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Major funding award granted to Kingston University to increase social care research capacity

Major funding award granted to Kingston University to increase social care research capacity

Kingston University has been awarded a significant grant by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) to build social care research capacity. The two-year project, commencing in April will be led by Professor of Occupational Therapy and Head of the Graduate Research School at Kingston University Professor Cilla Harries. She led the successful £245,000 bid as the Clinical and Practitioner Academic Training lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London. ARC South London is a research organisation bringing together researchers, health and social care practitioners and local people to improve health and social care in south London.

Kingston University makes major investment in advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment to enhance research capabilities

Kingston University makes major investment in advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment to enhance research capabilities

Top of the range chemical equipment that will allow more detailed analysis of complex mixtures and materials has been installed at Kingston University's School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry. Following an investment of almost £750,000, the University has purchased two high-end 400MHz and 600MHz Avance Neo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instruments. It has also acquired a CPMAS III solid-state NMR probe for the 400MHz instrument, supplied by industry partner Haleon Plc, that will enable analysis of solid materials using a powerful method known as Magic Angle Spinning.

February 2024

Syrian academic graduates with PhD from Kingston University after fleeing war-torn country

Syrian academic graduates with PhD from Kingston University after fleeing war-torn country

A female scientist has been awarded a PhD from Kingston University, four years after fleeing her home country due to ongoing armed conflict.

January 2024

Kingston University leads research into local digital public health campaigns

Kingston University leads research into local digital public health campaigns

Kingston University academics and staff from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames' Department of Health Behaviours and Public Health Services have published an evaluation of the effectiveness of a series of locally-led digital public health campaigns.

Research led by Kingston University and National Children's Bureau sheds light on unprecedented demand for children's social care services

Research led by Kingston University and National Children's Bureau sheds light on unprecedented demand for children's social care services

Research led by Kingston University and the National Children's Bureau has uncovered an unprecedented picture of national demand for children's social care services in England.

November 2023

Pioneering doctoral training partnership involving Kingston University unveiled by the Economic and Social Care Research Council

Pioneering doctoral training partnership involving Kingston University unveiled by the Economic and Social Care Research Council

Kingston University has been announced as part of a pioneering doctoral training partnership, after being selected by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The partnership will focus on the training of five cohorts of postgraduate researchers in challenge-led themes that reflect some of the most pressing social science concerns in the future, including developing healthy and thriving communities.

Kingston University collaborates with UK neobank Science Card to drive breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment

Kingston University collaborates with UK neobank Science Card to drive breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment

Kingston University has launched a new collaboration with Science Card, Britain's first e-money current account app dedicated to accelerating science and innovation, to fund research exploring the potential of fig latex to combat cervical cancer.

October 2023

Delaying annual eye screen for low risk diabetics could lead to treatment delays and sight loss, according to research involving Kingston University

Delaying annual eye screen for low risk diabetics could lead to treatment delays and sight loss, according to research involving Kingston University

Extending the annual screen to two years for people in England considered at low risk of diabetic eye disease could lead to critical treatment delays and sight loss, according to research led by St George's, University of London and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and involving Kingston University researchers and academics.

Kingston University sport science expert called upon to give specialist support to elite breakdancing athletes at world championship

Kingston University sport science expert called upon to give specialist support to elite breakdancing athletes at world championship

The World Breaking Championship took place in Leuven, Belgium last month and Dr James Brouner, course leader for Kingston University's Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons) and Sport Science (Coaching) BSc (Hons) programmes, was invited to provide the Norwegian team with vital support to help performance and prevent injuries. Dr Brouner talks about his weekend at the World Championship for break dancing, how he became involved with the Norwegian Breaking team and their hopes of qualifying for the Summer Olympics in Paris next year.

Kingston University teams up with industry leading chemistry partners to develop new synthetic compound library

Kingston University teams up with industry leading chemistry partners to develop new synthetic compound library

Experts from Kingston University's Chemistry Department have come together with two leading industry partners to develop an accessible new synthetic compound library.

