Academia

The Leading Digital Transformation Academy at the University of South Wales in an Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) that aims to bring together a community of digitally focused leaders and aspiring leaders from across health, social care and third sector. The cross-collaboration of research, knowledge and learning opportunities, develop new prevention approaches and doctoral research-based studies to conduct in-depth research for translating research into prevention outcomes.

Bangor University’s Academy for Health Equity, Prevention and Wellbeing is an Intensive Learning Academy (ILA), that has been developed in collaboration with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Academy is focusing on accelerating the promotion and adoption of preventative health into practice across an integrated healthcare ecosystem (such as health and social care, third sector, housing, education, and life science industries) and within a bilingual context.

The All-Wales Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care at Swansea University is an Intensive Learning Academy (ILA), which has been developed in collaboration with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff University, and the Bevan Commission, to offer training on innovation and transformation within health, social care and the third sector.

The Value-Based Health and Care Academy at Swansea University is an Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) that offers educational courses, research opportunities and consultancy services for Value-Based Health and Care. The Academy is the academic partner to the Value-in-Health programme in Wales, and part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovator Hub for Value in Healthcare.

The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales is a public body that operates between the Welsh Government and higher education providers. HEFCW regulates fee levels within higher education, scrutinises the performance of Welsh universities, and provides funding for teaching, research and innovation.

Virtus Tech have developed a VR platform that allows for non-technical users to create custom simulations. This platform has been used to develop healthcare training scenarios within the NHS, as well as being used in other academic environments.

The Open University is the largest provider of part-time undergraduate higher education in Wales.

The Wales School for Social Prescribing Research is led by researchers at the University of South Wales, and aims to research and evaluate social prescribing programmes.

SABRE Cymru is an interdisciplinary network that is focused on research related to infectious disease outbreaks.

Swansea University's Institute of Life Sciences houses research laboratories and business incubation facilities for commercial organisations.