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Brightly coloured disposable vapes

'Make Good Choices’: an e-cigarette video produced by young people for young people

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:28:00 GMT

Given the rise in vaping among young people, and the concerns they have expressed during the course of this project, this blog attempts to answer some of the questions posed by young people, teachers and youth workers.

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Two researchers at screen Festival of Social Science

Discovering heritage in your local neighbourhood

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:07:00 GMT

This blog reflects on a heritage and wellbeing public engagement activity developed for the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

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Two children hanging from bars in a playground

Places and Children’s Health: A Research and Policy Agenda

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:34:00 BST

By understanding the ways in which people and places interact to impact health, we can design, plan, build and manage places that protect and improve children’s health and reduce inequality.

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Children joining hands together

Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:17:00 BST

School holidays are opportunities for children and young people to engage in leisure, including essential rest, relaxation and enriching non-academic activities.

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Paving the way for an inclusive and resilient Glasgow City Region

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:21:00 BST

Successful roundtable for Glasgow Aligning Local Policy Partnerships (GALoPP) project.

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New housing development

How do changes in the built environment impact our health?

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:04:00 BST

Laura Macdonald discusses a novel method to explore how built environment change across Scotland might be associated with population health.

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City of Bath from the air

Having heritage sites in your neighbourhood and visiting heritage improves mental health

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:15:00 BST

This blog discusses findings from new research with Historic England.

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Brightly coloured disposable vapes

Vaping: A throwaway habit?

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:15:00 BST

This blog takes a closer look at the fierce public health and environmental debates that have emerged around disposable e-cigarettes.

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