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This POSTnote outlines different approaches to setting and measuring thresholds and their strengths and limitations. It also summarises research on recent trends in living standards and the key factors that influence them.
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POSTnote exploring how big data is being used by UK companies and the challenges and opportunities it presents.
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Smart meters record energy and water usage and improve how this information is relayed to both consumer and suppliers. The Government plans to roll-out smart meters of electricity and gas to all households in Great Britain by the end of 2020. This POSTnote examines the potential benefits and risks associated with smart metering of both water and energy, and the challenges for the energy smart metering roll-out.
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This POSTnote summarises the nature and diversity of special eduational needs (SEN) and discusses the support and outcomes for affected children and their families.
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This POSTnote reviews the current state of STEM education for 14-19 year olds in the UK, highlighting key challenges and ongoing policy reforms.
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This note summarises how the workplace affects mental health and vice versa.
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There is debate surrounding the impact of violent video games on behaviour.
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This POSTnote explores ways in which energy security may be measured for monitoring purposes.
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This POSTnote examines the main challenges to the participation and productivity of older people in the workforce.
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This POSTnote examines the technical, economic and environmental issues around algal biofuels and their relevance to UK and EU policy targets.
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This POSTnote describes the informal sector's links to formal STEM education and its contribution to the national STEM learning agenda. It complements a forthcoming note on STEM education for 14-19 year olds.
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This POSTnote examines the potential for unconventional gas exploitation in the UK, the regulatory regimes covering such activity, and the issues surrounding the extraction and use of the gas.
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This POSTnote explains the reading process and the underlying basis of specific reading difficulties. It also summarises different methods of reading instruction, and examines their use in the context of current and possible future policy directions.
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This POSTnote describes autism and autism research, and considers policy approaches. Autism, February 2008. POSTnote 08/302.
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Smart metering of electricity and gas, February 2008. POSTnote 08/301.
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