational team behind the £5.5 million FLOURISH connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) project celebrated the completion of three years of collaborative research and development with the launch of its latest findings this month.
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Stress in early life could make people more likely to develop depression
New research by the University of Bristol has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of developing negative thinking, which could lead to major depressive disorder (MDD). The findings provide biological and psychological evidence to support work first proposed in the 1960s.
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