English Housing Survey 2012to 2013: Headline report

Posted on: 26 February 2014
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Report of initial findings from the English housing survey for 2012 to 2013.

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RICS on You Tube

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You can view videos from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) on this You Tube channel.

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Meet Birmingham

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The launch of the new Meet Birmingham website aims to make it quicker and easier for online visitors to search for organiser and delegate information, as well as useful information on the city region.

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Kapuscinski Lectures

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The lecture series offers students from the European Union member states an unprecedented opportunity to learn and discuss about development issues such as climate change, human rights, aid effectiveness, Europe-Africa relations, Millennium Development Goals among other. The high-level events contribute to the debate and formulation of the European development policy. The lectures are livestreamed at http://www.kapuscinskilectures.eu and their content is shared on this website. 

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The evolution of event technology

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This paper outlines the past, present, and future of event technology.

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No more lost generations: Creating construction jobs for young people

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This report summarises the work, findings and recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into how construction investment could be used to generate more training and jobs for young people. The inquiry has been supported by the Chartered Institute of Building, the Construction Industry Training Board and the main charities involved in getting young people into construction. The commission found that the drastic fall in apprenticeship training comes at a time when the construction industry is forecast to need 182,000 more workers in the next five years.

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Crisis response to the draft London Housing Strategy

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Response from the charity Crisis to the draft London Housing Strategy, particularly the impact on homelessness.

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Walking and cycling in Western Europe and the United States

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This document provides a brief overview of cycling and walking trends and policies in the United States and Western Europe, with a focus on the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, the countries for which the most comparable and detailed data are available.

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Sanford Housing Co-op in New Cross

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The author of this blog aims to explain why she believes that Sanford Housing Co-op offers an example of best practice in sustainable development, and not just in the environmental sense.

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The mosque in Britain

Posted on: 26 February 2014
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English Heritage has commissioned architect Shahed Saleem to produce the first authoritative survey of the British mosque. The result, to be published in 2014, will reveal the story of a building type which has had a major impact on the urban landscape in recent decades.

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