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Access to Justice Through Education: Building a Law Clinic Culture in the UK and Beyond

Summary of the impact

The pedagogic research undertaken by the School of Law has produced an ambitious and innovative model of clinical legal education: the in-house live client model, which offers a university-based free legal service offering full representation to private clients and NGOs in the form of the Student Law Office. The Student Law Office integrates supervised legal service in the law curriculum, thereby delivering free access to justice to the wider community whilst benefiting the learning environment. Impact is three-fold:

  1. a major contribution to voluntary legal services in a region with high social deprivation: over 1,000 clients secured access to justice and over £840,000 of compensation has been recovered for clients;
  2. a national and world leading role influencing the legal profession, regulators and policy makers; and
  3. building the capacity of law clinics in other HEIs to provide a free legal service.

Submitting Institution

Northumbria University Newcastle

Unit of Assessment

Law

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies In Education
Law and Legal Studies: Law

CIRCA - a novel technology to support people with dementia

Summary of the impact

CIRCA, Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid, is a novel touchscreen computer system designed to support conversation between people with dementia and their caregivers. CIRCA was based on research into the memory and communicative problems of people with dementia. The beneficiaries of this research are: i) practitioners and professionals in healthcare services, who have improved training and caregiving relationships - a total of 46 NHS, third sector and private care organisations from across the UK have installed CIRCA since 2009; and ii) people with dementia, who have enhanced social interactions and quality of life.

Submitting Institution

University of St Andrews

Unit of Assessment

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

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

Creating New Forms of Political Expression Through Practice-based Research in the Arts

Summary of the impact

The impact being described in this case study relates to the ways in which the submitting Unit's research on the political dimensions of creative arts practice has produced cultural benefits for arts practitioners, audiences, and cultural organisations. Specifically, the underpinning research has led to two main areas of impact: firstly, the creation of new forms of artistic, social and political expression through practice-based research in the arts, and secondly, the provision of expert advice on cultural politics and policy to European NGOs and campaign groups.

Submitting Institution

Canterbury Christ Church University

Unit of Assessment

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management 

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
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies

Developing the evidence base in palliative care: from mapping to international policy and practice change

Summary of the impact

Research carried out in the International Observatory on End of Life Care (IOELC) at Lancaster University led by Professor Payne has played a major role in influencing the strategic direction of service and policy development globally. IOELC initiated the systematic collation of development data and delivered the first research-based international analysis of the development of palliative care. For example, research on access to opioids in 12 resource poor countries in central and eastern Europe via the ATOME project has delivered major impact, leading to significant changes in legislation and policy and improved access to pain medication, and palliative and end of life care for millions of people around the world.

Submitting Institution

Lancaster University

Unit of Assessment

Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services

The Unforgotten Coat: visual storytelling to engage and give voice to disenfranchised and disadvantaged groups in society, generating public debate and stimulating change in policy and practice.

Summary of the impact

The Unforgotten Coat, winner of the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and German Children's Book Award 2013, has been praised for highlighting the plight of young asylum seekers. It remains a core text for the Reader Organisation (RO) reading groups in the community and in prison. It was launched on World Book Day 2011, distributed to approximately 50,000 disenfranchised children and has been translated into several languages, receiving worldwide acclaim. The subject matter, and creative process underpinning it, fed directly into important learning initiatives and materials for schools in the North West, workshops at Liverpool's Bluecoat Arts Centre and for Merseyside's the Haven Project. The international reach of the book is reflected in its victory in the aforementioned Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2013 and a further nomination for the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) for the prestigious 2014 IBBY international Honours List in Mexico 2014, a nomination based on its highlighting of the lives of today's young asylum seekers.

Submitting Institution

Edge Hill University

Unit of Assessment

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management 

Summary Impact Type

Cultural

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Anthropology
History and Archaeology: Historical Studies

Exploring Jews, Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Global Media, 1990-present

Summary of the impact

Bangor's research on stereotyping of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism in contemporary global media significantly facilitates understanding on the part of the public, media, religious educators and cultural industries of challenges facing Jewish cultures and communities, thus impacting on civil society, cultural life and public discourse. Bangor's work enhances regional, national and international public awareness of contemporary media's representations of Jewishness and stereotyping. Its presentation of Jewish cultural heritage helps to preserve and conserve it while increasing understanding of social and cultural identity and encouraging social inclusion.

