The Health Foundation Newsletter – Nov 2017

Breaking boundaries: redesigning pathways and services to improve care

Redesigning services across traditional care boundaries is not easy. Making change in complex environments with differing professional viewpoints and varying organisational priorities while getting on with the day job of delivering high quality health care is a huge task. We dip into some of the work going on to redesign care and ask what works to bring about change.

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UK-US Early Career Research Collaboration Workshop

Saturday 10th–Sunday 11th February 2018 – 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

The British Academy, in collaboration with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, is inviting applications for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to attend a research collaboration workshop on the broad theme of violence. The workshop format will enable the exchange of ideas across disciplinary as well as national boundaries with the aim to help create and build exchange, cooperation and partnership between the researchers attending in the short- and long-term.  For more information click here

 

National Institute for Health Research Newsletter – Oct 17

For the latest health news round up click here

Research Professional Updates

For updates including “REF panel leaders announced” click here

For updates including “UK government offers education fund £40m top-up” click here

For updates including “Teesside professors told to reapply for jobs” click here

Research Professional Updates

For updates including ‘Funding councils boost research in England and Wales’ click here

For updates including ‘Johnson survives and is back as science and universities minister’ click here

For updates including ‘Student vote boosts Labour’ click here

For updates including ‘Parliamentary science adviser leaves Westminster for UCL’ click here

For updates including ‘British Academy calls for fresh approach to conflict work’ click here

Research Professional Updates

For updates including “Fees must stay, vice-chancellors insist” click here

For updates including “UK biotech ‘closing the gap’ on US” click here

For updates including “Cardiff study highlights rising in-work poverty” click here

Research Professional Update

For today’s research policy and funding news including  “HEFCW makes case for innovation budget” click here

Paid Student Internships are back

A range of paid part-time or full-time Student Internships will run during the summer from 22^rd May to 28^th July 2017.

Students will work with CCCU academics on Research & Knowledge Exchange projects. Internship opportunities are available across the faculties and the eligibility criteria varies for each internship. Undergraduate and postgraduate students who meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the closing date for applications is 17 March 2017.

Click here for more details

You can access details and download application forms for each project via the above link.

Please send completed applications by email to internships@canterbury.ac.uk

HEA Surveys Conference 2017-Understanding and enhancing the student experience

The first keynote speaker is announced – the deadline for the call for papers is approaching, 20 February 2017.  For more information click here

Research Professional Updates

For updates including ‘Wellcome campaigns for ‘hands on’ science education’ click here

For updates including ‘Triple impact for researchers in English speaking countries’ click here