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Policy@Exeter highlights world-class research from across the University that has the potential to inform policy decisions. Our research briefings are short, accessible and solution focused. More briefings are added all the time, so make sure to check back. Use the search box to find Policy Briefings by title, author, date and keywords (e.g. covid, policing).

Title Authors Keywords
Diabetes in Sport Policy Brief Dr Emma Cockroft Diabetes, T1D, Sport, Recreation, Young People, Wellbeing, Health, Attitudes, Stigma, Physical activity
Update on Critical Minerals in SW England Challenge Centre Brief Dr Eva Marquis, Professor Frances Wall Critical minerals, Sustainable mining, Resource management, Exploration funding, Enterprise zones
UK Green Skills Agenda Critical Minerals Challenge Centre Brief Carol Pettit, Dr Kara Bogus, Dr Joanie Willett, Professor Harry Pitts, Dr Kathryn Moore, Professor Patrick Foster, Dr Eva Marquis, Professor Frances Wall Green skills, Critical minerals, Net zero workforce, Minerals sector training, UK green economy
10 Critical Minerals Opportunities    
Mineral Security is Energy, Economic and Societal Security: Written evidence submitted to the UK Government's sub-committee inquiry into economic security Dr Kathryn Moore (University of Exeter) and Dr Bridget Storrie (University College London) Critical minerals, Raw materials supply chain, UK mineral security, Sustainable mining, Criticality assessment
More through the door into geosciences: A skills pathway to a resilient UK Critical Minerals Sector Dr Kathryn Moore and Professor Pat Foster Critical Minerals, Education, Natural Capital, Circular Economy
Experienced science teachers’ views of the National Curriculum Dr Victoria Wong Secondary science education, key stage 3 & 4 science curricula
The repatriation of ancestors and cultural items from UK museums as a human rights issue for Indigenous Nations Amy Shakespeare Repatriation, human remains, indigenous nations, international diplomacy, museums
Decarbonising Cooling in UK Homes Richard Hoggett and
Richard Lowes
Cooling, energy, climate mitigation and adaptation, health, planning and the
built environment

Stakeholder Experiences and Perspectives of the Nueva Escuela Mexicana Reform in Mexican Primary Education

(Spanish version)

Dr Nozomi Sakata, Dr Nicholas Bremner, Dr Lilia Sulema Bórquez Morales Mexico, primary education, teaching, pedagogy
Making Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly a UNESCO Biosphere Dr Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, Stephanie Hirtenstein, Norah Alkhattaf Cornwall, Biosphere, sustainable development
Digital Radiography in Forensic Investigations of Fire-Damaged Electrical Equipment

Dr Carly Ameen, Dr Laura Evis

Forensics, Digital Radiography
Improving dementia care in hospitals Dr Rebecca Abbott & Morwenna Rogers, Evidence Synthesis Team, University of Exeter Dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, hospital, caregiving
Improving the care of women in second trimester pregnancy loss in the NHS

Dr Aimee Middlemiss

Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, women’s heath, mental health
Reprofutures
Supporting the reproductive and psychosocial needs of people with variations in sex characteristics

Dr Charlotte Jones

Reproductive rights, intersex, healthcare
Prioritising Unpaid Carers in New Approaches to ME/CFS

Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School

Caregiving, unpaid carers, social care, mental health
Prioritising Unpaid Carers in New Approaches to ME/CFS

Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer, Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School

Unpaid carers
Smart remanufacturing as an enabler for a net-zero manufacturing future

Dr Okechukwu Okorie, Professor Fiona Charnley Circular 4.0 Research Group, Exeter Centre for Circular Economy, University of Exeter

Circular economy, manufacturing emissions, net zero
Adopting a pioneering approach that supports indigenous communities and addresses the climate and biodiversity crises

Léna Prouchet

Indigenous community, reforestation, climate crisis, ODA
How digital technology can support healthy homes and connected communities   Home environments, communities, health inequalities, housing
The Inclusivity Project
Making work work for everyone (a resource for policy makers) 

Professor Emma Bland and Professor Laura Fleming

Unconscious bias, workplace inclusivity, job market,
The Impacts of COVID-19 restrictions

Professor Justin Dillon, Susie Peat & Simon Benham-Clarke

Education, schools, COVID-19 recovery
Increasing UK productivity through takeover reform

Dr Matthew Cole

Takeover reform, investment in UK business, productivity growth
Gender Recognition & Reform Project

Mollie Gascoigne

Legal gender, non-binary, gender recognition
Shame-Sensitive Practice and Covid-19
Evidence and recommendations from Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19
Professor Luna Dolezal, with Dr Arthur Rose and Dr Fred Cooper Shame, COVID-19, healthcare
The Lonely Campus
An Exploration of Student Loneliness in UK Higher Education

Dr Richard Vytniorgu, Dr Fred Cooper, Dr Charlotte Jones, Professor Manuela Berreto, Professor Mark Jackson

Loneliness, student life, Higher Education
Student belonging and the wider context

Dr Richard Vytniorgu

Student life, higher education
Digital Skills in Policing

Dr Susan Banducci, Dr Katharine Boyd & Dr Dreolin Fleischer

Digital skills, policing
Use of Free and Open-Source Software in Policing

Dr Susan Banducci, Dr Katharine Boyd & Dr Dreolin Fleischer

Open source software, policing, data systems