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Allwood's research into Women and Politics has looked at women's participation in mainstream and alternative forms of political activity; gender and policy, focusing on prostitution, violence and abortion policy; and the political participation of refugee women. The research has informed government advisory panels, think-tanks, and NGOs, in particular in debates around gender quotas and the relationship between gender and democracy. External voices and actors have helped shape the research process, and the audience of this research has made material and distinct decisions based on new insights effectively shared, as demonstrated by citations of research outputs in policy documents and discussion papers.
Research in this Unit at NTU has:
(a) Changed the way victimisation is conceptualised, measured, and reported within official crime surveys;
(b) Transformed the methodological evaluation of the impact of security devices upon crime and repeat victimisation through the introduction of multi-level statistical modelling as opposed to bivariate cross-tabulations which constituted the state of the art prior to her work.
Professor Tseloni's research has directly informed the methodological training of crime survey analysts (including those working on the Home Office British Crime Survey), and contributed through the dissemination of Home Office guidelines to the day-to-day crime reduction practices and responses to crime of police forces in England and Wales.
Organisations in the social housing sector have a model of how to use information to monitor the outcomes of their activities. Drawing on research which places information in its organisational context, the mechanism of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships has been used to enable Nottingham City Homes to pioneer the evaluation of its activities focusing on a major investment programme called Decent Homes. Cited in Parliamentary debates, not only has the impact shifted the strategic direction of the organisation's activities, but also it has been adopted as a model of best practice for the sector.
The research led by Professor Graham Ball at Nottingham Trent University has developed new bioinformatics techniques for mining complex post genomic bio-profile data. The approach allows development of predictive models to answer clinical questions using an optimum biomarker panel. The impact of this work is through the filing of four patents associated with algorithms, breast cancer and tuberculosis, subsequently licensed to a spin-out company. To date three clinical trials have been supported with others in the pipeline. Through the spin-out company the approach is being applied to stratify patients in clinical collaborations and to optimise biomarker panels for diagnostics companies.
In just six years, research by the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, conducted in conjunction with the Her Majesty's Prison Service and National Health Service Forensic Services, has produced key benefits for the management and treatment of offenders and the training of professionals within the prison service and NHS by:
(i) developing, evaluating and improving treatment interventions for high-risk sexual offenders; vital for successful rehabilitation and reducing recidivism;
(ii) research-based training to reduce corruption and professional misconduct;
(iii) identification of offenders at risk of suicide and other self-harming.
The impact of this work is in 2 key areas: using new technologies to raise literacy levels and engage disaffected students and using technology to increase language learning opportunities for primary and secondary students in socially deprived areas. Teachers, trainees, students and teaching assistants report increased confidence in using new technologies; students with low literacy and/or English as a second language report greater engagement, understanding and ability to access the curriculum. As a result of the research, improved literacy levels, greater engagement in lessons and a willingness to use new technologies in the modern foreign languages classroom are evidenced.
Research undertaken in the Unit by Murphy et al. highlighted the benefits of a new people-centred approach to risk assessment supported by evidence-led performance management data for Fire and Rescue Services (FRS). The new Fire and Rescue National Framework for England published in July 2012 was subsequently based around these twin principles.
New frameworks for Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and Eire published in 2012-13, followed England's lead and adopted this new approach. Similarly at the local level research by the same team has helped to shape the re-configuration of emergency cover provided by Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Services (NFRS) based on the new approach.
Martin O'Shaughnessy is widely recognised as one of the leading international scholars on the work of Jean Renoir, one of France's greatest film directors. His research into Renoir has generated a range of outputs which have enabled him to raise the profile of film and media education whilst broadening access to culture. The audience for this has been school children and cultural institutions like the Institut Français. This public impact can be tracked through the testimony of organisations that have been supported and strengthened by O'Shaughnessy's impact, and also his footprint in public debates related to Film and Media education.
Impact of peat research at NTU comprises:
Research on peatland hydrology and erosion has been used by stakeholders including Defra, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage, Moors for the Future, RSPB, water companies, horticultural peat producers and Environment Agency to improve policy and practice in the management of peatland habitats. Research into alternative growing media for use in horticulture, pioneered by Carlile in conjunction with William Sinclair Horticulture, contributed to development of market-leading brand New Horizon.
The International Gaming Research Unit (IGRU) at NTU, led by Professor Mark Griffiths, has been influential in a number of key areas:
(i) Changing gambling law and policy around the world
(ii) Co-authoring the British Gambling Prevalence Surveys
(iii) Educating young people in schools about gambling through the production of materials for 11-16 year olds studying on the National Curriculum
(iv) Chairing and contributing to national governmental bodies on gambling.