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LARIA
Annual Conference 2005 Presentations
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RESEARCH
FOR POLICY 2005 - GETTING YOUR PROFILE RIGHT
The LARIA Annual Conference was held on Tuesday
5th – Thursday 7th April 2005 at
Keele
University.
As always, we were treated to a superb
selection of speakers covering a wide selection of topics. If you were
unable to attend the Conference, or would like to view the presentations
again, they are available for download as Adobe Acrobat documents ( .pdf
).
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If you would like to view the presentations from the LARIA Annual Conference 2004, they are available here
Tuesday 5th April 2005
 Plenary:
In Search of Research – Who
Owns the Local Government Research Agenda: Lawrence
Pratchett (De
Montfort University) (265k) |
  Plenary:
Adding Value? The Role and Impact of Local Government Research: Janie
Percy-Smith (Independent Researcher) & Alison
Darlow (Leeds Metropolitan University) (37k) |
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Plenary:
Evidence-Led Community Safety in Worcestershire – Using
Joined Up Information: Wednesday 6th April 2005
| Using a Spatial Impact Model to Help Put the Right Services in the Right Places: Pete Stratford, Angela Simpson (Chester City Council) & Ged Simpson (Chester Citizen’s Advice Bureau) (2,889k) |
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 Profiling Dorset
Schools for Pupil Poverty – An Evidence-Led
Approach to the Distribution of Additional Funding: Ian
Denness (Dorset
County Council) (436k) |
 The Development
of the 2011 Census in England and Wales: Ian
Cope
(Office for National Statistics) (93k) |
 Mapping Public
Spend in Blackburn with Darwen – Where Do
We Spend Money And On What?: Sarah
Henry (Blackburn with Darwen Borough
Council) (149k) |
 The Development
of the 2011 Census in Scotland: Ian
Máté (GRO(Scotland)) (201k) |
 The Continuous
Population Survey – Integrating Social Surveys
at the Office for National Statistics: Alison
Blackwell (Office for
National Statistics) (58k) |
  Help Kevin – Getting
Children to Talk about Bullying: Andrew
Pomfret & Andrew Dunstone (Cheshire County Council) & Marc
Griffiths (Mega-U): Winner of LARIA Excellence in Research
Award 2004 (54k) |
  Plenary: Use
and Value of Profiling in Staffordshire County Council: Nigel
Pursey & Darryl
Eyers (Staffordshire County Council) (14,867k) |
| Informal Discussions and 'Showcase' Methods of Estimating Life Expectancies at Small Area Level and their Uses in Assessing Public Health: Lesley Bailey (Milton Keynes Council) (58k) North Cornwall – Profiling A Rural Area: Sarah Thorneycroft (North Cornwall District Council) (262k) Local Statistics for Local Strategic Partnerships – Using Research & Intelligence to Make a Difference: Andrew Towlerton (Rotherham MBC) (19k) A Successful Neighbourhoods Information System: David Barrett (Sheffield City Council) (184k) |
From
the Ridiculous to the Sublime - Lessons from 2001 for the Next
Census: Thursday 7th April 2005
| Glasgow City Council Social Work Services Area Profile: Iain Paterson (Glasgow City Council) (182k) |
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  Homing in on
the Cold – Profiling and Monitoring Fuel Poverty
and Domestic Energy Efficiency: William
Baker (Centre for Sustainable
Energy) & Nick Merleau-Ponty (National Energy Action) (349k) |
  Evaluating the
Impact of Camden’s Quality of Life Strategy – A
Partnership
Approach to Evaluation: Mary
McGowan (LB of Camden) & Nink
Pussayapibul,
Dick Wiggins (City University) (81k) |
  New Approaches
to Gender Profiling Local Authority Labour Markets: Lisa
Buckner & Chris
Gardiner (Sheffield Hallam University) (130k) |
 Plenary:
Issues and Challenges Facing Local Government and Local Government
Research in the Future:
Michael Frater (Chief
Executive, Telford & Wrekin Council) (809k) |
Site Based
Housing Market & Community Profiles: 
Area Profiles
in Bristol – Tools for Service Planning: