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Building speech therapy capacity across island communities

University of Reading researchers partnered with local professionals in the Caribbean Island of St Vincent and the Grenadines to deliver Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) training. The project strengthened national...Read More >
Building speech therapy capacity across island communities

Discovering land for housing migrant workers in Kochi, India

By working with public policymakers in the Indian city of Kochi, researchers at Reading are improving access to affordable housing for the city’s migrant workers. Kochi is the most densely...Read More >
Discovering land for housing migrant workers in Kochi, India

Improving ethnic diversity in higher education

Studies co-produced by Reading researchers with students from under-represented ethnic backgrounds are being used to support fair access to higher education. While there has been a concerted effort in recent...Read More >
Improving ethnic diversity in higher education

Safeguarding children in conflict and crisis

An approach developed at the University of Reading is being used by international peacekeeping organisations to facilitate the protection and safeguarding of children in conflict and crisis zones around the...Read More >
Safeguarding children in conflict and crisis

Influencing communications to influence behaviour

Research from the Henley Business School is being applied to help government departments in the UK to communicate more effectively and more efficiently. Whether it’s convincing people to do something...Read More >
Influencing communications to influence behaviour

Sustainable development through natural resource management

In resource-rich emerging economies, local content policy could offer a mechanism for governments to drive long-term, sustainable development across the whole economy. Research at Henley Business School, University of Reading,…Read More >

Sustainable development through natural resource management

Ensuring fair developer contributions for the community

Research at the University of Reading has led to important changes in planning policy and practice, preventing housing developers from ‘gaming the system’ to increase their own profits at the...Read More >
Ensuring fair developer contributions for the community

Dodging disaster: breaking the link between commercial real estate lending and global financial crises

Research from the University of Reading is being used to assess and improve property market valuations, to avoid a repeat of the cycle of over-lending on commercial real estate that...Read More >
Dodging disaster: breaking the link between commercial real estate lending and global financial crises

‘Exceptional’ benefits for healthcare funding

Research from the University of Reading is being used to create a fairer, more consistent and transparent system for assessing healthcare funding requests. As we know, demand for healthcare exceeds…Read More >

‘Exceptional’ benefits for healthcare funding

Power to the people: facilitating neighbourhood planning

By influencing national neighbourhood planning policy and informing best practice, research from the University of Reading is facilitating the involvement of citizens in the development of their own communities. Neighbourhood…Read More >

Power to the people: facilitating neighbourhood planning

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