Huge congratulations to YHEC’s Joshua Bracewell whose team won Europe’s Toughest Mudder 2023. They completed the punishing overnight challenge in support of our nominated charity, OCDUK. If you'd like to congratulate Josh by making a donation, here’s the link:

🚨 EVEN MORE EXCITING NEWS!🚨 #ESHackathon is BACK for a physical hackathon after a 3 year hiatus! We'll be meeting in Newcastle, UK, from December 13-15th to develop new tools and frameworks for better #EvidenceSynthesis! Come and join us! eshackathon.org/events/2023-12…

The University of York has been awarded more than £600,000 in scholarship funding to deliver programmes in artificial intelligence and data science. The award is part of the The Office for Students (OfS) #JoinYourAIFuture scheme 💻 Find out all about it: bit.ly/3O1zOUX

Don't miss out on this chance to make your voice heard when it comes to the potential for technological innovations to support paediatric neurological trauma!👇🧠🗨️ Child Brain Injury Trust Headway - the brain injury association Spinal Injuries Association Back Up Brain & Spine Foundation The Brain Charity Brain Injury Matters

Extremely pleased to say that our new grant mapping report is live! The report illustrates research grants awarded between January 2015 and October 2022 mapped against the Top 11 priorities identified in the 2015 Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership.

‼️CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN‼️ You are invited to begin submitting proposals for research discussion sessions, rapid fire presentations, and poster walkarounds at #HSRUK24! Submissions will close on January 15th, don't miss out: hsruk2024.org

BIG NEWS on OpenSAFELY from us, NHS England, and Department of Health and Social Care I’m delighted to say OpenSAFELY’s future is now secure as NHS England infrastructure, and we will cautiously expand to cover non-COVID research areas. THREAD! bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2023/11/t…

Be sure not to miss Patience Kunonga (Tafadzwa)'s presentation on the development of a framework for considering inequalities/inequities in evidence synthesis at the Cochrane-Equity webinar series on the 17th of January 2024! 👇 Register here so you don't miss out: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

A really insightful session with NIHR Innovation Observatory Public Advisory Group today and very appreciative of all that attended - including our new members. Great discussion, including ways to ‘demystify’ horizon scanning, optimum ways of research communication, outreach… 🗣️🧠👂🏾

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We have a fantastic opportunity for experienced researchers to join our team at the NIHR Innovation Observatory, as both Research Assistants and Research Associates, to contribute to the delivery of a range of outputs! Find all the info here👇jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-…

It's been a real pleasure for NIHR Innovation Observatory Health Economics & Evidence Synthesis NCL to host the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon event. Hope you're all enjoying Newcastle #EvidenceSynthesis

#HackingChildTech national event - registrations open! 💡 Join us 4-5th June 2024 to explore #healthtech innovations landscape for children, and connect with diverse experts.🤝Highlight topics: mental health, health behaviour, and neurological trauma: 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/nihr-innovat…

“Our vision…” or “Our mission…”?

Join NIHR Innovation Observatory at The Catalyst on 4th and 5th June for the Hacking Child Tech event. Learn, discuss and explore innovations and gaps in the child health space with experts from around the world. newcastlehelix.com/events/nihr-in… #NewcastleHelix #Newcastle #NorthEast

Last week, I spoke about AI and regulations at an event at the U.S. Capitol attended by legislative and business leaders. I’m encouraged by the progress the open source community has made fending off regulations that would have stifled innovation. But opponents of open source are

One of the best lineups I've seen for ages. Possibly on par with Reading & Leeds 2007. And it's free to attend. There's still time to register if you can make it. This is going to be a good one - don't miss it.

The problem with Apple infusing intelligence into its apps, such as mail, pages, or numbers, is that almost no one uses those apps.

📢We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Futures, Foresight & Horizon Scanning Conference, set to take place on 13th & 14th Novermber, 2024. 📅Mark your calendars and get ready to embark on a journey into the future at The Catalyst , Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. For details, and

📢Call for Abstracts📢 We are excited to invite submissions for abstracts to our upcoming Futures, Foresight & Horizon Scanning Conference, set to take place on November 13 and 14, 2024 at The Catalyst , Newcastle upon Tyne. We invite submissions on the following themes: ·

The Systematic Review Toolbox is back online.