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PhD Programme applications for Health Professionalism, at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia and at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, are now open.

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Applications must be made via the University of Cambridge Postgraduate Admission online portal.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 4th November 2025

Interviews to be held in early January 2026 – dates to be confirmed

If you are interested in attending the Changing Minds Conference, please click on the links below. If you would like to find out more, please click on the poster below.

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Booking - In-person Attendance:

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Applications for the Florence Nightingale Foundation’s Leadership Scholarships are now open. Click on the image below to apply and find out more.

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Are you passionate about making a real impact in Social Care—while also investing in your own personal growth? We invite you to be part of pioneering research that empowers you and transforms the sector for the better. Click here for more information

Research Volunteers Needed —  Building a Mindset of Growth and Care in Social Care
Most Recent NICHE blog.

A blog on compassion By Ann Jackson.

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Applications for RCN Foundation grant are now open. Click below to find out more.
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Check out the Henry Hawkins Lecture and Celebration.
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We have been nominated for The King's Award for Integrated Approaches to Care, by the Nursing Times Awards. 
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Norfolk Initiative for Coastal and Rural Health Equalities (NICHE Anchor Institute)

About Us

The Norfolk Initiative for Coastal and rural Health Equalities (NICHE), has been funded by Health Education England (East of England) to support Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System to co-create projects that will help to recruit, develop and retain the health and social care workforce and improve services to meet the needs of the local communities it serves.

This funding helps the University to act as an Anchor Institute for the system, which aims to:

  • Improve health inequalities across rural and coastal communities

  • Sustain health and wellbeing for those who live and work in our region.

  • Share learning and best practice, scale-up evidence  for sustainable improvements, across our workforce and integrated care system.

If you wish to learn more about our work, attend any of our open meetings, or join one of our NICHE working groups, please send an email outlining your area of interest to: NICHEAnchor@uea.ac.uk.

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