LARCI Newsletter
LARCI Newsletter Issue 14, Summer 2009 
Topics covered include: Research Placements for Local Government, Effective Teachers in a Class of their Own, Police Gun Detectors - a Step Closer,
Pollutants in the Urban Environment,
Recession Britain,
Subsidising Buses - Securing Best Value.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 13, Spring 2009
Topics covered include: Focus on KTPs for local authorities; Mum's the word:
the secret to building children's social skills; Health and wellbeing in old age:
it's still money that counts; Generating a safer community - regeneration of Hulme,
Manchester; Engaging citizens around climate change learning: an invitation to work
with the Open University; Tools for integrated local land use, transport and the
environment.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 12, Winter 2008/9
Topics covered include: Teaching the teachers; New research indicates a fatter
future; Is it possible to eradicate homelessness? Making our cities sustainable;
New study calls for global project finance reform; New resource guide on local migration
statistics; NERC funds consultancy to identify research relevant to local authorities.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 11, Autumn 2008
Topics covered include: Councils use innovative computer games to assess deaf
children; New collaboration to tackle Scotland's poor health record; Community support
wins 'ghost' migrant cleaners living wage; Soil sampling survey will help protect
the health of Londoners; Small changes to transport systems could mean big benefits.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 10, Summer 2008
Topics covered include: Raising standards across our schools; Promoting healthier
communities and narrowing health inequalities; Creating safer and stronger communities;
Transforming our local environment; Meeting local transport needs more effectively;
Promoting the economic vitality of localities.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 9, Spring 2008
Topics covered include: Byron Review: safer children in a digital world; Must
Knows for lead members of children's services; Cityform: Sustainable Urban Forum
Consortium; Migration matters: planning for population change; Population change
and climate change; 2007 summer floods - hydrological analysis; City CO2 transport
modelling; Recycling; Local Area Agreement Monitoring; Funding opportunities; New
LARCI Chair and Strategic Board members - opportunity to nominate/self-nominate.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 8, Winter 2007/8
Topics covered include: Raising standards across our schools; Practical Research
for education; Getting to grips with assessment; Education Mangement Information
Exchange (EMIE); Living Arrangement, Health and wellbeing: A European Perspective?;
International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK); Mayor’s State of London’s Children Report
2007; Centre for charitable giving and philanthropy - successful bids announced;
Bridging the gap between higher education and the public; Guide to local authority
surveys of children and young people's well-being; Bioprocessing Research Industry
Club; Developing New Ways of Repairing Bone; Healthcare Waste Research Project;
Assessing the viability of urban housing development; The Past, Present and Future
of Flexible Housing; Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS); Creating Strong,
Safe and Prosperous Communities Statutory Guidance: Draft for Consultation; Estimating
the scale and impact of migration at local levels; Climate change; Sustainable technologies;
Towards sustainable energy; Waste Packaging Research; Spin out success beckons;
Climate Change: a survey of local authorities; Urban River Corridors and Sustainable
Living Agendas (URSULA); NERC fund urgency grant to survey the exceptional bloom
of jellyfish off the coast of N. Ireland; Performance Management of Councils' Waste
Services - Theory and Practice; Accessibility and User Needs in Transport; A 3D
look at the world beneath our feet; New radon data from the British Geological Survey
and Health Protection Agency; LARCI and other updates.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 7, Autumn 2007
Topics covered include: Improving teaching and learning in schools; POPP; NDA;
Should modern living carry a health warning?; Major difference revealed in how local
authorities in the UK support disabled people; Smoke Free Premises; Migration Programme
and Conference; Blackpool’s sensational variety and entertainment past to life;
Climate Change survey; Central targets may hinder wider waste management objectives;
Success Story: CRed and the Birmingham Strategic Partnership climate change campaign;
The British Antarctic Survey Launch the Climate Change Charter, Cambridge; URGENT;
NCAS forms business partnership to develop urban air-quality; NERC Research Centres
showcase work at the World Scout Jamboree; LARCI and other updates.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 6, Summer 2007
Topics covered include: take-up of science and technology in schools; researchers
in residence in schools; 10 principles for effective teaching and learning in schools;
improving the quality of life of older people; launch of Social, Technological and
Environmental Pathways to Sustainability centre; Diet and Health Research Industry
Club; Living With Environmental Change programme - a global programme dealing with
data at a local scale; e-government; flooding research update; CASE studentships,
knowledge transfer partnerships, LARCI visiting Fellowships; Rural resource management;
BA festival of science, LARCI and other events update.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 5, Spring 2006
23 June 2006
Topics covered include: Teaching and Learning Programme research briefings for
practitioners; news, events and current research benefiting an ageing population;
launch of the new Deafness, Cognition and Language research centre; environment
and human health; Brighton and Hove Public Accessibility project; City of London
Corporation's research programme; stakeholder input and knowledge transfer opportunities;
LARCI and other events update.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 4, Winter 2005/6
17 February 2006
Relevant research include: The impact of ADHD symptoms on children's progress,
Science in Ageing (SAGE) and Experimental Research into Ageing (ERA), Environment
and Human Health Programme, Buncefield Oil Depot Explosion and the Flood Risk From
Extreme Events Programme.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 3, Autumn 2005
30 November 2005
Topics covered include: Raising standards across schools, New roles for local
authorities in education, Learning from Domestic Violence Partnerships, Evaluation
of the safety of iron supplementation during pregnancy, Environment-friendly packaging
solutions, Accessibility and User Needs in Transport for Sustainable Urban Environments,
Creating Effective Research in Local Government and an Ageing Britain: Shades of
Grey.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 2, Summer 2005
July 2005
Topics covered include: Income and taxes, CCTV networks, weight gain, new research
initiatives.
LARCI Newsletter Issue 1, Spring 2005
April 2005
Topics covered include: Teaching and Learning Research Programme, health and
exercise, youth, citizenship and social change.
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