The journey through the criminal justice system is turbulent and changes the life-course, for better or worse, of large numbers of people (Bierie and Mann, 2017). The Supporting People After Remand or Conviction (SPARC) project was set up by Lincolnshire Action Trust and HMP Lincoln to meet the Bradley Report (2009) recommendations. SPARC provides a…Continue Reading Supporting People After Remand or Conviction (SPARC): An Innovation in Pre-Custody Care
Month: July 2019
Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support is made up of a network of millions of professionals, volunteers, campaigners and people affected by cancer and is one of the UK’s largest charities. In November 2013, the UoL signed a formal partnership agreement with Macmillan. From the outset Dr Ros Kane was a member of the steering group charged with…Continue Reading Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support
Researching Parliaments
The work of parliaments is crucial to democracy. It is about making parliaments more transparent, representative, responsive and better able to scrutinise the actions and legislation of governments. These projects look at two different aspects of the work of parliament: the ways in which the Westminster parliament engages with the public (drawing on a procedural…Continue Reading Researching Parliaments
Improving primary care for people with insomnia in Lincolnshire and beyond
Sleep is fundamental to wellbeing, affecting health, sickness, life, death, mental function, productivity, and the wider economy. Insomnia, the commonest psychological disorder, affecting 40% of adults annually and 10% long-term, is poorly managed. Members of the Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU) have led research into primary care of insomnia over the past two decades,…Continue Reading Improving primary care for people with insomnia in Lincolnshire and beyond
First forays into the new obesity data landscape: a review of published research using emerging forms of data
In order to study human society, social scientists draw upon a variety of information, including measurements of societal or individual phenomena – data. It is an enduring challenge to capture appropriate data to help understand complex societal issues. Many researchers are, therefore, keen to explore the potential of new sources of data. Collection of data…Continue Reading First forays into the new obesity data landscape: a review of published research using emerging forms of data
Migration in the Mediterranean: Exposing the Limits of Vulnerability at the European Court of Human Rights
In recent years, the European Court of Human Rights has drawn on the complex concept of vulnerability with increased frequency. The Court’s landmark judgment in M.S.S. thrust migrant vulnerability firmly into the Court’s jurisprudential corpus, by accepting that asylum seekers are inherently deserving of heightened protection under the Convention. However, while M.S.S. further extended vulnerability’s…Continue Reading Migration in the Mediterranean: Exposing the Limits of Vulnerability at the European Court of Human Rights
Ethical issues in self funded care: co-producing knowledge with older people
The number of older people funding their care has increased in the context of transformations in statutory social care, the impact of austerity and successive cuts to social care funding. There is little research on self-funded care, despite its significance to policy and practice and older people’s perspectives are marginalized in policy and practice. This…Continue Reading Ethical issues in self funded care: co-producing knowledge with older people
Can air quality monitors protect children from air pollution on the school run?
According to the Royal College of Physicians, air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths each year in the UK. Posing several other risks to human health, it is associated with increased rates of lung cancer, emphysema, bronchitis and other respiratory infections. Due to their ongoing development, the risks to children are even more…Continue Reading Can air quality monitors protect children from air pollution on the school run?
Face recognition in the real world
You use your face to verify your identity in lots of situations, from picking up a parcel at the post office to going through border control. Each time you use photo-ID, someone is required to check that your face matches your ID document. Our research has shown that this process of matching an unfamiliar face…Continue Reading Face recognition in the real world