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  1. Social Work

    Our social work expertise includes fostering and adoption; child protection, anti-oppressive practice, working with marginalised groups, user-driven healthcare, substance misuse and more. Our research aims to promote social justice and improve people's lives.

  2. Research Unit for Financial Inclusion

    The Research Unit for Financial Inclusion is recognised as a leader in credit union research. We undertake research into issues central to the development of credit union, co-operatives and social enterprise and to the future of low and moderate-income consumer finance.

  3. Nursing

    Within the Nursing Research Group, our health and social care research is helping to transform people's lives for the better. Our expertise includes: technology in healthcare, specific topics relevant to children, young people and families; the outcomes of health and social care education, healthcare delivery, and resilience in modern living. Find out about our current collaborations and projects.

  4. Dance Research Group

    The Dance Research Group is at the forefront of the latest innovations in dance education. Our expertise includes professional studies, technology in dance, disability and dance, and creative practice.

  5. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

    Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics Research Group is focused on the use of medicines and the delivery of healthcare. Our areas of interest include: evidence-based practice and service delivery in clinical pharmacy, health information needs and supporting safe self-care, and therapeutics. Find out more about our expertise, collaborations and people within the team.

  6. Centre for Natural Products Discovery

    The interconnected research theme of the group is the prevention and cure of human diseases. We look at: synthetic organic medicinal chemistry, natural products drug discover, photochemistry, nutraceuticals and food supplements, pharmacology and toxicology.

  7. Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement

    Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement or ‘PPIE’ has become a wide-spread phenomenon in health and social care research. PPIE is considered the gold standard of research and is typically required by funding bodies (such as the NIHR) to access grant funding.

  8. Partners of the Forensic Research Institute

    The Forensic Research Institute partners some of the leading players in the public and private sector from government departments, police forces, local authorities to respected companies delivering forensic services and research institutes worldwide.