University

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.

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 a partner of the Wales Value in Health Centre and the EU Alliance for Value in Health. 

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 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.

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.

The WIDI is a collaboration between the University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) and the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS - Now Digital Health and Care Wales). This partnership has led to the development of initiatives linked to health data management, whilst also allowing the NWIS to contribute to the design of academic programs within UWTSD, whilst giving UWTSD students the opportunity to access work placements and internships.

The Wales Gene Park is funded by the Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales, and is hosted in Cardiff University. The Gene Park supports and promotes genetic and genomic research across Wales, aiding the implementation of the Welsh Government’s Genomics for Precision Medicine Strategy. In addition, the Park provide bespoke sequencing and bioinformatic analysis to biomedical research scientists

The Wales Cancer Research Centre is based in Cardiff University and is funded by Health and Care Research Wales. The centre supports research by developing the cancer research strategy for Wales.