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  1. Anglia Ruskin’s high tech facilities for healthcare training

    Anglia Ruskin’s Faculty of Health, Education and Social Care is the largest provider of health, social care and education courses in the East of England, and provides students with hands-on experience with the latest equipment and treatments in modern health and social care. Medicine facilities ARU’s School of Medicine in Chelmsford opened in 2018. The […]

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  2. Facilities at the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education – Kingston University

    Nursing Our nursing students are taught by the Simulated Learning and Clinical Skills team within clinical, community and practice health settings. Our Nursing Simulated Learning and Clinical Skills Centre facilities include a simulated ward area with a medication room, clinical classrooms, one of which has an immersion suite for fully immersive simulated learning scenarios in […]

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  3. Teesside University’s Skills Laboratory for the Health Professions

    Outstanding state of the art purpose-built facilities simulating practice environments providing an opportunity to develop clinical skills using the latest technology and equipment in a dedicated learning environment. The skills simulation laboratories include a paramedic ambulance, dental clinic, operating theatre and anaesthetic suites, Physiotherapy laboratories, occupational health suite and fully equipped hospital wards. The medical […]

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  4. Learning and Simulation Centre at the University of Greenwich

     The University of Greenwich plays a key role in educating and training the health and social care workforce with over 2,000 learners studying on professional practice programmes at any one time. Simulation is a highly effective approach to bridging theory and practice which is fundamental to all our health-related courses. The recent investment by the university […]

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  5. How missing out on nursery due to COVID has affected children’s development – new research by Oxford Brookes University

    How missing out on nursery due to COVID has affected children’s development – new research Nurseries can be noisy places. A clutch of three-year-olds gathered round a book shout excitedly. Across the room, a small committee of toddlers negotiates over stickers and string. Outside, key workers encourage pairs of miniature gymnasts while others sing to […]

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  6. Birmingham City University has launched a new study to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on period poverty in the UK.  

    WATCH THE VIDEO #MINDYOURBLOODYLANGUAGE CAMPAIGN Period poverty is widely recognised as the difficulty people may experience accessing period products often as a result of financial constraints.  It also includes a poverty of education, resources, rights and freedom from stigma for women, girls and those who menstruate. Funded by ESRC as part of UK Research and […]

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  7. Coventry University expert helps devise rapid test to assess thousands of PPE masks

    A Coventry University researcher was part of a team that devised a rapid test to assess the usefulness of a huge stockpile of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) masks and helped Manchester City Council to respond to an emergency COVID-19 situation. In March this year, Manchester City Council needed to decide within days whether to use […]

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  8. University of Greenwich partners with Ambitious about Autism, to create an employability programme which supports autistic students

    University of Greenwich launched a new employability programme to enable autistic students and recent graduates to access paid internships and tailored careers support and advice. Having autism can make it harder to find full-time work after you leave university, so they are working with employers as a part of the nationwide Higher Education Network programme with […]

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  9. Kick starting green recovery in South Wales with USW partnership

    A PROJECT involving the sustainability expertise of the University of South Wales (USW) has been awarded £1.5m from UKRI’s Industrial Decarbonisation programme. The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC), a partnership between Welsh industry, energy suppliers, infrastructure providers, academia, legal sector, service providers and public sector organisations, has been given the funding to map what is […]

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