Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.
Today’s #TitleOfTheDay - 'The morphology of musket wounds'
Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
Wonderful course!
We welcome you to the first meeting for the Wales Rare Diseases Research Network on the 26th Sept in Swansea
Combining collaboration, networking, and discussion to promote and support to our research community to deliver on all-Wales grant applications.
www.eventbrite.com/e/cyfarfod-c...
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🚨New paper🚨 Feasibility stage of CONSULT SWAT evaluating decision aid for families acting as consultee/legal representative in studies involving adults lacking capacity to consent
🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s130...
ℹ️ www.capacityconsentresearch.com/consult-swat
#TrialsMethodologyResearch #InclusiveResearch
📢 Our survey for UK autistic adults will be open until 9am Monday 1st September, so there's still time to take part. ⬇️ Thanks to everyone who has taken part already 🙏
Peer support within CTUs is vital. It fosters professional growth, improves trial delivery & strengthens collaboration.
We are committed to enabling peer support across the #UKCTUNework, recognising the value it brings to both individuals & research quality.
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
Would welcome thoughts on this from others!
Interested in or currently leading a clinical trial?
Want to be the best Chief Investigator you can be?
Want to build a peer support network?
This UPDATED course is for you!
⏰Registration for the October 2025 workshop in Glasgow is now open.⏰
Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/how-to-be-a-...
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
Delighted to share registration is open for Professor @vcornelius.bsky.social inaugural lecture -Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes- Thursday, 30 October 2025, 17.30-18.30, Imperial College South Kensington/Online. For details & registration: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19688...
Letter of the day (in the Times)
Just over a week left to apply for this exciting postdoctoral research opportunity on children and nature! 🐾
The application deadline is Wednesday the 20th of August 2025.
All set up for Llangammarch Wells Carnival with fantastic candles and soap.
Really delighted to see the VESPER Trial open - improving how we manage recurrent UTIs is important to so many people.
healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/s...
🎉 Publication 8 for PEACH!
From protocol to final paper—PEACH has delivered insights across 8 key publications. Read the latest in BMJ Open today.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...
@researchwales.bsky.social
@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📘🍑
As the nation remembers the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has added to its range of charming anti-nuclear T-shirts with a very familiar retro Welsh language logo
Event, 9 September - Research to impact policy making in Wales. What makes for impactful research? Tips and tools from academics, knowledge brokers and decision-makers www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-t...
Rising stars, Taran return today with their new double single, 'Cymryd Ti Mas / Brifo Eto', ahead of the release of their highly anticipated debut album at the end of August
To mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2025), the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) is highlighting projects that raise awareness of hepatitis and related health inequalities: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-in-focus-world-hepatitis-day #worldhepatitisday #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
To mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2025), the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) is highlighting projects that raise awareness of hepatitis and related health inequalities: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-in...
#worldhepatitisday #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
Wales has become the first UK nation to open recruitment for T1D-Plus – a major international clinical trial exploring innovative treatment strategies for adults newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Led by the Centre for Trials Research:
mediwales.com/news/wales-f...
… themes across these relate to the challenges of study set up, planning for the next REF and issues relating to accessing data for decentralised trials.
One of those days when I keep changing hats - governance for our joint research office with C&V UHB, UKCRD advisory group representing @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk, chairing our college research committee, meeting to develop labs for linking with a clinical dept and then a TMG for our ESTEEM trial…
Illustration of a young child sitting against a pink textured background with playful shapes. Text reads: 'Measles protection requires two vaccine doses.' Below, a water drop icon is followed by: 'In 2024, only 84% of children got the 1st dose and just 76% received the 2nd dose.'
#Measles is preventable with two doses of vaccine.
Yet in 2024, 30+ million children remained under-protected, leading to more large or disruptive outbreaks.
Only 76% of children got the second dose, far below the 95% coverage needed to stop outbreaks 👉 bit.ly/4kFzSGW
Superbugs - Discover the microbial world in, on and around us!
St David's Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff
7th July - 3rd August 2025.
Free event.
No booking required.
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025
New to on-site, remote, or central monitoring as an academic trialist?
This #UKCTUNetwork Handbook is a practical resource for training and ongoing reference.
Download your copy, and other helpful resources, here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/clinical-tri...
#ClinicalTrials #ResearchSupport
A manga-style cartoon of a red dragon with a birthday cupcake
Exactly 10 years ago today, Cardiff University Press was launched - many people said it wouldn't work, but it did! Happy birthday CardiffUP, and here's to the next decade of publishing 🎂🎉cardiffuniversitypress.org #openaccess @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @ubiquityopen.bsky.social
