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Getting your message across : Communicating your research

Date: 26th June 2015 Time: 10am-12pm Location: A08, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU Getting your research published is a huge milestone and cause for celebration. But with publication, the process of communicating your research has only just begun… Outside of academia lies the world of health […]

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Medication safety

Leicestershire Improvement, Innovation and Patient Safety unit. (LIIPS) LIIPS can add value to this topic area by acting as a facilitator to bring together interested parties from health and academia. For example to help: • Share learning from different organisations • Utilise expertise in academia e.g. human factors, health system engineering, simulation • Understand the […]

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How to Tweet strategically

Date: 28th May 2015 Time: 10.30-12pm Location: A06, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU This session will explain why Twitter is a useful tool. Far from being yet another onerous demand on your limited time, used well Twitter is a quick and easy platform to communicate your […]

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Publication Bootcamp

Time: 10am – 12pm Location: A08, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU Writing for publication can be a daunting prospect. In this session, the writing process will be broken down into six ‘simple’ stages – each stage could take a week, a month or however long you […]

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Advanced notice: Joint call on managing the environment to improve human health and wellbeing

The Natural Environment Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council will shortly be inviting applications for their joint call on managing the environment to improve human health and wellbeing. The call is due to open in early to mid-June and close in early September 2015. For further […]

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Advanced notice :Seed awards in medical humanities

The Wellcome Trust will shortly be inviting applications for the next round of its seed awards in medical humanities. Applications are considered three times a year and the next closing date is expected to be in July 2015, with the exact date to be announced shortly. For further details of this call please follow this […]

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Modular training partnerships

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council invites proposals for its modular training partnerships. These enable research organisations to collaborate with industry to develop industrially-relevant short training courses at master’s level. Partnerships provide pump-priming support for the development of individual training models, and for preparation and marketing of course materials and course launch. Clusters of […]

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Wellcome Trust Pathfinder awards

The Wellcome Trust invites applications for its pathfinder awards. These support innovative early-stage applied R&D projects in areas of unmet medical need. Funding priorities include the following: •discrete high quality experiments to demonstrate proof-of-concept data assay development; •intellectual property development for critical experiment to validate IP; •stimulating product development that could ultimately improve the outlook […]

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Skills development fellowships – quantitative expertise

The Medical Research Council invites applications for its skills development fellowships – quantitative expertise. These support training for very early career researchers in, or individuals changing disciplines to, areas covering mathematics, statistics, computation and informatics applicable to any biomedical or health-related data sources. For full details please follow this link.

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Physical Activity and OA Conference 17th Dec 2015

Registration is now open for the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis conference on Physical Activity and OA. This conference will offer opportunities for researchers in the field of Physical Activity and Osteoarthritis research to meet, present and discuss their work. Link We are delighted to announce several world renowned academics who […]

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