Research shows one in three with vision impairment lack support to gain quality education and employment DescriptionNew research shows one in five people with vision impairment did not gain quality employment despite earning qualifications in line with the general population.Date:18/06/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences Covid mortality: at-risk groups and vaccine hesitancy DescriptionThe study shows that both deprivation and ethnicity matter in realtion to COVID19, as well as the interaction between them in explaining Covid mortality differences in local authorities within England.Date:27/05/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences 'A threat to the right to seek asylum': the New Immigration Plan discussed in the House of Lords Description'A threat to the right to seek asylum'. IRiS Director, Professor Nando Sigona discusses the New Immigration Plan in the House of LordsDate:21/05/2021Categories: Social Sciences R&D Investment in our City-Region: Local Potential for Future Inclusive Growth DescriptionUniversities, firms and local authorities need to work more effectively together to attract more R&D funding to support regional growth.Date:18/05/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences Implications for the future of COVID-19 vaccination trial recruitment in UK and beyond DescriptionWith currently more than 1,200 variant lineages of the COVID-19 coronavirus identified in the world, ongoing vaccine trials have to remain essential with more people taking up the trials.Date:06/05/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences Only 41% of people would sign up for COVID-19 trials says new report by the University of Birmingham DescriptionResearch conducted by the University of Birmingham shows in order to have an effective Covid-19 vaccination rollout it has to be widely accepted to the entire population.Date:06/05/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences POLSIS Scholars Analyse The Bulgarian Elections in the Washington Post DescriptionDr Tim Haughton and Yuxiang Lin collaborated with Emilia Zankina to examine the Bulgarian elections in an article for the Washington PostDate:09/04/2021Categories: Social Sciences Implementation of remote home monitoring models during COVID 19 pandemic DescriptionA collaboration between BRACE and RSET presents findings from the study to identify key characteristics of remote home monitoring models for COVID-19 exploring the important role it has for patients and staff experiencesDate:31/03/2021Categories: Social Sciences £1.1m research project aims to improve uptake of home kidney dialysis treatments DescriptionA new study being carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham could save the NHS up to £45m over three years by increasing the number of dialysis patients whose treatment takes place at home.Date:19/03/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences University of Birmingham research to investigate how to improve outcomes when care homes close DescriptionA new £1.2 million study will explore what happens to older people and to care staff if care homes have to close.Date:11/03/2021Categories: Research, Social Sciences Displaying 1 to 10 of 427 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next