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Sustainable Care: connecting people and systems
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Making a Positive Difference: teacher professional judgement and the role of innovative pedagogies in promoting greater equity
PI: Dr John I'Anson
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Promoting equity, inclusion, and social justice in Scottish mathematics classrooms: Primary and secondary teachers' perspectives
PI: Dr Constantinos Xenofontos
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Global practices in teaching English to young learners: 10 years on
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Funded by: The British Council
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British Curriculum Forum Grant Consultancy
PI: Dr Joseph Smith
Funded by: British Educational Research Association
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Excellence in Headship 2018-19
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Education Scotland
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How might the ‘Youth in Iceland Model’ for preventing substance use among young people be developed and adapted for use in Dundee, Scotland?
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Society for the Study of Addiction
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RIC collaboration
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: West Lothian Council
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Equalities, empowerment and the experience of care: An evaluation for the Life Changes Trust
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Perceptions and attitudes of strategic decision-makers and affected families across Scotland towards Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Cherish Investigator Led Proposal - demonstrating impact in housing, health and social care
PI: Professor Judith Phillips
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Exploring The Potential Of Long-Acting Buprenorphine In People Who Use Drugs And Are Homeless
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: Camurus AB
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Peer Support for People with a Lived Experience of Dementia
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Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Testing blood oxygen monitoring among people who use drugs to promote awareness of respiratory and cardiac health
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: CORRA Foundation
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Making a House a ‘Home’ in the Private Rented Sector: Good Practice Guidance for Landlords
PI: Professor Kim McKee
Funded by: Safe Deposit Scotland Charitable Trust (SDS)
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Safer Places Evaluation
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Aberlour Child Care Trust
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Parent/Carer Engagement Project
PI: Dr Andrea Priestley
Funded by: Connect
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Strength2Food Secondment
PI: Professor Richard Simmons
Funded by: European Training Academy
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Green Party policy guidance
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: The Scottish Parliament
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Assessing the impacts of novel coronavirus outbreaks on people who use drugs, drug-related deaths and the effectiveness of service responses to them; a systematic review to inform practice and drug policy responses to COVID-19 in Scotland
PI: Dr Hannah Carver
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Clacks School Based Curriculum Development (SBCD) Through Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry (CCPE) Programme
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Clackmannanshire Council
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Designing for Ageing and Dementia International Research Network
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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GCRF Development Award: Languaging in post-conflict zones: Educating for success in Colombia, Lebanon and South Africa
PI: Professor Angela Creese
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Growth Mindset and STEM
PI: Dr Alison Hennessy
Funded by: Education Scotland
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Domestic Abuse Seminar Series
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Inverness Creative Curriculum
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Education Scotland
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COVID-19 Rapid Response. Sustaining the resilience and wellbeing of frontline community based care and support workers to vulnerable older people during a time of crisis
PI: Dr Grant Gibson
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Understanding the health impacts of social responses to Covid-19 on people who use drugs in Scotland
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Managed alcohol programmes: Implementation of a novel intervention to help prevent infection (Covid-19) for people experiencing alcohol dependency and homelessness
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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ASUME Volunteering and Dementia in Norway
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen
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Evaluation of Midlothian Sure Start and their Provision for Fathers
PI: Dr Hannah Hale
Funded by: Midlothian Sure Start
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'Vulnerable' families in a time of pandemic
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Stress and mental health challenges experienced by third sector homelessness services workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland
PI: Dr Hannah Carver
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Working together: improving housing outcomes for the ex-Services community
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Funded by: Forces in Mind Trust
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Excellence in Headship 2019-20
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Education Scotland
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Covid 19 Rapid Response: Co-design of a carer support app: connecting carers to help prevent infection and improve resilience
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Rapid Review of National Qualifications 2020
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Sociology of Bridge: Understanding Dynamics and Interactions of the Bridge World
PI: Professor Samantha Punch
Funded by: World Bridge Federation
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Drugs Research Network Scotland (Host)
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council
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Languaging in Times of Change
PI: Professor Angela Creese
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Learning lessons from rapid changes to a UK homeless service in response to Covid-19.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: The Salvation Army
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Covid19 & Community Resilience With A Focus On Preparedness Flooding
PI: Dr Tony Robertson
Funded by: Scottish Flood Forum (SFF)
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Make a Change
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Lincolnshire Police & Crime Commissioner
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Peer mentoring for young people leaving care
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Falkirk Council
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Befriending Services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Scotland
PI: Dr Paul Rigby
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Safe, Health and Empowered: a holistic programme of support for women and girls who are affected by domestic violence and abuse in Northamptonshire
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: University of Northampton
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Evaluation of dementia friendly walking activities in care homes
PI: Dr Grant Gibson
Funded by: Paths for All
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Experiences of Housing First for service users and staff in a Salvation Army service
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: The Salvation Army
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Open Kindergarten
