RIIC Hub asset Listing – Academia
| Organisation | Website | Summary | Network / Collaborations | Address | Type(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Row 1 col 6 content | ||||
| Centre for excellence for Rural Health Research | Website | The Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research at Aberystwyth University … brings together academics from three institutes and four departments; namely Psychology, Computer Science, Geography and Earth Sciences and the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), … to deliver innovative and impactful research which informs the provision of rural healthcare for current and future generations | Working collaboratively with Hywel Dda University Health Board, Powys Teaching Health Board the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative, together with other relevant stakeholders, the centre builds on the current expertise at Aberystwyth University to consider how interdisciplinary approaches can inform the understanding and future delivery of high quality healthcare to meet the needs of rural communities. | Aberystwyth University, Reception, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL | Academia Health |
| Wellbeing and Health Assessment Research unit | Website
|
The purpose of the unit is to facilitate health and well-being related research within the University by fostering relationships with the local community and providing a facility to meet with members of the public and enable them to contribute to the research process. | The Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research
Research and Development Department of Hywel Dda University Health Board |
Aberystwyth University, Reception, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL | Academia Health |
| Living Lab | Website
|
The Mid Wales Living Lab aims to identify innovative, inclusive strategies for smart growth and share back their experiences through ROBUST’s public infrastructures and social services, sustainable food systems, and cultural connections communities of practice. | Aberystwyth Mid Wales WISERD | Aberystwyth University, Reception, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL | Academia Business/Enterprise |
| Business and Innovation | Website | The Department of Research, Business & Innovation (RB&I) offers a range of support services to research active staff – from professional development to preparing grant applications. The Department is also the gateway for industry and other external organisations to discover more about the wealth of knowledge exchange opportunities offered by Aberystwyth University, and how business and academia can work together. | Aberystwyth University, Reception, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL | Business Enterprise
Academia |
|
| University of Wales trinity Saint David | |||||
| Rural Health Care Wales | Website | Rural Health and Care Wales’ prime aims are to: provide a focal point for the development and collation of high quality research pertinent to rural health and wellbeing improve the training, recruitment and retention of a professional workforce within rural communities be recognised as an exemplar in rural health and wellbeing on the international stage |
Academia
Health |
||
| Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre ATiC | Website | ATiC is a partner in the Accelerate project which helps innovators in Wales turn their ideas into solutions. Whether you have an idea for a healthcare technology but aren’t sure what steps to take next, you are in business and looking to expand your product range, or you are an allied health professional who has spotted a smart way to improve a process – we want to work with you. | Accelerate | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | Technium 1King’s Road Swansea, SA1 8PHE | Business/Enterprise
Academia |
| WAPPAR Wales academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research | Website | A centre for excellence in practice development and learning offering bespoke CPD/programmes from short courses to doctorates to professionals and their organisations. | Academia | ||
| Swansea University
|
|||||
| Life Science Hub
(these are the details for a hub in cardiff) |
Website | Our aim is to help the people of Wales benefit from improved healthcare and economic wellbeing. We do that by working with innovative companies to find solutions for NHS and healthcare providers. | Life Sciences Hub Wales 3 Assembly Square Cardiff Bay CF10 4PL | Academia Health |
|
| Accelerate
(this is also based in Cardiff) |
Website
Contact |
Accelerate helps innovators in Wales to translate their ideas into solutions that can be adopted in health and care. If you have an idea for healthcare technology but are not sure what the next steps are, if you are a business and want to expand your offer, or if you are an allied health professional who has found a clever way of improving a process – then we would like to work with you. | Academia Business/Enterprise Health |
||
| Centre for improvement and innovation | Website | The Swansea Centre for Improvement and Innovation (SCII) aims to support healthcare professionals, managers and policy-makers to improve the design and delivery of health and social care. Our proactive and collaborative approach enables us to ensure our activities are translational and aligned to meet the changing needs of the health economy. | Academia Health |
