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The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is putting the call out to businesses in the region to join its annual business conference on Friday 16 June.

Guidance for police dealing with children in custody must be overhauled, a new study has concluded, where for the first time in England and Wales, researchers engaged with child suspects while they were detained in police custody.

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 enfranchised a new section of society across the US South, which led to greater racial representation across local governments, a new study has found.

Research by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is set to help shape the design of hydrogen-powered refrigerated vehicles as part of a £1million project.

Two ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ projects to boost sustainability in the UK cement, glass and ceramic industries have won funding from the UK Research and Innovation Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (UKRI ISCF).

Analysis of the UK Government’s procurement of Covid-19 diagnostic tests during the pandemic has found a high incidence of direct awards (when a contract is awarded to a contractor without advertising and competition), leading to questions about transparency and value for money.

New research by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ has found that institution-wide support for post-16 GCSE maths resit students through a ‘Whole College Approach’ can improve maths learning.

Five ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ academics have been awarded Innovation Fellowships by the British Academy for projects including researching gender inequities in sport; serious violent crime reporting in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½; and improving data gathering around Honour-Based Abuse.

A study analysing the use of a new teaching approach for post-16 students re-sitting their maths GCSEs has found a measured improvement in their exam scores, with particularly pronounced benefits for learners from deprived backgrounds.

A new scholarship for students with aspirations to work in the insurance industry is now available to those applying to study at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.