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Mapping loneliness at the hyper-local level (and new research on young people and loneliness)
Since the launch of the government’s Loneliness Strategy and our Review on Loneliness in October, and ahead of our own soon-to-be published guidance on measuring loneliness, this week’s guest blog is from Dr Luke Burns, a Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography in...
Can adult learning lead to higher life satisfaction?
Life satisfaction gains from adult learningThe big questions: Do adults who are:unemployedliving in deprived areashold no/low qualificationspart of minority ethnicitiesgain wellbeing benefit from participating in learning programmes? And, if so, what type...
The community spillover effect of violent crime
This week’s guest blog is from Panka Bencsik from the University of Sussex on the results from her research on crime’s costs to communities, specifically how violent and sexual crimes increase stress for locals in the area. Crime in our...
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