We’re delighted that that AWRC visiting researcher Professor Susan Hampshaw has been appointed Associate Dean of Infrastructure and Capacity Building in the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Academy.
Earlier this month, the team at the National Evaluation and Learning Partnership (NELP) hosted Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, Dr Rebecca Hunter from Northumbria University at Sheffield Hallam University. Rebecca made the trip to South Yorkshire to continue explore opportunities for collaboration with Dr Katie Shearn and the NELP team.
Dr Katie Shearn has been appointed as Director of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) for an interim period of nine months from Monday 8th June.
Harriet Wingfield is a Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Care. She specialises in whole systems approaches and innovative models of health and social care, with a strong emphasis on addressing physical activity inequalities. For this edition of AWRC Voices, Harriet reflects on her time at the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) annual conference, held in Cádiz, Spain.
The AWRC was pleased to submit evidence to the inquiry, and we support the conclusion that - if the Government is to deliver on its prevention ambitions - physical activity can no longer seen as an optional extra.
Movement is beneficial for both physical and mental health, yet only 1 in 4 women meet national physical activity guidelines during pregnancy and first year after childbirth.
The baton was carried from the city centre to the AWRC by Sheffield boxer star Johnny Nelson MBE and three-time Grammy award winner Aaron Casserly Stewart, who passed it onto representatives of our Active Together programmes for the next leg.
The recently formed ECR network - based at the AWRC - held a successful first panel with University leaders on navigating uncertainty in higher education.
AWRC-based National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) partnership will deliver a £1.7m programme of work to strengthen community-led activity, embed physical activity within health and care pathways, and build the workforce, leadership and infrastructure needed to sustain change.
