NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)

🎙️ What is qualitative research and what does it involve?

Claire Fraser and Georgia Naughton join the #NIHRBridgeTheGap Podcast to explain how qualitative research explores attitudes, beliefs, and experiences through interviews, focus groups, and more.

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4r46Swt

10 key insights to better support families through care proceedings - ARC West Insights to better support families at risk of having children taken into care are part of a newly published report, funded by the NIHR Three Schools Prevention Programme. The 10 insights were develop...

10 key insights to better support families going through care proceedings - new NIHR 3 Schools report supported by ARC West, @capcbristol.bsky.social & Changing Futures Bristol

~300 people contributed, including parents, social workers, health staff & voluntary orgs
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Join us for the Three NIHR Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme seminar: Systemic influences on parent carer mental health and co-creation of resources to inform service improvement.

📅 31 March | 12:30–13:30

🔗 tinyurl.com/u4cmv5fp

Registration is now open for the PPIE Summer School!

Exeter | 1–3 July 2026

A 3-day, in-person event bringing together researchers & public contributors to explore meaningful involvement in health & care research.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/37x32cy4

#PPIE #HealthResearch

At @arc-yharc.bsky.social, we’re celebrating the incredible women leading research that improves health and care for everyone.
​By championing diverse voices, we’re building a fairer, healthier future across our region. 🌍✨
​#internationalwomensday #IWD2026 #NIHR
🔗https://arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/

Training | Impact Literacy | 25 March 2024 Part of ARC East Midlands' Lunch & Learn training series, in this webinar, Dr Julie Bayley, Director of Research Impact Development at the University of Lincoln, shares her expertise and advice about…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Research impact

Discover:
✅ What impact is (and isn’t)
✅ How to plan impact into research
✅ Ways to generate impact
✅ How to measure impact

Statistical Methodologists and Public Voices Working Together in Research Webinar | 06 November 2025 What is it? We will share our experiences of undertaking PPIE and community engagement to inform statistical methodology research - both from the perspective of the statistician who had never…

🎨 Crafts breaking barriers!
Community Engagement Officer Gurpreet uses iris folding workshops to discuss statistics with diverse communities new to research.

Watch full webinar 👇

How do public health practitioners use parental guidance for talking to children about weight? - ARC West How public health practitioners are using parental guidance to talk to children is explored in a new qualitative study published in BMJ Open. Evidence-based guidance was developed in 2021 to support p...

Our new study in BMJ Open explores how 2021 parental guidance on talking to children about weight is being used in practice across the UK:

✅ Practitioners value the compassionate and non-stigmatising tone
✅ It’s being used in NCMP feedback letters & staff training

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Collaborative cardiometabolic care in Africa on the agenda at global research event An overview of a major research initiative led by academics from the University of Leicester, in collaboration with researchers in Ghana, to improv

NEWS | Collaborative cardiometabolic care in Africa on the agenda at the NIHR Global Health event next month.

Led by @uniofleicester.bsky.social academics & partners in Ghana, Kenya & Mozambique, this spotlights integrated care models for cardiometabolic health.

arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/collabo...

EVENT: New evidence-based guidelines are being launched to support the implementation of sustained wellbeing support for healthcare staff.

🗓 Monday 23 March 2026 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
📍 Online webinar
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/2vsfr734

Join the next seminar in the #DigitalHealth Equity Seminar Series.

📧 To receive Zoom details, please email: digital-inequities@manchester.ac.uk

🔎 More information about the talk and speaker is available via the Pankhurst website: bit.ly/4abvYCv

National conference showcases groundbreaking child and maternal health research - ARC A national conference brought together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and families to showcase the latest research and innovations in child and

Keen to learn about the cutting-edge child & maternal health research from across the ARC network? The scale and scope of this work was showcased at a recent conference in London. We’ve published a new briefing spotlighting this impactful research 👇🏼

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The @nihr.bsky.social Children’s Health and Maternity Programme is led by @penarc.bsky.social & @arc-yharc.bsky.social in collaboration with:@arcnenc.bsky.social,ARC North Thames, @arcnwc.bsky.social, @arc-nwl.bsky.social, @arc-southlondon.bsky.social, @arc-west.bsky.social @arc-wm.bsky.social

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Picture of attendees at an event celebrating the end of the DEM-COMM (Dementia Community) programme in 2026 in Southampton

Explore the latest ​roundup of top stories from all our NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) across the country:

👉 mailchi.mp/nihr/march-2...

Featuring the latest news, resources, blogs, events, opportunities & more

📨 Join the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

Following the @nihr.bsky.social ARC Children’s Health and Maternity Programme summer showcase event in London, we’ve published a new briefing which highlights impactful child and maternal health research from across the ARC network 👇

National conference showcases groundbreaking child and maternal health research - PenARC A national conference brought together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and families to showcase the latest research and innovations in child and maternal health.   Hosted by NIHR Applied Resear...

