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Soft power, cultural relations and conflict through Eurovision and other mega-events: a literature review (2024)
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Baker, C., Atkinson, D., Grabher, B., & Howcroft, M. (2024). Soft power, cultural relations and conflict through Eurovision and other mega-events: a literature review. British Council

First paragraph: This literature review explores the significance of the Eurovision Song Contest for soft power strategies and cultural relations activities, especially at times of conflict and international aggression.

Culture, place and partnership: the cultural relations of Eurovision 2023 (2024)
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Baker, C., Atkinson, D., Grabher, B., & Howcroft, M. (2024). Culture, place and partnership: the cultural relations of Eurovision 2023. British Council

Foreword: This report tells the story of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, when the UK found itself as host on behalf of the 2022 winners Ukraine, due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in 2021. As the UK’s 2022 entry Sam Ryder put it... Read More about Culture, place and partnership: the cultural relations of Eurovision 2023.

Toward System Change to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Improving the Voluntary Stewardship of Antimicrobials in US Agriculture (2023)
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Midgley, G., Elkins, A., Loneragan, G. H., Babowicz, M., Dass, M., Grohn, Y. T., …Scott, H. M. (2023). Toward System Change to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Improving the Voluntary Stewardship of Antimicrobials in US Agriculture. Texas A&M AgriLife Research

From Executive Summary: This report presents the details of a research study looking at the potential for improving voluntary stewardship of antimicrobials in US agriculture, in the interests of tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Failure to ad... Read More about Toward System Change to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Improving the Voluntary Stewardship of Antimicrobials in US Agriculture.

Eurovision 2023 Cultural Relations Snapshot: A snapshot from the forthcoming cultural relations, soft power and shared values research (2023)
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Baker, C., Atkinson, D., Burgess, G., Grabher, B., & Howcroft, M. (2023). Eurovision 2023 Cultural Relations Snapshot: A snapshot from the forthcoming cultural relations, soft power and shared values research. British Council

About this research In May 2023, Liverpool and the BBC hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on Ukraine’s behalf. This was the first time since 1980 that Eurovision has not been hosted in the previous winning country, and the first time a winner has e... Read More about Eurovision 2023 Cultural Relations Snapshot: A snapshot from the forthcoming cultural relations, soft power and shared values research.

Eurovision 2023: Broadcasting Liverpool, Welcoming LGBTQ+ Communities, Honouring Ukraine (2023)
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Baker, C. (2023). Eurovision 2023: Broadcasting Liverpool, Welcoming LGBTQ+ Communities, Honouring Ukraine. Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool

The Heseltine Institute is marking Liverpool’s status as host city for Eurovision 2023 with a special series of policy briefings. In this first briefing of the series, Dr Catherine Baker (University of Hull) discusses some of the key themes that will... Read More about Eurovision 2023: Broadcasting Liverpool, Welcoming LGBTQ+ Communities, Honouring Ukraine.

Utilising the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning for strategic transformation (2022)
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(2022). Utilising the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning for strategic transformation. AdvanceHE

This report and case studies from the 2021-22 Advance HE Collaborative Development Fund project, Utilising the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning for strategic transformation, bring together studies from institution... Read More about Utilising the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning for strategic transformation.

Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study (2022)
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Heys, A., Barlow, C., Murphy, C., Wilkinson, S., & Gleich, L. (2022). Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study. Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

Since 2013, the number of British nationals referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) as potential victims of modern slavery has increased year on year, rising from 90 in 2013 to 3,952 in 2021. These figures include potential adult and chil... Read More about Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study.

Expedition 391 Preliminary Report : Walvis Ridge Hotspot: drilling Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, to test models of ridge hotspot interaction, isotopic zonation, and the hotspot reference frame (2022)
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Widdowson, M., Sager, W., Hoernle, K., Höfig, T. W., Avery, A. J., Bhutani, R., …Tshiningayamwe, M. (2022). Expedition 391 Preliminary Report : Walvis Ridge Hotspot: drilling Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, to test models of ridge hotspot interaction, isotopic zonation, and the hotspot reference frame. International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

Hotspot tracks (quasilinear chains of seamounts, ridges, and other volcanic structures) provide important records of plate motions, as well as mantle geodynamics, magma flux, and mantle source compositions. The Tristan-Gough-Walvis Ridge (TGW) hotspo... Read More about Expedition 391 Preliminary Report : Walvis Ridge Hotspot: drilling Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, to test models of ridge hotspot interaction, isotopic zonation, and the hotspot reference frame.

