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Eco-Design and Eco-Innovation into Business

Summary of the impact

Professor Martin Charter has directed The Centre for Sustainable Design ® at UCA since 1999. During this time he has developed a body of research concerning sustainable and eco-innovation, and sustainable and eco-design, with a particular focus on organisational implementation within business. This has led to a widespread programme of dissemination and application to SMEs through funded projects, publications, consultancy and training. The specific beneficiaries of this research are the SMEs through these projects, guidance and training.

Submitting Institution

University for the Creative Arts

Unit of Assessment

Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Information and Computing Sciences: Information Systems
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services: Business and Management
Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration

Improving the uptake of Occupational Therapy as an evidenced-based intervention to improve management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Summary of the impact

The work of Professor Diane Cox has been instrumental in enhancing services and improving outcomes for patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), and other fatigue related conditions. Primarily, this has been through changing the interventions used by Occupational Therapists and other Allied Health Professionals in healthcare practice to manage such conditions. The research has influenced amendments to professional standards, guidelines and training for use of activity and lifestyle management approaches to treating CFS and related conditions, and has had further impact through influencing the set-up of specific CFS services using these techniques. The research has demonstrated that Occupational Therapy can improve engagement and participation in occupations through activity, and led to its widespread uptake into practice throughout the UK. The research has underpinned the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for CFS/ME and directly influenced the form and implementation of NHS and private service provision for these conditions in the UK.

Submitting Institution

University of Cumbria

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

Communities of Practice in Contemporary Craft

Summary of the impact

The University for the Creative Arts has a longstanding commitment to the history, practice, and theory of craft. The research of the Crafts Study Centre (CSC) and Anglo-Japanese Textile Research Centre (AJTRC) has long championed the work of craft practitioners in order to find new ways of thinking through creative practice. This curatorial work, public facing in nature, has contributed to the personal, professional and creative development of a range of craft practitioners by offering an enquiry-led platform for the exploration of craft as profession. Though this research has brought numerous benefits to a wide range of people and organisations, this case study explains specific qualitative and quantitative benefits brought to a number of craft practitioners by this work.

Submitting Institution

University for the Creative Arts

Unit of Assessment

Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory

Summary Impact Type

Cultural

Research Subject Area(s)

Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies
History and Archaeology: Curatorial and Related Studies

Training British and EU Officials for Pakistan & SE Asia, 2007–13

Summary of the impact

Professor Iftikhar Malik's research on the cultural and political history of South Asia has informed public discourse in the UK, and has been particularly influential in informing British and EU policy and practice in Pakistan. This has resulted from Malik's involvement in the briefing of British diplomats and the training of EU officials, including election monitors for Pakistan, 2007-13.

Submitting Institution

Bath Spa University

Unit of Assessment

History

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

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

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