Expertise in this discipline contributes to critical questions within the Healthy Thriving Communities and Living Sustainably pathways. Kent’s Health and Social Care community includes three externally funded research centres: Personal Social Services Research Unit (the largest social services research unit in the UK and a partner in the NIHR School for Social Care Research), Tizard Centre, and the Centre for Health Services Studies. In addition, the Centre for Child Protection has an international reputation for innovative research on postgraduate and professional child protection training. Kingston has established a ‘pocket of excellence’ through its world-leading and internationally excellent applied health research, with social science underpinnings.
SEDarc Institutions: (Universities of Kent, Kingston)