EQUAL RESEARCH Network - Press Reports

7th February 2001, EPSRC is more EQUAL than other research councils, Peter Lansley, Research Fortnight, 17.

7th November 2001 - Article on EQUAL Network, Education Guardian http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,588926,00.html

January 2002 - Working for Equality, Newsline, EPSRC, Issue 20, p 27 (covers EQUAL Research Network and NCAR launch)

January 2002 - Wheel Life, Newsline,  EPSRC, Issue 20, p14-15 (features the EQUAL Project - DEVELOPMENT OF A WHEELCHAIR VIRTUAL REALITY MOTION PLATFORM FOR USE IN EVALUATING WHEELCHAIR ACCESS at Strathclyde University)

January 2002 - Did You Hear?, Newsline,  EPSRC, Issue 20, p3 (features the EQUAL Project - DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A SELF-ADMINISTERED HEARING TEST FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE at Cardiff University)

March 2002 - Putting the gloss on the golden years, Connect, EPSRC, Issue 1, p 4 (features the launches of the EQUAL Research Network and NCAR)

Autumn 2002 - Streetscapes, Verity Smith, Access Journal, Issue 8 (report on July Workshop)

October 2002 - Safer by Design, Newsline, EPSRC, Issue 22, p 28 (covers September Workshop)

November/December 2002 - EQUAL - Extending Quality of Life, Contact, Issue 37, p 11 (covers the Network and forthcoming December workshop)

December 2002 - Design for Life, Verity Smith, Professional Social Work, December 2002, p 15

January/February 2003 - Extending Quality Life (EQUAL), Contact, Issue 38, p 5 (report on December workshop)

19th February 2003 -News item, Meridian TV  (report on February Workshop) see also http://www.meridiantv.com/artman/publish/article_2213.shtml  

25th February 2003 - Intelligent hand offers more choice for disabled,  Reading Evening Post p 8 (report on February Workshop)

27th February 2003 - EQUAL workshop, Bulletin (of Reading University), no. 398 p 8 (report on February Workshop)

March 2003 - EQUAL research network annual report, Occupational Therapy News, March 2003 11(3), p 19

12th March 2003 - Ageing Research has a lot to teach Foresight, Peter Lansley, Research Fortnight 9 (11), p 21

13th March 2003 - In the News Bulletin (of Reading University), no. 399 p 2 (report on Media coverage of February Workshop)

Autumn 2003 - EPSRC: EQUAL Research Network, OPUS Newsletter, Issue one

22nd October 2003 - News Item, Radio 107 (interview about the "Thomas Pocklington Trust" workshop)

23rd October 2003 - News Item, Radio 210 (interview about the "Thomas Pocklington Trust" workshop)

29th January 2004 - Co-ordinators share expertise Bulletin (of Reading University), no. 412 p 5 (report on meeting of ageing research conference and workshop co-ordinators from across the UK, held at the University of Reading)

9th March 2004 - Diary Dates, Public Agenda, The Times, p. 24 (mention of a forthcoming workshop on the older worker)

30th March 2004 - News Item, Prague Radio (interview about the EQUAL Initiative) 

1st June 2004 - Diary Dates, Public Agenda, The Times, p. 24 (mention of a forthcoming workshop hosted by the Welsh Assembly)

June 2004 - Keeping the older worker healthy and safe, Health and Safety at Work, p. 6

Published Research Papers about EQUAL and the Network

Peter Lansley, The Third Age, Technology, Innovation and Society, Vol 15, No 1, 1999, 13-17
Peter Lansley, Building research and the quality-of-life, Building Research and Information, Vol 29, No 1, 2001, 62-74
Peter Lansley, Building Research for Quality Life, Performance in Product and Practice, CIB World Building Congress 2001, Wellington, 2001, 11pp 
Peter Lansley, New Dimensions in Building Research, New Challenges for Building Education, Construction Paper 140, Construction Information Quarterly, Vol 4, No 1, 2002, 4-7
Peter Lansley, Who should set the research agenda? Reflections on the Fairclough Review, Building Research & Information, Vol 30, no 5, 2002, 316-321
Peter Lansley, Verity Smith, Stimulating Gerontechnological Research in the UK, Gerontechnology, Vol 3, No 2, 2004, 102-106