The Time Project: Understanding working time in the UK television industry (2022)
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Mayne, L., Swords, J., Ozimek, A., & Boardman, C. (2022). The Time Project: Understanding working time in the UK television industry. York: Screen Industries Growth Network

The Time Project collected data on the working hours of TV production professionals to highlight patterns of overworking in the industry. The report aims to understand which groups of people face the greatest burden of work in the UK TV industry and... Read More about The Time Project: Understanding working time in the UK television industry.

Living with Water Hull Household Flood Survey Autumn 2018 (2021)
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Ramsden, S. (2021). Living with Water Hull Household Flood Survey Autumn 2018. University of Hull: Living with Water

Executive Summary This report presents the results of the 2018 Hull Household Flood Survey and feeds into the Living with Water Partnership’s work to reduce the impacts of flooding and increase resilience in Hull. Hull was severely impacted by sur... Read More about Living with Water Hull Household Flood Survey Autumn 2018.

Haltemprice Household Flood Survey Winter 2019/2020 - Summary Report (2021)
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Ramsden, S. (2021). Haltemprice Household Flood Survey Winter 2019/2020 - Summary Report. University of Hull: Living with Water

Key Findings This report presents the results of the 2019/20 Haltemprice Household Flood Survey and forms part of a baseline for the Living with Water Partnership to monitor and evaluate its work to reduce the impacts of flooding and increase res... Read More about Haltemprice Household Flood Survey Winter 2019/2020 - Summary Report.

Schools' perceptions and experiences of critical digital literacies across four European countries - DETECT project report 2 (2021)
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Gouseti, A., Bruni, I., Ilomäki, L., Lakkala, M., Mundy, D., Elisa Raffaghelli, J., …Romeu, T. (2021). Schools' perceptions and experiences of critical digital literacies across four European countries - DETECT project report 2. Erasmus+

This is the second report of the DETECT project. The report aims to develop an understanding of teachers’ needs in relation to critical digital literacies within a school context. It presents the empirical activities carried out as part of Intellectu... Read More about Schools' perceptions and experiences of critical digital literacies across four European countries - DETECT project report 2.

Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1 (2021)
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Gouseti, A., Bruni, I., Ilomäki, L., Lakkala, M., Mundy, D., Raffaghelli, J. E., …Romeu, T. (2021). Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1. Erasmus+

This is the first report of the DETECT project. The report presents the Critical Digital Literacies framework that has been created as part of the project’s Intellectual Output 1. This framework is the result of collaborative work across all project... Read More about Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1.

Cultural Transformations: The Impacts of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Main Evaluation, Findings and Reflections (2021)
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Bianchini, F., Bissett, V., Cavalleri, F., Grabher, B., Morpeth, N. D., Oanca, A., & Tommarchi, E. (2021). Cultural Transformations: The Impacts of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Main Evaluation, Findings and Reflections. Hull: Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Ltd

This report forms an important output in the overall process of monitoring, evaluation and research to measure the impacts of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. It provides an assessment of the project across all five impact areas, drawing on a range of p... Read More about Cultural Transformations: The Impacts of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Main Evaluation, Findings and Reflections.

UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043) (2021)
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Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., …Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)

This submission presents the research conducted within the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. Our work demonstrates that hazards represented by flooding have multiple dimensions, and that solutions to them need to take these... Read More about UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043).

Enabling planetary science across light-years. Ariel Definition Study Report (2020)
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Zuppella, P., Zingales, T., Yung, Y., Zilinskas, M., Wolkenberg, P., Hou Yip, G., …Tinetti, G. (2020). Enabling planetary science across light-years. Ariel Definition Study Report

Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, ho... Read More about Enabling planetary science across light-years. Ariel Definition Study Report.