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  1. About Us
    1. About Us
    2. The Team
    3. Member Organisations
    4. Governance
  2. Research, Implementation and Impact
    1. Research, Implementation and Impact
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
      1. Social Care and Social Work
      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
    6. Living Well with Dementia
    7. Co-production
    8. Public Health
    9. Digital Innovation
    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
    11. Covid-19
    12. Implementation
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
    4. Support for researchers
    5. Resources
    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Previous Research Weeks
    7. Your Health and Social Care Research Quick GuideYour Health and Social Care Research Quick Guide
  5. Resource Library
  6. Events
  7. News
  8. Contact Us
ARC KSS Academy

ARC KSS Academy

The ARC KSS Academy brings together health and social care organisations across Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Learning and Development

Learning and Development

Find out about local and regional funding opportunities, fellowships and scholarships and view our learning and development finder.

Mentorship

Mentorship

Individual mentorship is available for all applied researchers within ARC KSS member organisations to support their research career.

Research communities of practice

Research communities of practice

Learn about peer groups the ARC supports and read research journeys.

Research Week

Research Week

Supporting the learning and development of applied health and social care researchers

Your Health and Social Care Research Quick Guide

Your Health and Social Care Research Quick Guide

A resource to help those working in health or social care to start or develop their research journey.

Meet the team

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Professor Sally Kendall, MBE

Research Capacity Co-Lead

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Dr. Julie MacInnes

Research Capacity Co-Lead

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Dr Mel Rees-Roberts

Research Programme Manager

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Beth Flowers

ARC KSS Academy Manager

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Debbie Hayward

ARC KSS Academy Facilitator

We want to hear from you

Tell us how ARC KSS can support your learning and development needs relevant to applied research and how we can support applied research activity to inform practice and service  transformation.   You can get in touch by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or follow us on twitter @ARC_KSS

Register to receive the ARC KSS Academy Newsletter which features researcher development information, events, features, blogs and more.

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