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IPC provided support for the Festival of Research in April 2023 attended by students from Cheney School and Oxford Spires Academy.

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Evaluation of Adoption England funded Family Finding Events

In a significant step toward improving adoption processes, Adoption England has commissioned the Institute of Public Care to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of family finding events previously funded nationally
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18-24th November is “safer gambling week” in the UK

IPC has worked with Wiltshire Council’s Public Health Team to explore the prevalence and awareness of gambling harms from a public health perspective in the county. Download our latest Publication
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New – Principles of Commissioning Course

Drawing on our well-established commissioning course, we are excited to launch the Certificate in the Principles of Commissioning. This is an introductory course to the key principles and fundamentals of good commissioning practice
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Structural Racism Within Social Care

Download the Position Paper. IPC engaged with people working within social care in Wales from the global majority to explore the extent of structural racism
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What can I do? Taking action to promote aligned, patient-centric services

In this blog, IPC Associate Director, Professor Keith Moultrie looks at how we can continue towards goals of integrated care and support, despite the huge capacity, resource and demand challenges our care services are all facing
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Health and Social Care Integration: Healing the Fractures?

In this blog IPC Associate Consultants Dr Melanie Henwood and Philip Provenzano reflect on some of the enduring challenges to health and social care integration and offer an analysis and way forward grounded in mature system relationships and leadership
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“Babies in care proceedings – what do we know about parents with learning disabilities or difficulties?” webinar

Professor Katy Burch, Assistant Director IPC, recently presented at an ExChange Wales webinar on the NFJO report
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IPC undertake research for new Foundations Practice Guides

Foundations have published the first in a series of new national Practice Guides that provide local authorities and partner organisations with evidence about ‘what works’ in Children’s Social Care. IPC was commissioned to undertake the research to help understand what can get in the way of evidence use in local authorities and how Practice Guides might help to overcome these
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Professor Fiona Richardson

IPC is proud to announce that Fiona Richardson, Director, is awarded the title Professor of Knowledge Exchange at Oxford Brookes University
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Oxford Brookes celebrates fourth consecutive high ranking in Knowledge Exchange Framework results – IPC a main contributor

Oxford Brookes University has once again performed strongly in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), an annual national-level assessment of how universities benefit the economy and society. One of the main contributors of this work is IPC
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Social care career progression for the global majority in Wales

Earlier this year IPC was delighted to engage with people working within social care in Wales from the global majority to explore how their career progression could be better supported
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Get Experience in Applied Research (GEAR)

Our GEAR programme is open again in the academic year 2024/25 to students and staff at Oxford Brookes University only. Deadline for applications is 30th September 2024
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