Kingston University launches project to give teaching students specialist dyslexia training

Kingston University launches project to give teaching students specialist dyslexia training

Kingston University is embarking on a project to provide its initial teacher training students with the skills and knowledge to support pupils who present with dyslexia or other conditions that affect their literacy skills. The new initiative will see the University employ a full-time specialist dyslexia tutor, who will work with students and staff, as well as the Education Department's partner schools, to provide enhanced knowledge of the challenges some pupils can encounter with reading and writing.

September 2023

Expertise of Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment in spotlight at industry research showcase

Expertise of Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment in spotlight at industry research showcase

Leading figures from across industry visited the University to hear about the wide-ranging impact on society of research and knowledge exchange activity being carried out across the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment.

August 2023

Kingston University experts to launch joint research project looking at inequalities faced by Black people living with after-effects of stroke

Kingston University experts to launch joint research project looking at inequalities faced by Black people living with after-effects of stroke

Researchers from Kingston University have received a significant funding award from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) to look at how health inequalities faced by Black people in the UK living with the after-effects of a stroke can be addressed.

July 2023

Actor Paterson Joseph shares inspirations for novel uncovering story of 18th century Black Briton Charles Ignatius Sancho at Kingston University symposium

Actor Paterson Joseph shares inspirations for novel uncovering story of 18th century Black Briton Charles Ignatius Sancho at Kingston University symposium

Acclaimed actor and author Paterson Joseph revealed how a compulsion to ensure 18th century composer and writer Charles Ignatius Sancho was remembered led him to write a novel about the Black Briton's life, during a talk at Kingston University.

Factors associated with learning disabilities and autism led to requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands, Kingston University study finds

Factors associated with learning disabilities and autism led to requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands, Kingston University study finds

A Kingston University study found several people with learning disabilities and autism in the Netherlands chose to die legally through euthanasia and assisted suicide due to feeling unable to cope with the world, changes around them or because they struggled to form friendships.

June 2023

Turner Prize-winning Kingston School of Art Professor Elizabeth Price reveals new work as part of EUREKA at London Design Biennale

Turner Prize-winning Kingston School of Art Professor Elizabeth Price reveals new work as part of EUREKA at London Design Biennale

Professor Price's work at the London Design Biennale, THE GARDEN, takes the viewer on a tour through the abundant images of flora and foliage found in the Scottish Stoddard Templeton carpet design archive.

May 2023

Significant book on improving quality of nursing care for older people published by Kingston University Emerita Professor

Significant book on improving quality of nursing care for older people published by Kingston University Emerita Professor

The latest instalment in a series of books designed to help health professionals wanting to improve the quality of care for older people has been published by a health and social care expert at Kingston University.

March 2023

International conference celebrates work of moving image pioneer Eadweard Muybridge and relocation of personal archive of his work to Kingston University

International conference celebrates work of moving image pioneer Eadweard Muybridge and relocation of personal archive of his work to Kingston University

The Moving Muybridge: Transatlantic Dialogues conference, organised by Kingston University's Visual and Material Culture Research Centre in partnership with Kingston Museum and the Stanley Picker Gallery, saw international experts gather at the University's Town House Building.

Kingston University launching new postgraduate scholarships after securing artificial intelligence and data science funding award from Office for Students

Kingston University launching new postgraduate scholarships after securing artificial intelligence and data science funding award from Office for Students

Kingston University is getting set to deliver a suite of new postgraduate scholarships aimed at broadening the pool of students progressing into data science and artificial intelligence (AI) careers. The scholarships are being launched after the University was named one of 30 institutions across the country to receive funding from an £8.1m Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Office for Artificial Intelligence pot, awarded by the Office for Students (OfS).

New study shows medication adherence tool developed by Kingston University and Observia is world's first to predict hospital admissions and readmissions of Type 2 Diabetes patients

New study shows medication adherence tool developed by Kingston University and Observia is world's first to predict hospital admissions and readmissions of Type 2 Diabetes patients

A pioneering behavioural diagnostic tool developed by Kingston University and healthcare technology company Observia to help patients take their medication as prescribed is the first holistic model in the world to accurately predict hospital admissions and readmissions in people living with Type 2 Diabetes, according to a new study.