The speakers at this joint R&D Forum/ARMA round table discussion included Angela Topping, Head of the Newcastle Joint Research Office who spoke about her experience as Head of a Joint R&D Office and how this allowed Newcastle to be a pioneer in Medical Research and be one of the best research performing Trusts nationally; Chris Duncan, a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow and Honorary Consultant about his experience as the Newcastle PI for the Oxford Vaccine Study and the importance of Team Science; Simon Denegri, Executive Director of the Academy of Medical Sciences about the science of team science, next steps in relation to their January 2020 report and how we can support the agenda and Catherine Adams from the Health Research Authority about lessons learned during the COVID pandemic and how, as a regulator of health Research, they can work closer with the research community to reduce bureaucracy and truly embed research into everyday clinical practice. Click here to access a recording of the webinar through the ARMA website.

Over 120 people signed up to our joint roundtable with ARMA on Tuesday 29^th June. “Getting ready for the new HRA student research policy“ it was a great thought -provoking event with presentations from Professor Matthew Westmore (CEO HRA) and Janet Messer (Director of Approvals, HRA) followed by some quick fire case study examples and in-depth discussions on the way forward. The event was a great opportunity for members of both HEI and NHS organisations to come together and discuss shared challenges and opportunities.

A recording and notes will be made available shortly along with confirmation of next steps.