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NRC Opportunities

  • PhD Studentship: University of Nottingham/Eveline Walker Legacy/NIHR ARC-EM and NIHR Nottingham BRC funded PhD Studentship (2024)
    The University of Nottingham in partnership with the Eveline Walker Legacy, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands, and the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre seeks to appoint a PhD student for an innovative data science project carried out in partnership with health professionals and people with lived experience of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) during childhood. For more information, please visit our vacancies page.
  • PhD studentships: Next Generation Rehabilitation Technologies
    An exciting opportunity has arisen to undertake a PhD as part of the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) Training Academy, focusing on Next Generation Rehabilitation Technologies. Students will be based at UoN UK, with access to both UoN and NRC facilities and expertise. The studentships will start in October 2024 and will be 4 years in duration, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Find out more and apply here. Closing date: 6 May 2024.

NRC Events

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NRC News

 

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Topping Out Ceremony  

A significant milestone in the construction of the first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) was cause for celebration this week for the project partners committed to making the facility a reality. The "Topping Out Ceremony" marked the building reaching its highest level and completion of the building’s frame, symbolising another important milestone in the journey of this pioneering rehabilitation centre. Read more here.

 

 

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New drone footage for the NRC construction  

Newly-released drone footage, images and timelapse show progress of National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) due to open in 2025. 
 
Construction of the first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre – a 70-bed purpose-built facility near Loughborough – continues to progress, with the concrete frame of the building almost complete.

See a video about the construction on Youtube
 
The £105million NRC project aims to transform rehabilitation care, research, and training in the UK, will be run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and is due to open to patients next year.  Find out more.

 

 

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Lord Markham visits national Rehabilitation Centre as part of New Hospital Programme

The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) was pleased to welcome Health Minister Lord Markham for a tour of the construction site to see the progress of the revolutionary facility.

The visit included a tour of the construction site, as well as a comprehensive update on the plans for the centre which will provide life-changing support for patients following a serious illness or injury, and which aims to transform the field of rehabilitation on a national scale. Find out more.

 

 

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NRC appoints IHP as main building contractor 

The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) Programme has appointed Integrated Health Projects (IHP) as main contractor to construct the NRC. Find out more.

 

 

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Technology developed by new network could be “transformative” for rehabilitation

A new network connected to the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) is bringing together technology experts to develop next-generation solutions to transform clinical rehabilitation. Find out more. 

 

 

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Civilians and military to take part in major study to improve concussion prognosis

Experts from the University of Nottingham are part of a major new study aimed at identifying new ways to accurately predict whether patients will develop long-term complications as a consequence of concussion. Find out more. 

 

 

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Nottingham researchers help science come to life at the Summer Science Exhibition 2023

The National Rehabilitation Centre will be exhibiting at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.  Revolutionising Rehabilitation will demonstrate some of the latest scientific advances and allow the audience to try technologies for themselves. We aim to challenge everyone’s view of rehabilitation and show them how this cross-cutting work will directly shape the life potential of patients who have suffered serious injury or illness. Find out more.