West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) launches new video “WYSAG Talks: Fixing our school food system by Professor Maria Bryant
The West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) has released new video in it’s “WYSAG Talks” series which provide the chance to find out more from WYSAG experts about the big challenges facing us, what the science tells us and what we can do to together to build a healthier future in West Yorkshire. In a timely release […]
West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) launches new video “WYSAG Talks: An evidence-based approach to addressing the school absence crisis by Mark Mon-Williams”
The West Yorkshire Scientific Advisory Group (WYSAG) has released new video in it’s “WYSAG Talks” series which provide the chance to find out more from WYSAG experts about the big challenges facing us, what the science tells us and what we can do to together to build a healthier future in West Yorkshire. In this […]
Building research capacity in social care
A new project is underway to develop shared working between academic and local authority teams in West Yorkshire. Led by Professor Anne Forster, member of the ARC Yorkshire and Humber Older People with Frailty theme, it will contribute to the development of research methods that support current and future evaluation of social care initiatives and […]
Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives calls for new era of school inclusion and belonging as attendance crisis report warns children in the North of England and children with SEN are more likely to be persistently missing school
A new report published today by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank puts forward new recommendations to tackle the school absence crisis. The report, co-authored by NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber researchers, highlights how vulnerable children and children from disadvantaged areas of the UK (such as the North […]
Research for Real Life Podcast- Youth Mental Health
Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) launched its first podcast on Mental Health Awareness Day, as part of Age of Wonder’s Adolescent Mental Health Collaboratory Project, supported by NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber (YH ARC). This podcast is part of a series and features research expert Ruth Wadman, from YH ARC’s Mental Health theme, and […]
BaBi Network Unveils New Logo for Regional Collaboration in Humber and North Yorkshire
The Born and Bred In (BaBi) Network has announced an innovative regional collaboration between BaBi sites in Humber and North Yorkshire, the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS), and the BaBi Network. To mark this significant development, a new logo has been unveiled, featuring key landmarks from its BaBi sites, to create ‘BaBi […]
NIHR awards £7.8m to drive knowledge mobilisation across Applied Research Collaborations
The NIHR has awarded £7.8m to its Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) to build knowledge mobilisation capacity and capability within the health and social care system. As part of this national initiative, ARC Yorkshire and Humber has received a portion of this funding to support local knowledge mobilisation efforts. This initiative aims to reduce the time […]
Ignore ‘Nanny State’ critics and expand sugar taxes, ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s, and roll out national supervised toothbrushing programmes in schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children – Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report
A new report published today by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank, “An evidence-based plan for improving children’s oral health with and through educational settings”, makes a series of new proposals to tackle the children’s oral health crisis in England which is seeing millions of children suffering from […]
