I am in Alberta, Canada. I have been invited over to share the UK's experiences in developing public involvement in research. As ever, it is the similarities and not the differences between our two experiences that strike you on a visit like this. More about those another time. My good friend, Derek Stewart, yesterday wrote an excellent blog with his … Continue reading Building ‘research active’ communities for a healthier population: a clear mission for CLAHRCs, AHSNs, LCRNs
England
Genomics England is inviting patients and the public to a town hall event: apply here
Passing this invite on from Sir John Chisholm, Chair of Genomics England, for their event on 3rd Oct. Email address to attend included below along with website address. Hello, I am writing on behalf of Genomics England to invite you to our first Stakeholder Event on Thursday 3rd October 2013. The venue is as follows: … Continue reading Genomics England is inviting patients and the public to a town hall event: apply here
New CLAHRCs announced in local health research boost. Here’s a list and links. #nihrclahrcs
The Department of Health this morning announced the successful NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLSHRCs). The formal press release can be found here. Thirteen CLAHRCs have been awarded over £120M in total following an open competition earlier this year. The details of the latter can be found here. Further details … Continue reading New CLAHRCs announced in local health research boost. Here’s a list and links. #nihrclahrcs
250 words on Genomics England
So this feels to me as though common sense has been snatched from the jaws of defeat at the feet of academia. The initial announcement of a 'genome mapping initiative' by the Prime Minister in December was followed by not very convincing noises about the shape of things to come. Indeed, I fired off a … Continue reading 250 words on Genomics England
Research impact: One small tweak for HEFCE, one important nod to public involvement
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) yesterday issued the final criteria and working methods for its Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment exercise. The research press is still full of various academic voices continuing to rant against the whole issue of HEFCE assessing 'research impact' for the first time. Seems to be a waste … Continue reading Research impact: One small tweak for HEFCE, one important nod to public involvement
Simon Denegri's Lay Review 