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Public Attitudes Towards The Use of Automatic Face Recognition Technology

A group of researchers at the University of Lincoln and the University of New South Wales (Australia) were the first to conduct an international survey of public opinion on the use of automatic facial recognition technology (AFR) in the criminal justice system. The team, led by Kay Ritchie from the…

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Addressing Social Isolation among Older People: Lessons from Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) East Lindsey

A team of researchers from Lincoln International Business School have evaluated a range of interventions aimed at supporting older people in a rural location.  Talk, Eat, Drink (TED) East Lindsey has been funded through the National Community Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better programme to test effective ways to combat isolation and…

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Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the Rural Social Economy

The social economy is increasingly visible in LEP Local Industrial Strategies (LIS). A recent survey of the 31 rural ‘Shire’ LEPs suggests that 70% feel they embrace the social economy explicitly: a proportion corroborated by a desk study of their LISs. Sustainable principles are ubiquitous. Heart of the South West,…

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Analysing UK Suicide Prevention Policy: A Critical Policy Analysis

As part of our Leverhulme funded ‘Suicide in/as Politics’ project we have undertaken in-depth qualitative analysis of UK suicide prevention policies, which were produced between 2009-2019. Whilst suicide prevention policies have come to be seen as an essential part of suicide reduction, they have received limited academic attention and remain…

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Probation’s Health Related Role and COVID-19

“Understanding and learning from the impact of COVID-19 on probation’s work to improve the health of people under its supervision” was a multi-agency co-produced research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to Covid-19, grant number ES/V015982/1. There…

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New Social Economies: A Social Economic Strategy for Lincolnshire

Globally, new economic arrangements are gaining traction. The OECD ‘Better Life Index’ based around well-being indicators, eschews GDP growth and GVA productivity measures. It has been adapted in India (the ‘Ease of Living’ index) and Bhutan (GNH – Gross National Happiness). The Well-being Economy Governments Initiative (WEGI), begun in 2018,…

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Diverse Dads: Reaching and Supporting Minoritised Young Fathers

Diverse Dads was a collaborative project involving the North East Young Dads and Lads Project (NEYDL) and the Following Young Fathers Further research team based at the University of Lincoln. The project, which was part funded by the University of Lincoln QR Strategic fund and NEYDL, was also supported by advisory members Connected Voice and FutureMen. An innovative peer and community…

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Bridging the Rural Digital Divide

Despite being a core focus of digital policy over the last decade, recent reports from both the European Commission and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs clearly show that the rural digital divide remains. In Europe, overall coverage of ‘Next Generation Access’ networks, enabling higher speed connectivity,…

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Hearing Different Voices: The Diversity of Committee Witnesses in the Scottish Parliament and Beyond

Parliamentary committees scrutinise policies and hold the executive to account. But to do so effectively, they need to hear from people from every corner of the country, with different backgrounds, jobs, experiences, and views. Too often, however, the people giving oral evidence to committees do not reflect the make-up of…

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Improving ambulance services in England

In 2018, ambulance trusts across England answered around 10 million emergency calls and responded to seven million separate incidents. Only one in ten of these calls were life-threatening, but six in ten resulted in a patient being conveyed to A&E. NHS ambitions focus on providing safe care closer to home.…

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