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From the edition – ‘HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THE SKILLSETS WE NEED?’

The ILP surveyed local authority members over the summer to find out what was most keeping them awake at night. Skills, asset management, attachments,...

From the edition – ‘CRAFTING A LIGHTING LEGACY’

For the first How To Be Brilliant of the autumn, SEAM Design’s Marci Song discussed how to craft a build environment legacy as a...

From the edition – ‘A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET OF OUR FUTURE CITIES’

A keynote speaker at the London and South East Region’s ‘Serendipity in Lighting’ event, Brian McGuigan outlined how column-based sensor technologies are transforming our...

Architecture and engineering among worst for ‘periods penalty’ for women

Architecture, engineering and the building trade are among the worst offenders when it comes to women feeling their progression and pay has been harmed...

‘Stories with light’

Award-winning lighting designer Michael Grubb has written a book, ‘Stories with Light’, with author and journalist Francis Pearce. The book, five years in the making,...

London boroughs ‘under-prepared’ for PFI expiry

Many London boroughs are not prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts and may struggle because of a lack of...

FROM THE EDITION – ‘JURY STILL OUT’

The Society of Light and Lighting’s ‘Illuminating the Future’ conference in March considered the links between darkness, crime and safety, and lighting, with Sheffield...

Study suggests blue-blocked LED better for psychiatric units

Research has suggested that exposure to light without blue wavelengths may be beneficial to patients in psychiatric units. A study in the academic journal PLOS...

‘WHY I DON’T LIKE DRIVING AT NIGHT’ (REVISITED)

At last year’s Centenary Lighting Summit, and in September’s edition of Lighting Journal, Allan Howard outlined the factors driving growing concerns around vehicle headlight...

LESS IS MORE

Two years in, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s innovative road safety and decarbonisation Live Labs 2 pilots are progressing at a pace – and...

SEND pupils often keenest to go into tech-based careers – poll

Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher interest in technology-based careers than non-SEND pupils, research has suggested. The poll of...

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