One notable outcome of Patient and Public Involvement in a research project is the Breast Cancer Cookbook. This book was produced as an outcome of the work undertaken by Prof Miriam Dwek and Dr. Claire Robertson which is concerned with diet and lifestyle factors and breast cancer survival. Having run laboratory open days for the …
Patient and Public Involvement: A Vital Part of the Research Process Research plays a crucial role in advancing medicine and improving the lives of patients. The impact of research is enhanced when patients and the public are actively involved in the process. There are many examples where the research studies have focussed on extremely limited …
PPI at Westminster:(P)PI in public service research Research for health funders does not necessarily have to involve patient groups. In the spirit of PPI, Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport and Director of the University of Westminster Active Travel Academy, instead engaged a Disabled People’s Organisation to co-design and carry out the research. Having previously worked …
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PPI at Westminster: Elevating patient experiences Researchers at University of Westminster have long championed the agency for patients and the public in the field of healthcare research. Having worked on HIV research since the 1980s, Prof Damien Ridge became convinced that patients and their experiences should be elevated in research and in considering healthcare provision. …
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Winning a grant proposal involves a lot of work and, more likely than not, a few rejections along the way. Receiving feedback on unsuccessful bids can be incredibly useful for PIs when thinking about how to improve grant applications, turning that rejection into an eventual success story. For funders like UKRI or Nuffield, you will …
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The University has published a new Research Data Management (RDM) Policy. The RDM Policy outlines the key expectations for researchers in relation to the management and preservation of research data and research related records created at the University, and clarifies the responsibilities of researchers and the institution in relation to good research data management and …
The University’s new Research Data Management (RDM) Policy (2022) sets out a series of key expectations to aid you in meeting best practice in the management and preservation of research data. One key expectation is that research data selected for preservation beyond the lifetime of a project are deposited in an appropriate research data repository …
Many researchers create websites to disseminate their research without planning for how the website content will continue to be accessible and usable when their funding runs out. Websites are also rapidly outpaced by software and hardware advances, meaning that they cannot be relied upon as secure or long term hosts for research findings or outputs. …
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Are you a charity, social enterprise, or small business (under 250 employees), located in the London boroughs of Westminster, Brent or Camden? Would you like to reduce costs within your workplace? Are you concerned about your organisation’s carbon footprint? We can help! The Work Based and Placement Learning Project is a part of the University …
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Our final post for #OAWeek is a guest blog from Philippa Grand, Press Manager at the University of Westminster Press. You can find the Press on twitter @UniWestPress Since their launch in 2016 there has been much interest from universities and publishers in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Many universities have structured research priorities around …
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