Conference Papers about EQUAL and the Network

Construction Management Research: Time for a Change in Direction?, Proceedings of Joint Meeting of CIB Working Commissions and Task Groups. (ed) R. Bon, University of Reading, 2000, pp 3.
Meeting the Research Challenges of an Inclusive Society, Include2001, Royal College of Art, London, 2001 (Keynote)
Research for Ageing : Enthusiasm, Optimism and Leverage, Launch of the National Collaboration for Ageing Research, Birmingham, 2001 (Invited)
EQUAL: Its history and achievements, The launch of the EPSRC EQUAL Research Network, Birmingham, 2001 (Invited)
The EQUAL Network, The launch of the EPSRC EQUAL Research Network, Birmingham, 2001 (Invited)
Stimulating Mainstream Scientists, Engineers and Designers to Meet the Needs of an Ageing Society, Valencia Forum, Valencia, 2002, 42 (poster)
Achieving Barrier Free Environments: lessons from work funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Valencia Forum, Valencia, 2002, 155
Moving Inclusive Design into the Mainstream Research Agenda (Peter Lansley, Verity Smith), Include 2003, Royal College of Art, London, 2003, 1:33 - 38
Enhancing Quality of Life through Engineering Research (Peter Lansley, Verity Smith), Include 2003, Royal College of Art, London, 2003, 14:438 - 543
Inclusive Environments and inclusive design: new dimensions and priorities for construction research, BEAR 2003, CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research, Salford, 2003, Vol 2, 719-727
Design and Construction Research for Quality of Life, Building for the Future, CIB World Building Congress 2004, Toronto, 2004, NRCC-IRC, 8 pgs.
The Contribution of Building Research to the Independence and Quality of Life of Older People, Responding to Change, Cobra 2004, Leeds, 2004, 9 pgs
Dissolving Boundaries: The EPSRC EQUAL Research Network, Include2005, Royal College of Art, London, 6 April, 2005 (Poster)
Six Years of the EQUAL Research Initiative (Peter Lansley), Include2005, Royal College of Art, London, 8 April 2005, 5 pgs

Other Related Papers and Presentations about EQUAL and the Network

Memorandum submitted by Professor  Peter Lansley, House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report on EQUAL (Extend Quality Life), First Report, Appendix 1, 2000,  49-51.
The EQUAL initiative: Dust on a bowl of rose leaves?, (Claudine McCreadie, Peter Lansley, Anthea Tinker), Generations Review,  Vol 10, No 4, December 2000, 15-16
EPSRC is more EQUAL than other research councils, (Peter Lansley), Research Fortnight, 7th February 2001, 17.
Towards an inclusive society, Universal Design Handbook, W. F. E. Preiser and E. Ostroff, McGraw-Hill, 2001, (Peter Lansley), Building Research & Information, Vol 31, No 1, 2003, 70-72. (book review).
The promise and challenge of providing assistive technology to older people, (Peter Lansley), Age & Ageing, Vol 30, No 6, 2001, 439-440 (Editorial)
Ageing Research has a lot to teach Foresight, (Peter Lansley), Research Fortnight, 12th March 2003, 9 (11), p 21
R&D for independent living, UK perspective (Peter Lansley), Pre-ICADI Preparatory Workshop, 26-27th June 2003, Royal Academy of Engineering, London, U.K. (EU-USA Workshop), http://icadi.icta.ufl.edu/pre-icadi/
Supporting Living Environments : Lessons from the EPSRC EQUAL Initiative (Peter Lansley), NCAR Workshop 5, Social and Environmental Supports to Enhance Active Ageing, London, 17th November 2003, http://www.shef.ac.uk/ukncar/Reports_Findings.html#NCAR5 
New Dimensions and Priorities for Construction Research (Peter Lansley), Workshop, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 14th January 2004
Extending the quality of life of older people: challenges for design and engineering research (Peter Lansley), David Wiffen Memorial Lecture, University of Newcastle, 9th March 2004
Independence and Quality of Life: the contribution of design and engineering research (Peter Lansley), Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 30th March 2004
Independence and Quality of Life (Peter Lansley and Verity Smith), Cafe Scientifique, Zizkov Tower Cafe, Prague, 30th March 2004
Independence and Quality of Life: the contribution of design and engineering research (Peter Lansley), Masaryk University, Brno, 31st March 2004
Independence and Quality of Life (Peter Lansley and Verity Smith), Cafe Scientifique, Zeman Cafe, Brno, 31st March 2004
Introduction to the EQUAL Programme (Peter Lansley), I'DGO Launch, British Academy, London, 6th April 2004
Assistive Technology and the demands of an Ageing Population (Peter Lansley), Technology for Independent Living Conference organised by the UK Focus for Biomedical Engineering of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 26th April 2004
Quality of Later Life - Responding to the Challenges (Peter Lansley), 16th AGM of ReadiBus, Reading, 24th June 2004

Better Environments for Healthy Ageing (Peter Lansley), Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords, Inquiry into Scientific Aspects of Ageing, Seminar, British Academy, Tuesday 14 September 2004

 

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