Rehabilitation Matters: How the National Rehabilitation Centre can be a flagship for the UK
June 5, 2023
Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Here, Dr Manoj Sivan, National Advisor to the NRC and President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM), shares his thoughts on how the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) can be …
The humble hearing aid versus giant Dementia
April 25, 2023
The Lancet Commission reports published in 2017 and 2021 have highlighted hearing loss as a major risk factor for dementia. Tom Dening, Clinical Professor in Dementia Research, has enthusiastically worn hearing aids since September 2022. Encouraged by the reports, here he discusses the limitations and the positive messages within them and what this means for …
Rehabilitation Matters: Great rehabilitation encompasses the physical, emotional and psychological
March 24, 2023
Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. Rick Harrington, National Rehabilitation Centre Engagement Coordinator at the University of Nottingham, explains why great rehabilitation comes from having an holistic approach. I joined the University of Nottingham just a few months ago, …
The transformative power of animations for youth mental health
February 14, 2023
In the pandemic, Professor of Health Humanities Paul Crawford led a team of researchers and clinicians in a project titled ‘What’s Up With Everyone?’. This was in collaboration with Academy-award winning animators Aardman (Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit, and Chicken Run). Here, he talks about the transformative power of creative industries to better help …
Rehabilitation Matters: Revolutionising rehabilitation around the globe
January 24, 2023
Rehabilitation Matters is a series of stories and perspectives from people who care about effective clinical rehabilitation and the benefits it provides. In this guest blog, Dr Ishara Dharmasena, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and Lecturer at Wolfson School, Loughborough University, explains how the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) could help to revolutionise rehabilitation around …
Nottingham prof leads initiative to help tackle homelessness
November 27, 2020
This winter, the Covid-19 pandemic will leave even more people homeless and in desperate need of support. University academic Dr Paul Scotting, in the School of Life Sciences, talks about his role in helping to launch Street Support Nottingham, an exciting new initiative connecting people and organisations locally to tackle homelessness, and how volunteering has …
Millions of children are being exposed to alcoholic imagery during televised sporting events, study finds
August 7, 2020
Young people in the UK are being exposed to excessive alcohol advertisements during televised sporting events, which could lead to increased alcohol consumption in under 16s, according to new research from the University of Nottingham. The results of the study, published today in the BMJ Open, showed that during all 21 races in the 2018 …
Study reveals how people with hearing loss are affected by Covid-19 lockdown
A new report into how people with hearing loss have been experiencing the Covid-19 lockdown has found there have been many negative effects on them, but also a few unexpected positive ones. The study was carried out in a rapid turnaround by experts in hearing disability at the University of Nottingham’s Hearing Sciences Scottish Section …
Nottingham and Canadian researchers lead new vaping study for teenagers, by teenagers
August 6, 2020
Researchers from Western University, Canada and the University of Nottingham, UK, are leading a new $100,000 study into teenage vaping in Canada, where high schoolers will be appointed as co-researchers to the project. The study will take a revolutionary ‘by-youth-for-youth’ approach to understanding teenagers’ motivations for, and experiences with vaping, by involving teens in the …
Nottingham researchers support Indonesian government to ramp-up COVID-19 testing and research
May 15, 2020
Researchers from the University of Nottingham have been working closely with Indonesia authorities to support the management of COVID-19 in the country. Members of the Nottingham-Indonesia Collaboration for Clinical Research and Training (NICCRAT) consortium, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, are advising government on areas such as COVID testing and research. The …
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