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New course for social care brings REAL benefits
An initiative aimed at strengthening research capability within adult social care has been launched at the University of Winchester (June...


The ARC Event - Applied Research - Real Lives - Change that Matters
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Southampton Hilton, Utilita Bowl ARC Wessex is hosting a celebration of the best of applied research in Wessex...


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


ARC reaches milestone figure as 100th Internship awarded
The ninth group of internship awards ARC Wessex presented its first internship awards in 2020. Now, five years later, over 100 people...


Summer 2025 News Update
There has and is so much going on - find out all about it in our newsletter here


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


Data and maps could hold the secret to better care for older people who need an ambulance
A new collaboration between researchers in Southampton and South Central Ambulance Service has the potential to cut long waiting times...


Domestic abuse programme is extended after research evidence proves it can work
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Donna Jones, has extended funding for a programme to reduce...
I cannot be what I can’t see – How an idea tackled the lack of senior minority women in university health and medical schools
It was before the pandemic that Professor Nisreen Alwan MBE* from the University of Southampton, started having conversations with women...


Caring for veterans with dementia - why we all need a sense or purpose
Vikki Tweedy is a nurse working at an acute hospital in Dorset with people who have dementia. Vikki was awarded an internship with ARC...


Policy brief outlines how exercise can cut falls in older people
£4.4 billion pounds is spent of falls in old people each year in the UK


Deprescribing for dementia
Scientists are calling for ‘deprescribing’ to be integrated into routine medical care for patients with dementia, to reduce risks and cut...


Report recommends holistic approach to maintain growth in applied dementia research
The report praises existing initiatives but suggests how to go further A new report has shown more work is needed to attract and retain...


Chocolate at the checkout
Weak enforcement of obesity regulations is undermining public health Read our latest article by Dr Preeti Dhuria (University of...


Talking therapies for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder less effective for those from poorer areas
A new paper published by Dr Thomas Richardson and colleagues at Universities of Southampton, Cardiff and Sheffield has shown that people...


Award for DALLI study into violence against the most vulnerable
The Marie Curie Clair Fisher Research Impact Award The DALLI research project has been awarded the Marie Curie Clair Fisher Research...


Work starts on knowledge mobilisation and public policy as part of major investment into research by National Institute for Health and Care Research
The ARC Wessex team developing Knowledge Mobilisation capacity across Wessex has begun it's 3 year programme - alongside two new Public...


New partnership to bring together Wessex communities for mental health research
RViR Public involvement event in Southampton NIHR* Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex has teamed up with Raising Voices in...
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