Policy

The Council’s policy work is focused on specific areas including research, regulation, sector sustainability, innovation and pedagogy, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

The Council also works on sustainable funding, public affairs and data.

Engaging clinicians in research; what the last six years have revealed

25 Feb 2021 in Blogs, Clinical Academic Roles Implementation Network, Policy, Research, Research Month

A guest blog by Professor Bridie Kent, Director of The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A JBI Centre of Excellence, and Professor Ruth Endacott, Director of the Royal Devon and ... Read More »

Reflections on international research collaborations: Decolonising our research approach

22 Feb 2021 in Blogs, News & blogs, Policy, Research, Research Month

Guest blog by Dr Ann M. Price, Principal Lecturer, and Andrew Southgate, Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church Unive... Read More »

CoDHcast – Research Month | An update from the NIHR Academy

19 Feb 2021 in CoDHcast, Policy, Research, Research Month

The Council is running a series of CoDHcasts as part of Research Month. In this CoDHcast, the NIHR’s Professor Anne-Maree Keenan OBE and Dr Lisa Cotterill speak to Dorothea Baltruks about how the NIHR Academy ha... Read More »

Student fitness to practise principles

17 Feb 2021 in Regulation

The Council has published Student fitness to practise principles. Student fitness to practise is a natural concern of our members as educators of the future healthcare professional workforce. This document provides gu... Read More »

Recognising research cultures that promote excellence – the European HR Excellence in Research Award and QMU success

16 Feb 2021 in Blogs, News & blogs, Policy, Research, Research Month

A guest blog by Kim Smith, Head of Research and KE Development Unit, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of the Divisions of Nursing, Occupational Therapy & Arts Therapies; ... Read More »