This briefing provides a background to explosive injury, explores developments in mitigation science, and highlights research priorities.
Explosive Injuries (103 KB , PDF)
Explosives can cause multiple severely-injured casualties in a single incident. They currently pose the most prevalent threat to troops operating in conflict regions. However, recent explosive events on UK mainland have ensured these injuries are no longer solely the signature of military conflict. This briefing provides a background to explosive injury, explores developments in mitigation science, and highlights research priorities.
Explosive Injuries (103 KB , PDF)
Space-based assets (satellites and the terrestrial ground stations that communicate with them) provide critical support to military and civilian operations. They are vulnerable to unintentional damage and disruption, and to deliberate attack. This POSTnote outlines how the UK uses and accesses satellites, potential risks to satellites, and approaches to mitigation.
A POSTnote describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health. This briefing summarises the latest understanding from research about the effects on children throughout the pandemic, and the factors that increase vulnerability to poor mental health. It also reviews policy approaches that seek to protect children's mental health, with particular focus on recent initiatives to address this.
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) refers to education and childcare provided in regulated settings from birth to the start of primary school. This POSTnote summarises the evidence on the association between ECEC and children’s development in England and the key factors that affect this. It also covers the impact of government-funded ECEC places on families and the sector, and stakeholder perspectives on public policy priorities.
