Sentences with phrase «lead research programmes»

They regularly lead research programmes and are technically people who have already completed degrees in the relevant subject.

The Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (MITA) project (http://maximisingtas.co.uk) has been set up to improve deployment and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has carried out several TA led research programmes, which conclude that TAs can significantly improve pupil outcomes, but only if they are properly trained and effectively utilised.

Funding comes from the NCTL's existing research and development budget for «school - led research programmes».

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That's because the survey — Businesses Leading Britain, part of Deloitte's UK Futures research programme — found that operators and suppliers within the business centre industry can comfortably touch on all three of the report's «three rules for growth» recommendations.

Lakatos defines a research programme as «progressive» if in the long run it leads to the discovery of novel phenomena and previously unexpected facts as well as accounting for facts already known.

Jane is programme director in the NIHR King's Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre leading a programme of work on innovations in service quality and health technologies.

Contributors: Members of the writing committee for this paper were Peter Brocklehurst (professor of perinatal epidemiology, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), University of Oxford; professor of women's health, Institute for Women's Health, University College London (UCL)-RRB-; Pollyanna Hardy (senior trials statistician, NPEU); Jennifer Hollowell (epidemiologist, NPEU); Louise Linsell (senior medical statistician, NPEU); Alison Macfarlane (professor of perinatal health, City University London); Christine McCourt (professor of maternal and child health, City University London); Neil Marlow (professor of neonatal medicine, UCL); Alison Miller (programme director and midwifery lead, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH)-RRB-; Mary Newburn (head of research and information, National Childbirth Trust (NCT)-RRB-; Stavros Petrou (health economist, NPEU; professor of health economics, University of Warwick); David Puddicombe (researcher, NPEU); Maggie Redshaw (senior research fellow, social scientist, NPEU); Rachel Rowe (researcher, NPEU); Jane Sandall (professor of social science and women's health, King's College London); Louise Silverton (deputy general secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)-RRB-; and Mary Stewart (research midwife, NPEU; senior lecturer, King's College London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery).

Jane Sandall was and is principal investigator for two studies evaluating models of midwife - led continuity of care (Sandall 2001), and co-investigator on the «Birthplace in England Research Programme», an integrated programme of research designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric sResearch Programme», an integrated programme of research designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric sresearch designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric services.

Declan Devane is a co-author in one of the included trials in this review (Begley 2011) Jane Sandall was and is principal investigator for two studies evaluating models of midwife - led continuity of care (Sandall 2001), and co-investigator on the «Birthplace in England Research Programme», an integrated programme of research designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric sResearch Programme», an integrated programme of research designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric sresearch designed to compare outcomes of births for women planned at home, in different types of midwifery units, and in hospital units with obstetric services.

The event was a culmination of a joint initiative of the Senate President and DFID's ENABLE 2 and GEMS 3 programmes and had been preceded by a comprehensive research into laws inhibiting businesses in Nigeria leading to specific legislative proposals to improve the business environment in terms of competition and consumer protection, transportation and infrastructure, improving MSMEs access to finance, reform of land use and construction laws and administration, doing business reforms amongst others.

The research team aims to develop and further understanding of the changing patterns, causes and consequences of fuel poverty through its broad and varied work programme, uncovering the circumstances and processes which lead households to be exposed to either cold and damp homes, or the achievement of a warm and dry home at the expense of other resources necessary for health and well - being.

The programme is a collaboration between five UK Research Councils, led by the ESRC, and includes EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and AHRC.

Controversial internet entrepreneur turned cultural critic Andrew Keen, who says the revolution of interactivity and user - generated content on the internet is leading to «less culture, less reliable news and a chaos of useless information» is one contributor certain to ignite debate at the two - day conference, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through its e-Society programme.

Professor Stephen Duffy, lead researcher and Cancer Research UK's professor of cancer screening, said: «The results of our study showed that the NHS breast cancer screening programme has been even more effective at saving lives than we predicted.

«Mother Nature is among the worst terrorists,» says Michael Goldblatt, who once led the biodefence programme for the Pentagon's research arm, DARPA, and now heads Functional Genetics, a biotech company in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

«Crash diets, also called meal replacement programmes, have become increasingly fashionable in the past few years,» said lead author Dr Jennifer Rayner, clinical research fellow, Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Peter Sasieni, at Cancer Research UK, who led the study, suggests that HPV testing should be the first step in any screening programme.

So, too, is the US military, according to Renee Wegrzyn, the DARPA programme officer leading its «Safe Genes» initiative, which supports research on restraining gene drives.

Professor Vasile is leading the Stardust Network, an international, EU - funded programme comprising researchers and leaders from 20 different institutions, with the purpose of advancing research into the manipulation of asteroids and space debris, and the aim of protecting the planet and space assets from catastrophic impacts.

Mike Montemerlo and Sebastian Thrun of Stanford University, California, whose car won the 2005 prize, lead Google's self - driving car research programme.

The Survey's current research programmes look into the Antarctic ice sheet, Antarctic climate processes, Antarctic biodiversity and management of ecosystems, and the past tectonic forces that led to the formation of today's Antarctic.

