Hiring 🤩 12 mths #postdoc in HCI or Visualization Research in the evaluation of data visualization and UI through e.g. user engagement theory, knowledge discovery, model interpretability etc. (your choice!) Get in touch if you are interested! Apply: jobs.ac.uk/job/DIC586/res…

'Lib Dem proposals take social care reform seriously – but doubts remain over how they’d pay for it' Prof Catherine Needham analyses the Liberal Democrats' social care reform commitments ahead of the #generalelection in this article for The Conversation: theconversation.com/lib-dem-propos…

Closing Sunday - IMPACT is recruiting for a Head of Operations! Work closely with the Director to manage operations, finance, HR, comms, & relationship management Join us in making a significant impact in adult social care: buff.ly/45lAYlp

This is such a key role - our co-production advisory group designed it so that it could be really flexible, for a person or a pair of people, based anywhere in the UK - we're hoping this works for as many different people as possible in lots of different circumstances

“Whatever social care is doing, it is not helping people to be social.” Prof Catherine Needham explores how we are failing recipients of ‘social care’ from receiving the tools they need to live a good life in communion with others. Care & Caring Jnl Uni of Birmingham transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/06/11/why…

🌟 Thrilled to share the success of our workshop co-produced with Carers UK! 🙌 A huge thank you to all the experts, advocates, and carers who participated and shared their invaluable insights. Centre for Care

Come and work with us at @gov_uob!We’re hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Government and Artificial Intelligence to work on interdisciplinary research and teaching in our Centre for AI in Government with my brilliant colleague Slava Jankin and others. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

We're working with South Eastern Trust & Centre for Care on an IMPACT project to improve data-driven service commissioning for unpaid carers. Want to play a leading role in this exciting work? Apply to be the project Facilitator by 10 July! ℹ️ impact.bham.ac.uk/our-people/vac… Deirdre Heenan

New book day!

We are recruiting for the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair! The university is host to the Stuart Hall Archive and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies archive and we are looking for an inspiring and socially engaged scholar: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

💻 Daniel Valdenegro kicks off our #RobustiPy hackathon with Centre for Care at Saïd Business School 😎 The Leverhulme Trust Oxford Population Health (OxPop)

If you're a social care researcher with an interest in better links with practice or a social care practitioner / manager interested in better links with research, then this role could be for you! jobs.ac.uk/job/DIQ385/emb… West Midlands ADASS NIHR ARC West Midlands IMPACT NIHR School for Social Care Research @RWMSWTP

The The Royal Society has published a Biographical Memoir of former Nuffield Fellow Sir David Cox, written by Nancy Reid:

Excited to be officially starting on our NIHR-funded OPTIMA project today, 'Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA): A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation' ...

We are delighted to share the ADR UK Annual Report 2023 – 2024. Following a year of ambitious projects and significant progress, the report rounds up some key highlights across the ADR UK partnership. reports.adruk.org/annual-report-… 🧵 Keep reading to dive into the key takeaways.

Calling all those wanting some support to bring about evidence-informed change in adult social care (anywhere in the UK). See below for details of how to apply to host a future project with IMPACT. (Evidence = research & lived experience & practice knowledge)

Join us for an event on AI & Care... Taking place on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 (12:30-14:00) at The Exchange, Birmingham for a free event all about tech’s impact on UK care services. Hear from experts, get real-world insights, and chat about the future of AI in care. Register now

New post: Research Associate in Health and Inequalities. Interested in exploring the role of urban green and blue spaces in tackling health inequalities? Come join us at GroundsWell Consortium and make a difference jobs.ac.uk/job/DJX282/res…

We're delighted to announce the next cycle of recruitment for our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs is now open! If you are an academic with a strong portfolio of global-leading research, we want to hear from you. Check out our vacancies and apply now: fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk/?utm_campaign=…

For all you research data peeps out there (acad & other): You can now apply to be a member of a REF 2029 panel. We need good representation from people with a strong quant background, given how much more data is being used by researchers since the last REF happened. Please apply!