||
| Health Technology Centre HTC (Swansea Uni) | Website
is the PI of the group
|
HTC supports the translation of promising ideas from the Life Science and Health sectors in Wales into new products, processes and services, aiming to create long lasting economic value alongside broader societal benefits. | Academia Business/Enterprise Health |
||
| BEACON | Website
for the project’s centre in Aberystwyth |
The BEACON Biorefining Centre of Excellence is a partnership between Aberystwyth, Bangor and Swansea Universities and the University of South Wales working in the field of conversion of biomass and biowastes into biobased products with commercial applications. | Academia Business/Enterprise |
||
| CALIN | Website | An advanced life science network connecting business, academia and healthcare with experts from six leading universities across Ireland and Wales, CALIN … opens access to technology, scientific expertise, and a network of life science innovators to support the development of products, processes and services. | Academia Business/enterprise |
||
| BUCANIER | Website | BUCANIER (Building Clusters and Networks in Innovation Enterprise and Research) aims to support small businesses on the Irish Sea border over the next three years. BUCANIER is within Swansea University Medical School’s Institute of Life Science 2, a unique research and collaboration facility that brings together expertise in laboratory-based biomedical research, public health, population sciences, informatics, and industry, ensuring real world clinical impact. | Business Enterprise Academia |
||
| Health Technology Wales | Website | Health Technology Wales (HTW) is a national body working to improve the quality of care in Wales. We collaborate with partners across health, social care and the technology sectors to ensure an all-Wales approach. We are funded by Welsh Government and hosted within NHS Wales, but independent of both. Our remit covers any health technology that isn’t a medicine, such as medical devices, surgical procedures, psychological therapies, tele-monitoring or rehabilitation. | Welsh Government/other Academia |
||
| SAIL | Website | SAIL stands for Secure Anonymised Information Linkage. The SAIL Databank is a world-class flagship for the robust secure storage and use of anonymised person-based data for research to improve health, well-being and services. Its databank of anonymised data about the population of Wales is internationally recognised. Backed and endorsed by the Government, the SAIL Databank receives core funding from the Welsh Government’s Health and Care Research Wales. | Academia Welsh Government/Other |
||
| Innovation Technologists | |||||
| Wellness and Life Science Village | Website
Contact for the wider area around Llanelli being developed |
Combining advanced life science research and business development facilities with a state-of-the-art leisure centre, extra care housing and nursing care, Llanelli’s Life Science and Well-being Village at Delta Lakes will be among the first developments of its kind. | Academia Business/Enterprise |
||
| ASCC Academic Social care research Collaboration
(the webpage says this project is completed) |
Website | Working in partnership across Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities and funded by the NISCHR, the All Wales Academic Social Care Research Collaboration (ASCC) sought to strengthen the capacity of HEIs and their partner agencies to deliver on an agreed and prioritised research agenda to respond to national and local needs. | Swansea, Bangor and Cardiff Uni | Academia Health |
|
| Swansea Met | |||||
| Further Education | |||||
| Pembrokeshire College | Website | Pembrokeshire College is the county’s largest provider of a wide range of post-16 education and training. Situated in a modern, purpose-built campus in Haverfordwest, we offer young people and adults excellent training opportunities. | Academia | ||
| Darwin Centre | Website | The Darwin Centre for Biology and Medicine is a Pembrokeshire charity established in 1994. There are two elements to the charity: The Education Programme known as the Darwin Experience, and the Research and Engagement Programme. The Darwin Research programme is focussed on developing marine organisms in Pembrokeshire, and around the Welsh coast, as a model for monitoring the effects of climate change, global warming and environmental changes on the marine ecosystem. | Academia Voluntary Sector |
||
| Coleg Sir Gar | Website | The College has a comprehensive and broad range of academic and vocational learning programmes. These range from pre-entry to graduate level, providing a service to the whole learning community. | Academia | ||
| Coleg Ceredigion | website | The college offers learning provision in a wide range of academic and vocational areas ranging from pre-entry to Level 4. We also offer a range of work-based learning provision (Care and Accounting being the main areas) as well as delivering provision for CiTB. The college also delivers a small amount of higher education provision (teacher training) which is funded through a franchise arrangement with the UWTSD. | Academia | ||