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Evidence review on homelessness, substance use and metal health
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Health Research Board
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EAS: School-based Curriculum Development through Professional Enquiry
PI: Dr Valerie Drew
Funded by: South East Wales Education Achievement Service
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Evaluation of Edinburgh Child Protection Committee training
PI: Dr Duncan Helm
Funded by: Edinburgh Child Protection Committee
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100 years of radical Adult Education in Scotland: building hope for the future
PI: Dr Sarah Galloway
Funded by: Lipman Miliband Trust
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The costs and benefits of 'good' self-directed support
PI: Professor Kirstein Rummery
Funded by: Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (Scotland)
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The experiences of victims in the criminal justice system: a qualitative research project
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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BoB Bettergen innovation voucher
PI: Dr Grant Gibson
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council
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Scoping the feasibility and acceptability of Managed Alcohol Programmes for people who are homeless in community-based, third sector services in Scotland.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Commonhealth (Developing methods to evidence social enterprise as a public health intervention)
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Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Mentoring for Children and Young People: an Evaluation
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Renfrewshire Council
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NHS Forth Valley Managers' Training
PI: Dr Duncan Helm
Funded by: NHS Forth Valley
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Experiences and impact of child language brokering in health care settings
PI: Dr Sian Lucas
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Neighbourhoods and Dementia: A mixed methods study
PI: Professor Richard Ward
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Personalised physical activity for people with dementia in care homes
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: The Healthcare Management Trust
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Smart Governance of Sustainable Cities (SmartGov)
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Evaluation Support for Wheatley Group Veterans Service
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Funded by: Wheatley Housing Group Limited
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Participation in Decision Making in Educational Settings: beyond learner voice and pupil councils
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Services for Children Experiencing Domestic Abuse
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Action for Children
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Tenant Participation in the Private Rented Sector – Evidence Review
PI: Dr Steve Rolfe
Funded by: UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
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Clackmannanshire: attainment challenge data analysis
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Clackmannanshire Council
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Learner Participation in Educational Settings: Supporting and researching policy implementation in in the pilot phase
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Beyond Disruption: identifying effective behaviour support in schools
PI: Dr Stella Mouroutsou
Funded by: The British Academy
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Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection Conference
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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IAPT project with Northampton
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: University of Northampton
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Peri-natal Evaluation
PI: Dr Sian Lucas
Funded by: Quarriers
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Towards best practice in educating and supporting separated children in Scotland Research Tender Specification
PI: Dr Sian Lucas
Funded by: Scottish Refugee Council
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Building a Movement: Community Development and Community Resilience in Response to Extreme Events
PI: Dr Sandra Engstrom
Funded by: National Centre for Resilience Scotland
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Jane Robertson UWE
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Funded by: University of the West of England
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Social Isolation and Technology Guidelines Project
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: NHS National Services Scotland
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Evaluation of the Safe Strong and Free Programme
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Safe Strong and Free
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A Qualitative investigation of the Epistemic Socialisation of Scottish History Teachers
PI: Dr Joseph Smith
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Scottish Government - Child Trafficking
PI: Dr Paul Rigby
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Centre for Population Change
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Community experiences of serious organised crime in Scotland
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
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British Council Croatia - Consultancy Services
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: The British Council
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International practice on the use of Curriculum Learning Outcomes
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
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New Urban Agenda and Housing
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Funded by: The British Academy
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Talking Technology Enabled Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Innovate UK
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Housing through social enterprise- implications for tenants, housing providers and wider society (Commonhealth Project 7)
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Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Permanently progressing: Outcomes for children in Scotland accommodated before age 5
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Funded by: British Association for Adoption & Fostering and Confidential Donor
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British Academy Writing Workshop
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Funded by: The British Academy
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Safeguarder Post-assessment Training
PI: Dr Duncan Helm
Funded by: Children 1st
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Consensus methodology to determine the structure of a complex intervention for the management ...
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Quality of Life in Later Years Research Project - Voices of Older People in Scotland
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Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Centre for Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - An ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre
PI: Professor Judith Phillips
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Dementia Design Masterclass
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Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Taking Action on Child Poverty
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Administrative Data Research Centre - Scotland
PI: Professor Alasdair Rutherford
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Review of curricular coherence: Welsh Curriculum
PI: Professor Mark Priestley
Funded by: Welsh Government
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HEFCE Safeguarding catalyst funding: Safe places project
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: University of Northampton
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Evaluation of the Ruchazie Family Resource Centre
PI: Dr Sian Lucas
Funded by: Quarriers
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