Nearly three quarters of children with brain injuries struggle at school, survey finds Children and young people living with an acquired brain injury often feel isolated from their peers, with more than 70 per cent reporting difficult

Nearly three quarters of children with brain injuries struggle at school, a survey has found.

The PhD research, funded by the NIHR ARC East Midlands and University of Nottingham and led by @rachyk77.bsky.social, shows the impact can last for years.

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Training | Evaluation Skills | 1 May 2024 Justin’s research examines the implementation of strategic change in healthcare systems and the impact of change on the work, culture and identity of healthcare professionals. Health and care…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Evaluation Skills

Explore:
✅ Why evaluate (vs research)
✅ Principles: rapid, rigorous, relevant, responsive
✅ Scoping & theory of change
✅ Key evaluation processes

Training | Implementing for Impact | 27 March 2024 In this session of our lunch and learn series on implementation & impact, Dr Kristian Hudson, Implementation Specialist from NIHR Yorkshire & Humber Applied Research Collaboration, joins us to talk…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Implementing for impact

Explore:
✅ Why research findings struggle to sustain in healthcare
✅ Implementation for complex systems
✅ Real-world case studies
✅ Realistic strategies beyond traditional methods

NIHR ARC East Midlands has secured £9 million in new funding as part of a £157 million national investment – securing the next five years of research in our region.

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Our heartfelt thanks go to colleagues, partners and public contributors who made these achievements possible.

Building on this success, our new £9 million funding phase starts on 1 April, 2026, hosted by UHL NHS Trust.

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Through engagement and reach since 2019, we have

🗓️ Hosted more than 100 events attended by 5,400 attendees
📺 Featured in national media including: BBC News, The Times, The Independent and The Sun

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Through partnerships and people since 2019, we have:

🤝 Built more than 60 partnerships with the NHS, universities and local authorities
🎓 Supported more than 60 PhD students and 30 postdoctoral fellows

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Through research and funding since 2019, we have:

📰 Published more than 750 peer-reviewed papers
🔎 Delivered nearly 130 research projects
💷 Secured more than £15.5 million in research grants

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Natalie Richardson presents a summary of Living Lab in #CareHomes project in East Midlands (LiLAC) @arc-em.bsky.social

Case study 8️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Reducing NHS staff stress through online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life.

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Case study 7️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Integrating diabetes services across primary, community and secondary care

Bringing specialist diabetes care closer to home through neighbourhood teams.

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Training | Thematic Analysis | 19 March 2024 Part of the ARC East Midlands "Lunch & Learn" 2024 training series. Delivered by Professor Carolyn Tarrant, this webinar provides an introduction and overview of the thematic analysis approach for…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Thematic analysis

Explore:
✅ What thematic analysis is
✅ How it compares to other qual analysis
✅ 6 key steps to generate themes
✅ Importance of reflexivity

Case study 6️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Empowering older adults through FaME falls-prevention programme

A community exercise programme building strength, balance & confidence to prevent falls.

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Case study 5️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Improving severe stroke care through home rehabilitation

Defining components of intensive home-based rehab for stroke survivors with severe disabilities.

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Case study 4️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Reducing falls in care homes

Equipping care homes with checklists, practical guidance and staff training to prevent falls, injuries & hospital admissions.

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Case study 3️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Personalising activity for multiple long-term conditions (MLTC).

Tailored exercise helps people with MLTC to stay active despite complex needs.

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ARC East Midlands Director “excited” for roll out of programme combatting cardiovascular burden among older adults in India The University of Leicester has joined forces with New Delhi’s Centre for Chronic Disease Control to roll out a £5 million trial aimed at improving

ARC East Midlands Director excited for roll out of programme combatting cardiovascular burden among older adults in India.

Funded by the NIHR, @uniofleicester.bsky.social and New Delhi’s Centre for Chronic Disease Control launch #CARDIOIndia £5 million trial.

Case study 2️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Preventing repeat hypoglycaemia emergency calls with ambulance education.

Paramedics gave diabetes patients a booklet after callouts to spot early signs.

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Case study 1️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Workplace and worship diabetes screening reaches underserved communities.

Early detection in familiar settings. Tackles inequalities. Empowers prevention.

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Training | Grant Writing Skills | 6 June 2024 There is an art to writing successful funding applications. In this session, Prof Gordon will be reflecting on his experience of writing successful grant applications, how he goes about it, what has…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Grant writing skills

Learn:
✅ Art of writing successful funding applications
✅ What has worked (and what hasn't)
✅ What to avoid when grant writing
✅ Reflections from experienced grant writers

Celebrating over six years of ARC East Midlands research turning evidence into real impact for health and social care across our region and beyond.

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Register now to learn how implementation science embeds effective healthcare staff wellbeing interventions.

Co-producing research on multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) with communities can feel unfamiliar, especially with complex challenges.

Deborah shares key lessons:
👉 Invest in relationships
👉 Share power
👉 Adapt when plans shift

Read the full blog:
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Training | Introduction to Qualitative Methods | 14 March 2024 ARC EM Lunch & Learn Training Programme Professor Natalie Armstrong, our ARC East Midlands Implementation Lead, presents a training session giving an overview of qualitative methods. By the end of…

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features:
📽️ Introduction to qualitative methods

Discover:
✅ Basic principles of qualitative research
✅ Diversity of qualitative methods
✅ Study design and data collection
✅ Challenges in collecting and analysing

Professor presents to a room full of people

Pleased to see re-invigoration of East Midlands Research into Ageing Network #EMRAN led by Prof Liz Orton

How can working with communities shape better research on multiple long-term conditions?

In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Ikhile shares her journey of co-producing research with communities and offers valuable advice for researchers.

Read her story:
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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

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:

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

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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.

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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.

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