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  NIHR Three Research Schools Early Career Researcher Meeting

  Early career researchers across the Three Schools are invited to join us on 12 March in Birmingham.

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  Facilitating collaboration in social care climate and sustainability research

  Helping health and social care researchers interested in climate and sustainability research to connect and collaborate.

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  BLOG: Building research capacity in practice roles

  Matthew Bushell, Kent County Council (SSCR Career Development Award Alumni), shares his reflections on developing research skills in practice.

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  BLOG: Career development and co-production – life as an early-career researcher

  George Peat, Northumbria University, (SSCR Career Development Award Alumni), reflects on life as an early career researcher.

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  Practice Evaluation Scheme – live!

  The NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) has launched a new Practice Evaluation Scheme, designed to give adult social care practitioners the opportunity to lead pioneering evaluation and research projects.

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  BLOG: A journey of growth and achievement – reflections from a Career Development Award

  Starting out in economic evaluation in social care Wenjing Zhang, King’s College London (SSCR Career Development Award Alumni) Photo credit: Peter Kindersley via Centre for Ageing Better In 2022-2024, I was awarded the SSCR Career Development Award for my project Co-developing Economic Evaluation in Social Care:…

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  BLOG: What does public involvement mean to you?

  This first blog post introduces members of the growing School for Social Care Research (SSCR) National Public and Practice Involvement Group.

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  Short Placement Awards for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC/ SPARC)

  Across the NIHR, we are passionate about people and developing careers in research and play a pivotal role in attracting, training and supporting the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future. In order to address 21st century public health and care challenges,…

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  BLOG: Reflections on my Career Development Award

  Developing expertise and building networks Camille Oung, Nuffield Trust, (SSCR Career Development Award Alumni) My (right) visit to Nightingale Hammerson care home to shadow staff with my colleague Cyril Lobont (left), kindly supported by Nuno and Daisy (middle). I was fortunate to be awarded an NIHR…

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  Career Development Awards – now open for applications

  We are pleased to announce that our latest round of Career Development Awards (CDA) is now live and open for applications. Do you want to take the next step in your adult social care research career? Are you a practitioner looking to expand your research skills, or…