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
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| Design and
Construction Research for Quality of Life, Building for the Future,
CIB World Building Congress 2004, Toronto, 2004, NRCC-IRC, 8 pgs. |
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| The Contribution of
Building Research to the Independence and Quality of Life of Older People,
Responding to Change, Cobra 2004, Leeds, 2004,
9 pgs |
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| Dissolving
Boundaries: The EPSRC EQUAL Research Network, Include2005,
Royal College of Art, London, 6 April, 2005 (Poster) |
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| Six Years of the
EQUAL Research Initiative (Peter Lansley), Include2005,
Royal College of Art, London, 8 April 2005, 5 pgs |
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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 |