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  1. About Us
    1. About Us
    2. The Team
    3. Member Organisations
    4. Governance
  2. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    1. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    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
      1. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      2. Meet the team
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
      1. Primary and Community Health Services
      2. Meet the team
    6. Living Well with Dementia
      1. Living Well with Dementia
      2. Meet the team
    7. Co-production
      1. Co-production
      2. Meet the team
    8. Public Health
      1. Public Health
      2. Meet the team
    9. Digital Innovation
      1. Digital Innovation
      2. Meet the team
    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
      1. Economics of Health and Social Care
      2. Meet the team
    11. Implementation
      1. Implementation
      2. Meet the team
    12. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      1. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      2. Meet the team
    13. Knowledge Mobilisation
      1. Knowledge Mobilisation
      2. Meet the team
  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. Inclusive Research
        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. NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South EastNIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South East
    8. Building social care research capacity
  5. Resource Library
  6. Events
  7. News
  8. Contact Us

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In this section

  1. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
  2. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. Learning and Development Finder
    3. Researchers Journeys
  3. MentorshipMentorship
  4. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
  5. Research Week Research Week
    1. Research Week
    2. Previous Research Weeks
  6. NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South EastNIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South East
  7. Building social care research capacity

Research Week 2026: Advancing Inclusive Research 

Equity, partnership, and participation in applied research

This year, we will be holding Research Week from Monday 14 - Thursday 17 September 2026. 

The week will include a range of learning and development events, research insight talks and presentations, specifically aimed at applied health and social care researchers, including early career researchers in practice and PhD students.

  • An in-person symposium will take place at the University of Kent on Thursday 17 September 2026.  Sign up to the event here.
  • As part of the programme, we will be hosting a Health and Care Professional (HCP) Internship Celebration Event on15 September 2026 (10.30-11.30) online. This online event will bring together our Health and Care Professional Interns as they share their experiences of the programme and reflect on how the internship is shaping their research careers. Sign up to the event here.

 A full programme of events and how to register will be available here shortly.

Annual Research Poster Competition 2026

This competition is an opportunity to showcase how your work is building and mobilising evidence for impact in applied health and social care research across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.  

Closing date: 5pm on Friday 28 August 2026.

For further details please see news story.

 

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