Join us at Pride in London on Saturday 29 June! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We're bringing together our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies for an informal meet-up! Sign up: loom.ly/DaSHS-A If you can't make it, we'd love to hear where you'll be celebrating Pride!

Here's our jolly Research and Innovation Team Royal College of Occupational Therapists proudly supporting #Red4Research Day! 🌟 Today, we celebrate and appreciate everyone contributing to health and social care research. Your efforts make a real difference. Gillian Ward Hazel Roddam, FRCSLT

'This is blowing my mind! 🤯' - how we all feel after Professor Michael Rowe's eye-opening plenary on using Generative AI. A tool that can be powerful but only in collaboration with us (humans!) - don't ask AI to do the work for you, ask it to help you do better work. #RCOT2024

⏰ Two weeks left to apply for the Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards 2024/25! Access support for your application: ✅ Applicant Support webinars - live and recorded ✅ Frequently Asked Questions Start your application today 👇 🔗 ow.ly/MJZ550Sr6Bc #WomenInnovate

CAHPR CONFERENCE 2024: Growing our community for allied health research. Please register to join, and we'll send you a meeting link during the week before the event: eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-our-…

Insuring the safety & wellbeing of research participants is paramount but in the process of meeting research governance requirements are we excluding the voices we most need to hear from? RCOT Neuro Practice Imperial Stroke Imperial Department of Brain Sciences Mary Wells 💙 doi.org/10.1177/030802…

📢⏰🔔Are you looking for funding for a research idea you have? the Royal College of Occupational Therapists 's Research and Innovation Fund grants are now open to application👇👇👇

📝 Are you a researcher or professional who is unsure how to budget for your #PPI activities? Visit our handy 'Budgeting for Involvement: cost calculator' on NIHR Learning for Involvement: learningforinvolvement.org.uk/content/resour…

Come and work with us! We have two new posts to deliver the exciting changes we are making. Be part of the change Royal College of Occupational Therapists Happy to have a chat to bring the role profile to life a little more 😊loom.ly/NXmnHNc

Thanks to everyone who helped us to develop and pilot this important survey of #AHP #research contracts, now please help us to spread the word to get UK-wide response RCSLTResearch RCSLTpolicy Royal College of Occupational Therapists Gillian Ward Gillian Rudd Gillian Southgate NHS R&D North West BAPO SCoR Members

Its really important that Welsh Based Royal College of Occupational Therapists complete this Workforce Survey. It gives us fantastic evidence to influence policy and strategic decision makers on the matters important to OT's and the people we serve. Focused Welsh OT data will support system change

WHO and UNICEF invite occupational therapists in a public consultation to guide the content and scope of a roadmap for accelerating access to assistive technology. Access the survey via this link: wfot.link/globalsurveyon…

For all UK registered AHPs who have dedicated research time as part or all of their current role #AHPResearch OfficialCAHPR WeAHPs 💙 Hazel Roddam, FRCSLT Gillian Ward Dawn Carnes

Don’t miss out on the chance to apply for ElizabethCassonTrust Personal Development Leadership programme. The trust receives such positive feedback about it so get your application in See link below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Leadership #PersonalDevelopment #ApplyNow Please share in your networks

Yesterday Gillian Ward and Joe Brunwin (RCOT Campaigns, Policy & Public Affairs) joined Dr Philip Whitehead at the House of Lords to hear him share his research into bathing adaptations for older adults, hosted by Lord Best. Learn more about the study here: loom.ly/J8TzX4M

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Thinking of applying for the NIHR Doctoral Award? If you hold a 1st or 2:1 bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and are passionate about research in health, public health or social care, this fully funded PhD opportunity could be your next big step. Make your application stand out

Today's #ResearchMonth blog from Gillian Ward highlights the importance of cross-sector #collaboration to tackling the UK’s rising burden of major illness, driving innovative research and faster patient benefits. councilofdeans.org.uk/resource/advan…

The blog coincides with the publication of Royal College of Occupational Therapists's new Research and Innovation Strategy and action plan: rcot.co.uk/explore-resour…

The Constance Owens trustees are delighted to offer their 2025 award of £15,000 funded over three years for either PhD or Post-doctoral study. We are currently supporting 4 occupational Therapists. Could you be the next one? Please circulate to colleagues.