Dr Harriet Wingfield, Research Fellow based at the AWRC, shares her reflections on attending the Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Europe conference in Kaunas, Lithuania, in this latest piece for AWRC Voices.
In February 2025, the Training and Education pillar at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre hosted students from nine schools across Sheffield as part of the Better Learners, Better Workers Programme, supported by Sheffield Hallam University. Work experience student Michelle Hicken - who helped to organise the event as part of her AWRC placement - writes about the day for this month's AWRC Voices.
Richard Gettings is an embedded researcher on our Doncaster Health Determinants Research Collaboration. He was recently part of a team that designed and organised the first Doncaster Muslim Wellness Conference. Richard has written for AWRC Voices about the circumstances that led to the development of the conference, some of the challenges faced, and its underpinning philosophies.
Dr Harriet Wingfield reflects on her experience presenting her work on place-based approaches at the International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) conference in Omaha, USA.
This week, we meet Natalie and Safa, third year Operating Department Practice (ODP) students at Sheffield Hallam University, who recently spent several weeks with us at the AWRC as part of their research placements.
Gabby recently spent a week's work experience with AWRC researchers and professional services staff. In the latest of the AWRC Voices series, we hear from Gabby about her time with us.
In the first of the new AWRC Voices series, Claire Woodward, the AWRC's Programmes and Planning Manager discusses the benefits and challenges of dedicated project management support for research projects.
