Dancing, games and some fine cooking have been at the heart of two community events in Andover and Southampton celebrating Black History Month. A team from the Long-term Conditions Research Group based at the University of Southampton have been mixing with the visitors at two events and encouraging people from African and Caribbean communities to get more involved in health and care research. Linda Amungwa from the School of Health Sciences is studying for a PhD and is inter

The future of health research The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton £16.3 million to continue valuable applied research across the South of England. It is part of a £157 million investment over 5 years in 10 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) in England. Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care an

NIHR ARC Wessex held it's annual event on Tuesday October 7th in Southampton - drawing more than 250 people to celebrate 6 years of applied research. ARC shared the real life impact of research on our region, and took a rather innovative approach with seven 'acts' each focussed on it work. Dr Stephen Lim and Dr Sam Meredith started the event with an exercise class based on the ImPACt study. Professor Janis Baird introduced the next act presented by Dr Sarah Muir following th

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Dr Sara Morgan (centre left) from NIHR ARC Wessex Key research findings from the national evaluation of Project CARA, or Cautioning and...

Researchers working with ARC Wessex have been awarded some money to try to understand why people that drink too much alcohol don't want...

NIHR ARC Wessex has withdrawn from the X/Twitter platform following comments at the weekend by its owner Elon Musk. See BBC article:...

YoungMinds, ARC Wessex and the University of Southampton work together to find answers. Over the past two years, the charity YoungMinds...

Dementia Care at Home: Highlights from the DEM-COMM Research and Practice in Homecare SIG Public Event. DEM-COMM Research Fellows Written...

Ryan Buchanan at Westminster A consultant doctor from Southampton, supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research...

New research suggests that staying in school is linked to fewer hospital appointments in midlife. A study published this week examined...

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded £1.5 million for research to help provide better food for people in need in the New Forest,...

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Southampton Hilton, Utilita Bowl ARC Wessex is hosting a celebration of the best of applied research in Wessex...

Creative Arts for Dementia In this year's national #ARCseminar series, we explored the healing power of creative arts. In the third...

The ninth group of internship awards ARC Wessex presented its first internship awards in 2020. Now, five years later, over 100 people...

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Events across England have been taking place to mark Dementia Action Week supported by Alzheimer's Society.