UEA’s grant and funding success – August 2025

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Recognising the informal learning of sanctuary seekers in the East of England

Project lead: Dr Lauren Boutell

Lauren Bouttell, a previous Postgraduate Researcher at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, has been awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship worth £320,442. The fellowship will start in January 2026 and last for three years.

Her project will explore how the informal learning of sanctuary seekers is currently perceived, how it can be better recognised, and develop a much-needed framework to acknowledge such learning in community contexts.

Building on the findings of her doctoral research, the project will move to answer the question of how the informal learning of refugees can be acknowledged through a methodological intervention that prioritises the consultation of refugees, in concert with other community stakeholders in Norwich and the East of England.

Improving Social Recovery in Psychosis (ISRIP): A definitive randomised controlled trial and process evaluation of Social Recovery Therapy compared to treatment as usual for people with psychosis and severe social disability

Project lead: Dr Joanne Hodgekins

Partner: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust

Researchers in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical School, have been awarded £2,840,000 from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme to conduct a definitive trial of Social Recovery Therapy for people with psychosis.

The Improving Social Recovery in Psychosis (ISRIP) study is one of the largest trials investigating a psychological therapy for people with psychosis and is novel in its focus on improving functional outcomes.

The project is led by Dr Joanne Hodgekins in collaboration with colleagues at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Prof David Fowler) and will receive oversight from Norwich Clinical Trials Unit.

Find out further details about the study and team.

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