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Academic Evidence on Selective Secondary Education
This POSTbrief provides a brief overview of methodologically robust studies on state-funded selective schools that select the majority of their intake on academic criteria.
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Education of Young People Leaving Custody
A briefing that discusses children’s engagement with education and training on release from custody - complementing POSTnote 524 on Education in Youth Custody.
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Bereavement Care after the Loss of a Baby in the UK
A briefing that expands on aspects of healthcare for families that experience baby loss - discussed in POSTnote 527, Infant Mortality and Stillbirth in the UK
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Moving Block Signalling
This POSTbrief introduces the European Rail Traffic Management System, explains the concept of moving block signalling and discusses its potential benefits for rail capacity, which are likely to vary significantly between routes.
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Data Encryption
This briefing provides an overview of how encryption works and how it is used.
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Measuring Performance for the Carbon Budgets
Part 6 of the Energy Bill 2015-16 proposes an amendment to the Climate Change Act to adjust the performance measure used in the UK’s statutory carbon budgets. The new measure would include UK territorial emissions only. With this change, credits or debits from the EU Emissions Trading System would not contribute towards the UK’s performance against its carbon budgets from 2028 onwards. This POSTbrief introduces the carbon budgets, explains the proposed change and outlines the implications of the proposed change.
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Climate Change and Infectious Disease in Humans in the UK
A short paper describing the impact of climate change on infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks in the UK.
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Unintentional Bias in Forensic Investigation
A short paper describing how cognitive biases can influence the results of forensic investigations.
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Body-Worn Video in UK Policing
A short paper describing the use of body-worn video cameras in UK policing.
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Childhood Vaccination Programme
A short paper describing recent changes to the national childhood immunisation programme.
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Science in the New Parliament, 2010
After every general election, POST produces a special briefing highlighting some of the main science-based issues that the new Parliament is likely to encounter.
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Total results (page 4 of 5)