Topics covered innovations in:

- Care during pregnancy and birth
- Paediatric and mental healthcare
- Public health and special educational needs
- Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement

Read more about the event in the post event briefing here 👉 bit.ly/40CTzaR

@arc-yharc.bsky.social @arcnenc.bsky.social
@arcnwc.bsky.social @arc-nwl.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social @arc-wm.bsky.social

🎙️ What is critical analysis, and why does it matter in research?

Helen Brooks and Emily Vicary explore how to critically appraise research, what trustworthiness means and how to assess evidence with confidence.

Listen now 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmvPvsiDKZw

#NIHRBridgeTheGap

Require further support with your Equality Impact Assessment? Join us for a series of engaging and interactive workshops designed to provide valuable support for individuals in carrying out an Equality Impact

Need further support with your Equality Impact Assessment?

✅ Get practical advice
✅ Participate in discussions
✅ Learn from real experiences

🗓 11 March 2026 | 🕐 1 - 3pm
Led by @ethnichealthres.bsky.social team

How well are community members involved in designing behavioural weight management programmes? - ARC West Community members are often involved in designing behavioural weight management programmes but less often in delivering them and rarely in evaluating them. This is according to a review of research on...

Community members are often involved in designing behavioural weight management programmes but less often in delivering them and rarely in evaluating them, according to our new #SystematicReview published in BMC Public Health.
#WeightManagement #Obesity
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📢 We're recruiting a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead in epidemiology to join our Healthy Families theme at @yhpsrc.bsky.social and Born in Bradford.
This is a great opportunity to work across child health research.
📅 Closing date:10 March 2026
🔗 Apply here: arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/opportunitie...

We spent the morning at PenARC’s PPIE Celebration event. From highlights & shared successes to interactive sessions, there’s huge pride in what’s been achieved & real ambition for the future. Five years of impact, collaboration and learning to build on💬✨

Stay tuned for more reflections!

#PPIE

Tomorrow is Rare Disease Day 🦓 3.5 million people live with a rare condition in the UK. The Exeter PRP Evidence Review Facility, led by PenARC’s Prof Jo Thompson Coon, developed a toolkit highlighting inequalities in care 🔗 bit.ly/4shkmFI 🧦We’re in zebra socks to support!
#RareDiseaseDay

🚨Calling #LondonMums🚨​

Had a baby since Dec 2024 or currently pregnant? @ImperialCollege researchers want to hear your thoughts on the RSV vaccine, whether you had it or not.

​💬 30-45 min interview (phone/online)
🎁 £25 Lovetoshop voucher
📧 Email: matimms@imperial.ac.uk

🎙️ What is psychometrics, and how is it used in research?

Patrick Callaghan explains psychometric tools, patient reported outcome measures, and how we measure experiences and outcomes in research.

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3O4QTzV

#NIHRBridgeTheGap

Training | Publication Bootcamp | 16 June 2024 Disseminating your findings is an important part of the research process. In this session, Dr Alison Cowley (Associate Chief AHP at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust) talks us through a tried…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Publication bootcamp

Learn how to:
✅ Take fear out of writing
✅ Publisher expectations
✅ 6-week structure to publish
✅ Peer review tips

Global gaps in use of two life-saving antenatal treatments for premature babies, reveals worldwide analysis - ARC West A new global analysis of two antenatal treatments that reduce the risk of cerebral palsy and respiratory complications in premature babies reveals significant international variation in implementation...

📢 New paper!
Worldwide analysis reveals gaps in use of two life-saving antenatal treatments for premature babies

👉 arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/global-gaps-...

@hannah-b-edwards.bsky.social
@karenluyt.bsky.social
@frankdv.bsky.social
@vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social

Statistical Methodologists and Public Voices Working Together in Research Webinar | 06 November 2025 What is it? We will share our experiences of undertaking PPIE and community engagement to inform statistical methodology research - both from the perspective of the statistician who had never…

🧬 Duchenne breakthrough
Methodologist Jonathan shares how patient and public involvement uncovered a missing disease stage overlooked by all prior models.

This led to better quality of life estimates, lower care costs and smarter treatment decisions.

Evidence lacking on effectiveness of National Early Warning Scores - ARC West A review has found that while the National Early Warning Score (NEWS and its update NEWS2) is widely used across the NHS and globally, there is a surprising lack of high-quality evidence to prove it d...

Our latest systematic review has found that while the National Early Warning Score (NEWS and its update NEWS2) is widely used across the NHS and globally, there is a surprising lack of high-quality evidence to prove it directly improves patient outcomes
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Research conversation: Masking and mental health in neurodivergent young people - ARC West About the event The ‘Masking and mental health in neurodivergent young people’ project aims to support young people who mask their neurodivergence, such as autism or ADHD. This is also known as camouf...

⏰ Don't miss it!
Research conversation: Masking and mental health in neurodivergent young people

🗓️ Tomorrow (25 Feb) 5-6pm, online

Sign up 👉 arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/research-con...

#autism #ADHD #neurodivergence #masking #MentalHealth #ResearchConversations