Quality Improvement Tool for Re-designing Healthcare Service-User Journeys with COVID-19 Risk Assessment & Mitigation

About the project This project is addressing some of the specific and complex decision-making challenges healthcare teams have faced during COVID. A quality improvement tool has been developed to help healthcare teams to map out their healthcare system in real-time in a holistic way and understand these drivers of change and the opportunities for improvement. […]

Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19

About the project This research examined the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic has led to scenes and experiences of shame: around catching and transmitting the virus, and behaving in ways deemed to be irresponsible, stupid, or selfish. Findings showed that some interventions during the pandemic caused or heightened shame, when public health (both viral […]

An Urgent Review of Single Source Procurement During the Pandemic: Recommendations for Best Practice and Reform

About the project This project has investigated “single source” (non competitive contract awards) procurement of urgent goods and services made by public bodies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has investigated whether additional controls could improve procurement and safeguard transparency, public trust and value for money. It has developed a standard operating model on […]

Touch Post COVID-19: Navigating Through Deafblindness in the UK via Haptic-Audiovisual Technologies of Perception

About the project This research looked into the experiences of the deafblind community in Scotland and across the UK during COVID-19. In collaboration with Deafblind UK and Deafblind Scotland, the social experiences of participants were gathered using interviews and audio diaries. Key policy recommendations include: Principal Investigator Dr Azadeh Emadi(University of Glasgow) Project Website Policy […]

Information Design for Diagnostics: Ensuring Confidence and Accuracy for Home Testing

About the project This research has investigated the design and ease of use of instructions for carrying out COVID-19 lateral flow tests at the point of use. Prototype sets of instructions were designed, working with users and test manufacturers and feedback has been incorporated into a set of guidance and recommendations. Although focused on current […]

Combatting Gendered, Sexual and Online Harms and Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Developing Resources for Young People, Parents and Schools

About the project While digital technologies have helped young people feel connected during the pandemic, they also opened them up to risks and harms, such as grooming, harassment, and non-consensual image sharing. For this research project, academics working alongside a sexual education charity gathered evidence through surveys, focus groups and interviews with students, parents, and […]

COVID-19 CARE: Culture and the Arts, from Restriction to Enhancement: Protecting Mental Health in the Liverpool City Region

About the project This study assessed the impact for mental health of restricted access to arts and culture in the Liverpool city region during the pandemic. It aims to provide both the evidence for, and the tools to assess, the cost to public mental health of the loss of arts and cultural provision as well […]

Collaborative Solutions for the Performing Arts: A Telepresence Stage

About the project This project has aimed to identify new and creative ways for actors, dancers and other performing arts professionals to rehearse and interact together in shared online spaces, and to produce collaborative live performances from remote sites. Through a series of residencies, and breaking from the paradigm of the web conference, the Telepresence […]

Responding to and Modelling the Impact of COVID-19 for Sheffield’s Cultural Ecology: A Case Study of Impact and Recovery

About the project This project gathered research data about the impact of COVID-19 on arts and cultural venues and organisations, audiences and freelancers in the Sheffield region. It comprised four studies, incorporating online quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews. The study revealed the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector in the region. Its findings […]

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WHAT NEXT FOR DIGITAL THEATRE?

By Richard Misek Digital Access to Arts and Culture Beyond Covid-19 The last 20 months have seen a widespread pivot within the UK’s theatre sector towards livestreamed, on-demand, and digitally native performances. During this time, well over half of all UK theatres and theatre companies have created artistic content for online audiences. But following the […]