Tag Archives: Economic and Social Research Council

Reflections on #AfterWhitchurch

Posted on November 21, 2016 by

Further to my last post looking ahead to #AfterWhitchurch, here now are my reflections on the event as it happened as also recorded on the Cardiff University mental health blog. I’ve selected some photos, too. The closure of Whitchurch Hospital … Continue reading →

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Programme for #AfterWhitchurch

Posted on November 9, 2016 by

Tomorrow evening at Chapter Arts I’ll be joining friends for #AfterWhitchurch, an Economic and Social Research Council/Cardiff University Festival of Social Science event on the changing system of mental health care. Here is our programme, for those interested: And here … Continue reading →

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Playing our Part

Posted on November 5, 2016 by

A short post this morning to draw attention to Professor Tony Butterworth’s Playing our Part review, this being something which occupied me towards the start of last week. With the support of the Foundation of Nursing Studies Tony is conducting a review … Continue reading →

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Research impact

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

Yesterday’s Health and Care Research Wales conference, held at the SWALEC stadium in Cardiff (more about that later), was all about closing the gaps between research, policy and practice. There were some excellent keynote speakers. Jenny Kitzinger spoke of her research involving … Continue reading →

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#AfterWhitchurch

Posted on October 9, 2016 by

On the evening of Thursday November 10th at Chapter in Cardiff, as part of Cardiff University‘s contribution to this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science, I’ll be joining friends from the School of Healthcare Sciences, the Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society, the … Continue reading →

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RCN in Wales award, public engagement and research student symposium

Posted on November 22, 2015 by

Lots of interesting things to relate in this post. November 13th saw Nicola Evans and me join Hayley Reed, Ed Janes, fellow-researchers Rhiannon Evans, Nina Jacob, Rhys Bevan-Jones and (most importantly) members of the mightily impressive ALPHA group at an … Continue reading →

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