What do the UKRI networks bring us this May? Read The Round-Up to find out. Spoiler alert - it's all fantastic!
The Round-Up – April 2021
A round-up of some of the goings on in the 8 networks for his month. What have they been up to? What do they have planned? Read to find out!
Looking back to move forward: Reflections on the strengths and challenges of the COVID-19 UK mental health research response
A reflection on UK mental health research response to Covid-19, including a blog post and a video.
How do I get funding for my research?: 5 questions to get you started
After the first cross-network event on securing funding as an ECR in mental health Sam Parsons takes you through an exercise of 5 questions designed to get you thinking about approaching funding applications as an ECR, and importantly working out what you still need to know ahead of the second event in the series on networking.
SMaRteN network – COVID-19 impact on researchers? #MentalHealthResearchMatters
How has Covid-19 impacted doctoral and early career researchers? What good practice can be adopted by supervisors, line managers and institutions to reduce some of this impact? Elizabeth, Amy and Trish discuss these questions in this podcast, drawing from both the research data and their personal experiences.
Online or on the line? Digital exclusion in people with severe mental ill health
The pandemic has accelerated digitalisation in many aspects of life, but what does this mean for people who are not digitally connected? Emily Peckham and Panos Spanakis from the Closing the Gap Network (@CTGNetworkUK) explore the the “digital divide” and explain why understanding the extent of this divide in people with severe mental ill-health is an important aim of the network's OWLS project (Optimising Well-being during Self-isolation).
Priorities for mental health science in a time of crisis and loss
The Covid-19 pandemic is and will continue to have pervasive impacts on health and society. What key research questions and priorities are necessary to mitigate the impacts on mental health, especially for those people who may disproportionately affected? Louise Arseneault reflects on some of the research priorities and questions for mental health and brain sciences identified by an interdisciplinary group of people from across the bio-psycho-social spectrum in mental health science, including people with lived experience of mental health problems.
Achieving resilience during COVID-19: psycho-social risk & protective factors amidst a pandemic in adolescents
A new online study has been launched by the Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience (OCEAN) to explore factors affecting resilience in adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic, and understand how to better promote psychological well-being in adolescents during this time.
What is the role of charitable mental health research funders during Covid19?
"We have a responsibility to put accessible and rapidly applicable evidence in the hands of the people we support, professionals and policymakers, as well as ensuring that the big concerns from before aren’t forgotten." The Alliance of Mental Health Research funders discuss the role of charitable research funders in the mental health research response to Covid-19.
What is the impact of covid-19 on doctoral students and early career researchers in the UK? New research by SMaRteN in partnership with Vitae.
SMaRteN have worked in partnership with Vitae to put together a survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 associated lock down on doctoral and early career researchers, the outcomes of which will guide the longer term response to supporting researchers through and following the pandemic.