There’s an app I’m watching closely. I’ve anxiously followed it through funding and development. I signed up for beta testing (still waiting to be tapped on the shoulder there…) and a year or so after first hearing about it, I’m drumming my fingers impatiently for public release. No, it’s not the latest version of one […]
Our report Building healthy cities: The role of universities in the health ecosystem has been featured in Research Professional. The article focuses on our findings, in particular, the implications of changes announced in the 2015 Spending review which will see nursing, midwifery and allied health students moved off grant support on to loans and the […]
Plymouth University is helping to lead a transformation in dental education in the UK through its Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise and focus upon community-based teaching. Launched in 2013 in response to changes in the funding environment within the NHS, the PDSE sits within the University’s Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. It oversees the clinical […]
Enabling people with dementia to live positive, fulfilled lives resulted in the establishment of a dedicated Salford Institute for Dementia. Through research, innovation and education in supportive design and care for people living with dementia, the university aims to maintain independence and promote integrated support in the communities where people live. Core to the Institute’s […]
A collaborative research initiative brings together researchers from the disciplines of design, creative practice and healthcare who have extensive experience related to social, clinical and medical care, disability and ageing. Lab4Living‘s aim is to propose creative strategies for the development of future living environments, in which people of all ages and abilities are enabled and […]
A partnership between Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is tackling the impact of violence, particularly on children and young people. The Centre for Public Health at LJMU is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention. It helps partners understand the burden and impacts of violence, identify at […]
The quality of our health, fitness and mental wellbeing is important to all of us, but doing the simple things that can help us look after them can easily slip down our list of priorities. In 2014 Oxford Brookes University developed a new Wellbeing service to offer crucial support to students. A number of existing […]
Staff and students at Teesside University are able to access a range of activities to encourage them to improve their health and fitness during the annual Festival of Wellbeing. Held throughout September and October, the Festival offers the opportunity to try out a wide range of sports and activities, from rock-climbing and Tai Chi, to […]
An Emotional Resilience (ER) programme launched recently at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) that is helping students to develop ‘mental wealth’ is going from strength to strength. Students are being trained in helping others to deal with ER skills through what is known as a peer assisted learning (PAL) scheme organised […]
A device used to treat burns, skin defects and scars is at the centre of a research partnership to unlock the secrets of its ability to work so effectively on hard-to-heal wounds. Avita Medical Ltd, a regenerative medicine company specializing in developing products and technology that provide innovative treatment solutions derived from a patient’s own […]