Parkinson’s UK have launched a new ‘Patient and Public Involvement: Resource for Researchers’ The launch is part of an on-going project to increase the support they provide for researchers to effectively involve the perspective of patients and carers in research. While it is a resource developed for Parkinson’s researchers, the content […]
The NIHR New Media Competition Round 6 open for entries Interested in communicating the research you do? Then enter the NIHR New Media Competition which enables you to enthuse audiences about the research you are involved with. Main Category: “Raising awareness of your research”. Create and submit a film that explain clearly […]
Exploring barriers to public engagement by UK researchers: research results A national survey in 2015 into the factors that affect public engagement by researchers across the UK shows there has been a positive shift in researchers’ understanding and attitudes to public engagement over the past ten years. This shift represents […]
Are you an academic looking to develop your mentoring skills? NIHR CLAHRC EoE is looking for senior academics to mentor an ‘academic apprentice’ for a period of either 3 to 6 months, as part of their Clinical Academic Psychiatry Training apprenticeship scheme 2016. What is the aim of the scheme? The aim is to […]
Academic Writing Month, or AcWriMo for short, is a month-long academic write-a-thon that happens every November. PhD2Published are hosting AcWriMo, which is inspired by the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). AcWriMo caters to the specific needs of academic writers at all stages of their career (from undergrads to the most distinguished of […]
The University of Cambridge has published its new “Research Strategy Office Guidance 2015-16: Concordate to Support Research Integrity” The guidance provides a link to the Universities UK ‘Concordat to Support Research Integrity’, compliance to which is a requirement for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Research Councils UK (RCUK). […]
We would like to draw your attention to the latest newsletter from the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF). The newsletter outlines current news and funding opportunities. This October 2015 edition includes: NIHR School for Public Health Research Competition 2015 NIHR Photographic Competition 2015 – the results Top 10 health technology innovations AMRC […]
The RAPPORT research team are delighted announce that the report “ReseArch with Patient and Public invOlvement: a RealisT evaluation – the RAPPORT study” has been published in the Health Services and Delivery Research journal on the NIHR Journals Library website. The study set out to find evidence showing whether or not Patient and Public Involvement […]
NatCen Learning, an independent social research agency are pleased to announce that their Autumn 2015 open course programme on research methods is available for booking. Highlights include: basic statistical analysis for the social sciences survey sampling questionnaire design and qualitative courses. The open workshops are taught by experienced applied researchers drawing […]
The Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England (CLAHRC EoE) Prioritisation Group is pleased to invite proposals for it’s next round of funding, for projects starting April 2016. This call is for all of CLAHRC EoE’s partnering organisations who are interested in developing and submitting an Applied Health […]