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Three innovative research projects have been announced as the first recipients of a grant programme launched by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV and the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board.

Translation services, better communication and an understanding of how to access health and care services could break down barriers and improve the health of Roma people, according to a report by the Luton Roma Trust and the Â鶹´«Ã½AV.

Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV and the Chilterns National Landscape have released the results of the largest UK study on how diverse communities engage with greenspaces and the countryside.

A study undertaken by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV and the Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Cambridge, looking into teacher use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in language education, has revealed a growing trend among educators regularly using the technology.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV is joining forces with the Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin Â鶹´«Ã½AV, and the Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Suffolk to form a centre of social science training expertise in the Eastern region.

A research team led by the Â鶹´«Ã½AV has undertaken a series of projects to inform the new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on preventing and managing malnutrition in infants and children aged five and under.

A study exploring alcohol policy and practice in care homes across England has been carried out by academics from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV in partnership with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

New research from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV, which explores the experiences of healthcare professionals working with people who use a range of psychoactive substances (NPS), has found there is a need for better training, education, and assessment processes.

Research England has unveiled this year’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) results which confirm that the Â鶹´«Ã½AV performed strongly in a number of key areas, including support for graduate start-ups and local and regional community engagement.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV has ranked first for students going on to create successful social enterprises in a new study of the UK’s most entrepreneurial universities.

Research into child sexual abuse and exploitation carried out by academics at the Â鶹´«Ã½AV has been turned into an educational comic book to help raise awareness of complex issues associated with young survivor engagement in participatory processes, and ways to navigate these.

A PhD student whose research into child palliative care and the impact on families were part-funded by local charity, Keech Hospice Care, has graduated from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV during the summer celebrations on 25th July.