Press releases from our research investments (centres, programmes, ventures etc)

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May 2012

• New findings show long-term effects of fathers’ job loss on children’s education (Centre for Market and Public Organisation, 16 May 2012)
• Saving Sebastian – 'saviour sibling' fiction prompts ethical debate (ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, 11 May 2012)
• Could reading Harry Potter help scientists cure the common cold? (ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, 09 May 2012)
  
• Localisation and the means test (Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - LSE, 02 May 2012)

March 2012

• You can't kid a kidder! (Birkbeck, University of London, 27 March 2012)
• Science is not enough: Rio+20 must radically rethink innovation (STEPS Centre, 27 March 2012)
  
• Decent Homes - its not just about bricks and mortar... (Nottingham City Homes, 26 March 2012)
• Still early days for social impact measurement in housing sector (Third Sector Research Centre, 15 March 2012)
  
• Power of love at heart of 'gay marriage' (University of Manchester, 14 March 2012)
• Women, leadership and mosques (University of Oxford, 09 March 2012)
  
• Tokyo subway attack responses "eroded freedoms" (University of Manchester, 06 February 2012)
  
• Relu researchers find shortcuts are costly when buying conservation from farmers (RELU, 05 March 2012)
  

February 2012

• Intrusion by Ken MacLeod Book Launch (ESRC Genomics Forum, 29 February 2012)
  
• True Cost of DNA Testing (ESRC Genomics Forum, 28 February 2012)
  
• New research explores role and influence of Big Lottery Fund (Third Sector Research Centre, 28 February 2012)
  
• Fear factor checks temptation to act selfishly (University of Lincoln, 27 February 2012)
  
• University highlights main causes of homelessness (University of Salford, 24 February 2012)
  
• Translating the Genome into a Play (ESRC Genomics Forum, 22 February 2012)
• Tackling alcohol abuse (Cardiff University, 07 February 2012)
  
• The shape of things to come: researchers examine the future of UK high streets (University of Southampton, 02 February 2012)
  

January 2012

• Research shows we must pay now or we’ll pay more later for youth crisis (University of Bristol, 31 January 2012)
  
• Work Programme: evidence review suggests third sector may be squeezed out of delivery (TSRC, 25 January 2012)
  
• Simple precautions could reduce risk of E coli O157 in the environment say researchers (RELU, 24 January 2012)
  
• Science career 'not for me' say many 10 year olds (Kings College London, 11 January 2012)
  
• New Methods, Models and Codes Bank to assist with administrative data research (ADLS, 11 January 2012)
  
• What happens to the young and educated without a job? (University of Oxford, 09 January 2012)