Submitting Institution: Kingston University

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Application by transport industry of advanced control algorithms for fast mechanical systems

Summary of the impact

The application of advanced control algorithms has generated an impact on the economy and the environment through increased precision and reduced cost of operation of fast mechanical systems. A reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions has been achieved in the transportation industry by the implementation of novel advanced control algorithms for advanced cruise control systems.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

General Engineering

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Mathematical Sciences: Applied Mathematics, Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Information and Computing Sciences: Computation Theory and Mathematics

Change in policy and practice in psychiatric hospitals in Finland

Summary of the impact

Research into service user involvement in mental health care resulted in the development of an educational intervention for registered mental health nurses to deliver effective, ethically appropriate therapeutic interventions for highly distressed and disturbed patients.

The research outputs were taken up and implemented by Halikko hospital in Finland, leading to a significant change in policy and practice, including a substantial reduction in the use of coercive techniques. Following the success of this change, other psychiatric hospitals in Finland have adopted the system.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Nursing, Public Health and Health Services

Change in practice of stroke practitioners due to the Bridges stroke self-management programme

Summary of the impact

Bridges is a novel programme for self-management of stroke. Training in this programme has been delivered to health and social care practitioners across England, and has recently begun to be taken up in New Zealand. This has resulted in significant changes to the practice of post-stroke practitioners who have incorporated the Bridges programme into their practice, towards using more person centred and self-management approaches. Bridges is the first social enterprise spin out from Kingston University, and was successfully launched in 2013 following development grants from Unltd.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services

Change in UK government policy on auditing and accounting requirements for SMEs, and influence on related policies within Europe.

Summary of the impact

Kingston University research into auditing and accounting regulation for small and medium-sized companies influenced the decision by the UK government to increase the size thresholds for these companies to the EU maxima in 2008. Subsequently the mandatory audit thresholds were also increased in 2012, aligning them with the accounting thresholds. This change exempted approximately 36,000 companies from compulsory audit.

The research was also used by regulators in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland to inform their decisions on audit exemption thresholds, and by the UK government in lobbying the European Commission on the regulation of micro-companies.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Business and Management Studies

Summary Impact Type

Economic

Research Subject Area(s)

Economics: Applied Economics
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, Business and Management

Cultural and economic impact on Hampton Court Palace from research-based visitor experience

Summary of the impact

Research at Kingston University into the socio-political and cultural milieu of the court of Henry VIII fed into a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the University and Historic Royal Palaces. This resulted in a new visitor experience at Hampton Court Palace, "Henry VIII: Heads and Hearts", which significantly increased visitor numbers and income at the attraction. The KTP also caused a change in practice at Historic Royal Palaces, with increased incorporation of research into commercial heritage activities. The project received the AHRC award for the most effective use of Humanities for the Creative Economy in 2011.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

English Language and Literature

Summary Impact Type

Cultural

Research Subject Area(s)

Language, Communication and Culture: Literary Studies
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies: History and Philosophy of Specific Fields

Driving improved practice and associated economic benefits in the mineral exploration industry through development of integrated mineralogical and petrographic techniques.

Summary of the impact

Innovative application of fluid inclusion analysis led to the development of a novel technique for mapping mineral deposits. This has been developed into an exploration tool in collaboration with a leading mineral exploration company, Randgold Resources. Mapping different fluid pathways within potentially mineralised terranes through analysis of fluid inclusion chemistries enables definition of areas through which mineralising, as opposed to barren ore fluids, passed. Applying this has enabled Randgold Resources to increase efficiency and save costs in its exploration and mining activities. Kingston University research has changed the working practices of Randgold Resources, with consequent economic benefit to that company.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Chemical Sciences: Analytical Chemistry
Earth Sciences: Geochemistry, Geology

Economic benefits from sales of people-tracking and crowd-monitoring technology

Summary of the impact

Research at Kingston University into methods for tracking pedestrians and monitoring crowds using computer vision techniques has been translated into commercial products by Ipsotek Ltd and BAe Systems, resulting in economic benefits to these companies from sales of these products.

These products have been sold to high-profile customers including the London Eye, the O2 Arena and the Australian Government, providing significant commercial benefits, employment and growth for both companies, as well as providing an economic impact for these customers.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Computer Science and Informatics

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Information and Computing Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Cognitive Sciences

Establishing the first anti-bullying policies in the Arab sector of Israel

Summary of the impact

The impacts are: (1) Introduction of anti-bullying policies by thirteen schools in Tira City in the Arab sector of Israel; (2) Policy changes by the Islamic (Sharia) Religious Courts in the Arab sector to ensure that bullying issues are routinely taken into consideration (for the first time) when making child custody decisions; (3) Changes in programme delivery by two charities that aim to reduce violence between children in the Arab sector. This work builds directly upon research conducted at Kingston University and during several visits to Israel supported by the university since 2010.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Psychology

Impact of philosophy of contemporary art on cultural institutions in the UK, Norway and Italy

Summary of the impact

This case study is of impact arising from research by Peter Osborne in the area of philosophy of art — specifically, contemporary art: the philosophical reinterpretation and critical analysis of conceptual and post-conceptual art, from the early 1960s to the present.

This research has had a significant effect upon the awareness and understanding of the philosophical issues at stake in contemporary art for a range of practitioners in art institutions, of which three (in the UK, Norway and Italy) make up the case study here: at the level of their direction, curation and adult programming (non-HE art education) and in associated public discourse.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Philosophy

Summary Impact Type

Cultural

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Creative Arts and Writing: Film, Television and Digital Media
Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies: History and Philosophy of Specific Fields

Impact on NGOs, activists and journalists engaged with Haitian politics

Summary of the impact

Peter Hallward has undertaken the most detailed research in English on recent Haitian politics, focusing on the complex travails of Haitian democracy that began soon after the Duvalier dictatorship collapsed in the mid-1980s. This research has had a significant input into the understanding, advocacy and practices of NGOs working in Haiti, and on journalists and campaigners internationally, with regard to questions of freedom, equality and democracy, and the relationship between domestic and international factors in Haitian politics. Impact has been on opinion-formation and advocacy in NGOs, international media and public political discourse regarding international aspects of Haitian politics.

Submitting Institution

Kingston University

Unit of Assessment

Philosophy

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Political Science
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies: Philosophy

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