Later in the week transport secretary John MacGregor announced a research programme which will lead to electronic tolls on British motorways in 1998.

Whereas other programmes, such as Ramón y Cajal, also aim to give postdocs the opportunity to lead their own research team within a public research centre, they often have to apply for grants independently to fund their research.

As explained by lead researcher, Dr Ferdinand von Meyenn, postdoctoral researcher in the Epigenetics research programme at the Babraham Institute and first author on the paper: «Our method establishes a reliable system that can be used to explore the early stages of epigenetic reprogramming in primordial germ cell - like cells and how this is regulated in the generation of reproductive cells.

Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, added: «This study forms part of a larger programme of work addressing risk factors for fracture across the lifecourse, and demonstrates the importance of the University of Southampton and MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit in leading large, UK wide analyses on the internationally leading UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink dataset.

The second initiative is Imperial College London's Energy Futures Lab, a research programme that aims to bring together people from different disciplines to work on projects that will lead to sustainable energy technologies.

The energy programme is a collaborative effort of several research councils with the engineering and physical sciences councils in the lead.

Dr Kevin Walsh, Senior Lecturer in York's Department of Archaeology and project lead, said: «After years of research in this valley, the day we discovered these paintings was undeniably the highlight of the research programme.

Lead author Dr Nadja van Ginneken, who completed the research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Centre for Global Mental Health with funding from the Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD programme, said: «Many low - and middle - income countries have started to train primary care staff, and in particular lay and other community - based health workers, to deliver mental health care.

«We have supported the University of Surrey research programmes for the last four years, and Dr Bailey and her team have shown time and again that they are the world's leading group in fingerprint diagnostics research using mass spectrometry.

The European fast reactor programme — led by Britain, France and Germany — had hoped to carry out important research at the fast reactor research centre at Dounreay in Scotland, which is operated by AEA Technology.

The study was led by the University of Manchester in collaboration with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, and funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme.

«This research shows that it is possible to promote psychological well - being in middle childhood through an integrated school - based intervention programme informed by concepts of positive psychology and cognitive behavioural therapy,» said first author Dr Michael Pluess from QMUL's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, who led the research while previously based at University of East London.

The programme provides leading internal scientists with the opportunity to collaborate with talented postdoctoral researchers, and leading academic research groups, from around the world.

Institute research findings, generated through its own research programmes and through its leading role in international consortia, are being used to develop new diagnostics and treatments for human disease.

Seven leading African researchers are the recipients of major funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Department for International Development (DFID) to establish cutting - edge research and training programmes across the continent.

Joshua leads the Human Genetics Informatics team, who are responsible for handling the informatics needs of the Human Genetics research programme, including processing of large - scale genetics and genomics data sets.

The programmes are led from universities and research institutes in Ghana, Kenya, Mali, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

He has led numerous research programmes and managed the performance of other scientists.

Research The EuroSyStem Federation brings together elite European research teams to create a unique and world - leading programme in fundamental stem cell Research The EuroSyStem Federation brings together elite European research teams to create a unique and world - leading programme in fundamental stem cell research teams to create a unique and world - leading programme in fundamental stem cell biology.

Competing interests: The lead author received financial support through a basic research programme (VISTA), which is coordinated by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and funded by a commercial source (Statoil).

His current research on Plasmodium genetics provides a strong link between the CGGH and the malaria research programme in The Gambia led by Umberto d'Alessandro.

This national transformation programme will result in implementation of personalised medicine in the NHS, and has led to a broadening of her research interests which now includes developing methods to ensure informed consent for sequencing.

It is only in the last few decades or so that the Chinese research team, led by Professor Fan Pengfei, has been able to return to Yunnan and establish a proper research programme on the gibbons of Gaoligongshan, which has allowed us to understand what these animals really are.

The aim of the division is to develop translational research programmes and clinical research, but any significant progress toward the cure of cancer can only be based on an improved understanding of its pathogenesis, which, in turn, will lead to the development of improved diagnostics and more rationale therapeutic interventions.

The Society believes that research involving the transfer of a human nucleus into an animal egg will lead to important new knowledge about cell nuclear replacement (CNR) technology and, if it were to prove possible to produce embryonic stem cells by this route, would increase understanding of how to programme these cells to develop into different tissue types.

Richard Bellerby, head of ocean acidification research at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the ocean acidification working group in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar research at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the ocean acidification working group in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar Research (NIVA) and coordinator of the ocean acidification working group in the Arctic monitoring assessment programme (AMAP), lead the papers focus on Polar Regions.

It is essential that you are able to establish and lead a coherent research programme of your own and also demonstrate the potential to collaborate with other experimental or theoretical groups and programmes in the Department and / or College.

She leads a research group that follows two distinct but complementary approaches: basic science focusing on cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, and a programme to translate those findings into treatments and cures.

Seven of Europe's leading Research Organizations1 launch joint outreach programme for the European Science and Technology Week at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels on 22 March.