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Sustainability

Environmental principles and the future of environmental policy in the UK

14 May 2021

Environmental principles and the future of environmental policy in the UK

Education and Skills

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

11 May 2021

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

Health and Accessibility

Patient choice – on a whim or real need?

30 April 2021

Patient choice – on a whim or real need?

Sustainability

Can we take the Government’s announcement to ban fossil fuel financing abroad at face value?

5 February 2021

Can we take the Government’s announcement to ban fossil fuel financing abroad at face value?

Sustainability

With the Energy White Paper, the government promises to be promising

5 February 2021

With the Energy White Paper, the government promises to be promising

What exactly is the UK’s 2030 emission target? The case for revisiting the 5th Carbon Budget

9 December 2020

What exactly is the UK’s 2030 emission target? The case for revisiting the 5th Carbon Budget

Sustainability

The Environment Bill returned but the question remains: will it deliver world-leading environmental protection as pledged?

30 November 2020

The Environment Bill returned but the question remains: will it deliver world-leading environmental protection as pledged?

Health and Accessibility

UK Malnutrition Awareness Week: Why it is important and even more so TODAY

6 October 2020

UK Malnutrition Awareness Week: Why it is important and even more so TODAY

Build Back Better - If not now, when?

26 August 2020

Build Back Better - If not now, when?

Sustainability

Build Back Better - If not now, when?

26 August 2020

Build Back Better - If not now, when?

Health and Accessibility

Face Masks become mandatory - how this measure may hold the key to kickstarting our economy

24 July 2020

Face Masks become mandatory - how this measure may hold the key to kickstarting our economy

24 July 2020

Face Masks become mandatory - how this measure may hold the key to kickstarting our economy

In Conversation with Clive Betts MP

23 July 2020

In Conversation with Clive Betts MP

How Policy Connect has been informing parliamentarians during COVID-19

14 July 2020

How Policy Connect has been informing parliamentarians during COVID-19

Becoming Disability Confident - reflecting on previous policy for a more positive future

23 June 2020

Becoming Disability Confident - reflecting on previous policy for a more positive future

Health and Accessibility

Becoming Disability Confident - reflecting on previous policy for a more positive future

23 June 2020

Becoming Disability Confident - reflecting on previous policy for a more positive future

COVID-19: The implications of the pandemic on the UK energy sector

17 June 2020

COVID-19: The implications of the pandemic on the UK energy sector

In conversation with Darren Jones MP

11 June 2020

In conversation with Darren Jones MP

Industry, Technology and Innovation

In conversation with Darren Jones MP

11 June 2020

In conversation with Darren Jones MP

Interview: Lilian Greenwood MP to take over from Seema Malhotra MP as Co-Chair of the APPGAT

5 June 2020

Interview: Lilian Greenwood MP to take over from Seema Malhotra MP as Co-Chair of the APPGAT

Health and Accessibility

Interview: Lilian Greenwood MP to take over from Seema Malhotra MP as Co-Chair of the APPGAT

5 June 2020

Interview: Lilian Greenwood MP to take over from Seema Malhotra MP as Co-Chair of the APPGAT

Map of accessibility statement compliance in FE and HE (source: allable.co.uk)

Digital Accessibility in Higher and Further Education- the challenges and opportunities of 2020

21 May 2020

Digital Accessibility in Higher and Further Education- the challenges and opportunities of 2020

Design and COVID-19: How the design sector is adjusting to the pressures of coronavirus

6 May 2020

Design and COVID-19: How the design sector is adjusting to the pressures of coronavirus

How can the National Strategy for Disabled People improve access to assistive technology?

29 April 2020

How can the National Strategy for Disabled People improve access to assistive technology?

COVID-19 and CO Gas - Staying safe at home during lockdown

24 April 2020

COVID-19 and CO Gas - Staying safe at home during lockdown

Sustainability

Once the storm is over - how sustainable spending can look post covid-19

22 April 2020

Once the storm is over - how sustainable spending can look post covid-19

22 April 2020

Once the storm is over - how sustainable spending can look post covid-19

COVID-19 - How the pandemic is impacting the Waste & Resources sector

9 April 2020

COVID-19 - How the pandemic is impacting the Waste & Resources sector

Sustainability

COVID-19 - How the pandemic is impacting the Waste & Resources sector

9 April 2020

COVID-19 - How the pandemic is impacting the Waste & Resources sector

Remote working and disabled employees - How a pandemic brought a long-standing issue to the forefront of the conversation

1 April 2020

Remote working and disabled employees - How a pandemic brought a long-standing issue to the forefront of the conversation

Health and Accessibility

Remote working and disabled employees - How a pandemic brought a long-standing issue to the forefront of the conversation

1 April 2020

Remote working and disabled employees - How a pandemic brought a long-standing issue to the forefront of the conversation

Sustainability

Will the Climate Assembly work?

28 February 2020

Will the Climate Assembly work?

Safer Internet Day - how the data industry needs to work together to ensure this is a priority

11 February 2020

Safer Internet Day - how the data industry needs to work together to ensure this is a priority

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Safer Internet Day - how the data industry needs to work together to ensure this is a priority

11 February 2020

Safer Internet Day - how the data industry needs to work together to ensure this is a priority

Ready for a new challenge – how supermarkets are pledging to go green

5 February 2020

Ready for a new challenge – how supermarkets are pledging to go green

Why NHS targets may soon be a thing of the past

24 January 2020

Why NHS targets may soon be a thing of the past

Is the Government finally waking up to our embarrassing plastic export problem?