Submitting Institution

Bangor University

Unit of Assessment

Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts

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: Religion and Religious Studies

Improving care for children born with cleft lip and palate in the UK and beyond

Summary of the impact

Around 1,000 children are born each year in the UK with cleft lip and/or palate. They need treatment from a range of clinical specialties. Bristol co-led a research survey commissioned by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG) which was published in 1998. This informed a process of centralisation which by 2008 had reduced the number of centres from 57 to 11. The process of centralisation and service configuration has continued through 2008-13 leading to closer multi-disciplinary working, increased cases operated on per surgeon, less variation in surgical techniques and shorter stays in hospital. The impact for the individual is improved facial appearance, speech and psychological adjustment. This centralisation of care has resulted in care quality similar to the better cleft centres in Europe. Bone repairs to the palate were 85% successful in 2010 compared to only 58% in 1998 and there was poor jaw growth (linked to quality of surgery) in only 18% of cases in 2013 compared to 37% in 1998. The reach of this study has extended to several European countries and America.

Submitting Institution

University of Bristol

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

Improving modelling and forecasting in the public and private sectors

Summary of the impact

A series of econometric methods and software, designed by a team of econometricians at Oxford, have been adopted as standard by a large range of governmental bodies, international agencies and businesses. The econometric methods are designed to model and forecast high-dimensional, evolving economic processes facing multiple structural shifts, while the econometric software (PcGive) implements the resulting best-practice procedures. The application of these methods have resulted in more appropriate empirical models, improved robust forecasts, and, consequently, better decision making by these bodies.

Submitting Institution

University of Oxford

Unit of Assessment

Economics and Econometrics

Summary Impact Type

Economic

Research Subject Area(s)

Mathematical Sciences: Statistics
Information and Computing Sciences: Information Systems
Economics: Econometrics

Improving Social Care Call Centre Operational Effectiveness

Summary of the impact

Targeted Projection Pursuit (TPP) — developed at Northumbria University — is a novel method for interactive exploration of high-dimension data sets without loss of information. The TPP method performs better than current dimension-reduction methods since it finds projections that best approximate a target view enhanced by certain prior knowledge about the data. "Valley Care" provides a Telecare service to over 5,000 customers as part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and delivers a core service for vulnerable and elderly people (receiving an estimated 129,000 calls per annum) that allows them to live independently and remain in their homes longer. The service informs a wider UK ageing community as part of the NHS Foundation Trust.

Applying our research enabled the managers of Valley Care to establish the volume, type and frequency of calls, identify users at high risk, and to inform the manufacturers of the equipment how to update the database software. This enabled Valley Care managers and staff to analyse the information quickly in order to plan efficiently the work of call operators and social care workers. Our study also provided knowledge about usage patterns of the technology and valuably identified clients at high risk of falls. This is the first time that mathematical and statistical analysis of data sets of this type has been done in the UK and Europe.

As a result of applying the TPP method to its Call Centre multivariate data, Valley Care has been able to transform the quality and efficiency of its service, while operating within the same budget.

Submitting Institution

Northumbria University Newcastle

Unit of Assessment

Mathematical Sciences

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Mathematical Sciences: Statistics
Information and Computing Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Information Systems

Improving the quality and length of the lives of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients through the application of multidisciplinary care

Summary of the impact

In the 1960s boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy would die at around the age of 14 to 15 years; by the 1990s survival had risen to around 19 years. Young men with this condition can now live to around 30 years of age. This significant improvement is possible where patient management involving coordinated multidisciplinary care is implemented. Such an approach was developed as a result of research and clinical practice pioneered by the Newcastle Muscle Group. Guidelines for the care of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, published in 2010, were developed by an international working group led by Professor Kate Bushby of Newcastle University. These guidelines achieved NICE process accreditation in the UK and have been adopted globally as the definition of best practice.

Submitting Institution

Newcastle University

Unit of Assessment

Clinical Medicine

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Clinical Sciences, Neurosciences, Public Health and Health Services

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