10 January 2020

Is the Government finally waking up to our embarrassing plastic export problem?

Health and Accessibility

Carbon monoxide in the next Parliament

6 December 2019

Carbon monoxide in the next Parliament

Health and Accessibility

Accessible Employment - Why technology could be the key to more jobs for disabled people

6 December 2019

Accessible Employment - Why technology could be the key to more jobs for disabled people

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Manifesto Watch – What the parties are saying about data policy

6 December 2019

Manifesto Watch – What the parties are saying about data policy

Education and Skills

Renewing the interest in upskilling the UK’s youth

29 November 2019

Renewing the interest in upskilling the UK’s youth

Sustainability

Working in policy during an election campaign - how is it done?

29 November 2019

Working in policy during an election campaign - how is it done?

Health and Accessibility

Prevention and Health Inequalities

22 November 2019

Prevention and Health Inequalities

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Green Labour, Purple Liberals and Red Tories The evolution of party colour schemes

22 November 2019

Green Labour, Purple Liberals and Red Tories The evolution of party colour schemes

Education and Skills

Attainment and employment gaps between disabled and non-disabled students are still unacceptably high: the new government needs to work with universities and business to put in place practical steps to eliminate the gap

15 November 2019

Attainment and employment gaps between disabled and non-disabled students are still unacceptably high: the new government needs to work with universities and business to put in place practical steps to eliminate the gap

Sustainability

Let’s give householders better information about the flooding risk to their homes

15 November 2019

Let’s give householders better information about the flooding risk to their homes

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Go home, then go big – why all parties needs to focus on the local before they consider the national

13 November 2019

Go home, then go big – why all parties needs to focus on the local before they consider the national

Sustainability

Prioritising Plastic – What the next government can do

8 November 2019

Prioritising Plastic – What the next government can do

Education and Skills

EduSkills Blog: Let’s be positive about Further Education infrastructure

18 February 2019

EduSkills Blog: Let’s be positive about Further Education infrastructure

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Data and Technology Ethics Inquiry Education roundtable

27 November 2018

Data and Technology Ethics Inquiry Education roundtable

Education and Skills

EduSkills Blog: Apprenticeships – Helping Young People at Risk?

8 November 2018

EduSkills Blog: Apprenticeships – Helping Young People at Risk?

Health and Accessibility

Examining the intrinsic link between homelessness and health

23 November 2017

Examining the intrinsic link between homelessness and health

Health and Accessibility

Using videos to provide health information: how can we tap the benefits for patients?

15 November 2017

Using videos to provide health information: how can we tap the benefits for patients?

Health and Accessibility

Can Sustainability and Transformation Plans deliver the change the NHS needs?

20 September 2017

Can Sustainability and Transformation Plans deliver the change the NHS needs?

Health and Accessibility

Why the UK’s chronic shortage of doctors is only half the story

27 April 2017

Why the UK’s chronic shortage of doctors is only half the story

Health and Accessibility

Good nutrition and hydration: essential for patients - and for improving health and care

30 March 2017

Good nutrition and hydration: essential for patients - and for improving health and care

Sustainability

Is technology the answer to climate change?

4 January 2017

Is technology the answer to climate change?

Sustainability

Energy Efficiency in the Private Rented Sector: A Local Authority Perspective

27 September 2016

Energy Efficiency in the Private Rented Sector: A Local Authority Perspective

Sustainability

Housing Standards in the Private Rented Sector: A Local Authority Perspective

23 September 2016

Housing Standards in the Private Rented Sector: A Local Authority Perspective

Health and Accessibility

Revolutionising urgent care for older people means putting their needs and wishes first

23 August 2016

Revolutionising urgent care for older people means putting their needs and wishes first

Sustainability

We need a lorry-load of energy savings; in the new ECO the Government delivers a hatchback

21 July 2016

We need a lorry-load of energy savings; in the new ECO the Government delivers a hatchback

Sustainability

Smart Meters – unlocking their social benefits for uses in assistive living and healthcare.

12 July 2016

Smart Meters – unlocking their social benefits for uses in assistive living and healthcare.

Health and Accessibility

Integrating physical and mental health – moving the agenda on from parity to equity

11 July 2016

Integrating physical and mental health – moving the agenda on from parity to equity

Sustainability

Energy efficiency v. Wellbeing

17 June 2016

Energy efficiency v. Wellbeing

Sustainability

Managing Heat Decarbonisation

31 May 2016

Managing Heat Decarbonisation

Sustainability

Energy Efficiency: Time to get out of reverse gear

28 April 2016

Energy Efficiency: Time to get out of reverse gear

Sustainability

Taking the heat out of domestic energy efficiency debate

14 April 2016

Taking the heat out of domestic energy efficiency debate

Sustainability

Construction, a force for good – recruiting the next generation

7 March 2016

Construction, a force for good – recruiting the next generation

Sustainability

How the housing crisis is driving the London mayoral race

29 January 2016

How the housing crisis is driving the London mayoral race

Sustainability

The Circular Economy and the Built Environment

16 December 2015

The Circular Economy and the Built Environment

Sustainability

The Built Environment – integrated and interlinked

23 November 2015

The Built Environment – integrated and interlinked

Industry, Technology and Innovation

Classifying Design (Part I)

24 June 2013

Classifying Design (Part I)