CATCH project joins Sheffield startups and entrepreneurs to come together to drive innovation
On Thursday 29th September, CATCH project NANA joined entrepreneurs and startups in revealing new solutions which will re-energise Sheffield and help its residents live independently.
7 October 2016
4th IN-LIFE Pilot Site meeting takes place in Greece
In September, members from the only UK pilot site, Sheffield, joined partners from across Europe for the 4th IN-LIFE meeting in Chalkidiki, Greece.
5 October 2016
Dr Peter Cudd celebrates Research Institute Technology and Disability’s 25th anniversary in Germany
On Monday 12th September 2016, the Research Institute Technology and Disability (FTB), one of the founding members of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) celebrated its 25th anniversary in Düsseldorf, Germany.
4 October 2016
CATCH Director, Prof. Mark Hawley attends Technology and Healthcare Innovation Symposium in the Netherlands
This month, CATCH Centre Director, Professor Mark Hawley travelled to the Netherlands to join a symposium to mark the career of Professor Luc de Witte who leaves his role as Director for the Centre of Expertise on Innovative Care and Technology (EIZT) this week to take up the role of Chair in Health Services Research within CATCH.
30 September 2016
CATCH’s Simon Judge awarded Honorary Fellowship in RCSLT annual honours
Simon Judge, Senior Clinical Scientist at Barnsley Hospital and Honorary Research Fellow within CATCH was last night presented with an Honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ (RCSLT) annual Honours Ceremony in London.
29 September 2016
CATCH offers the last £5,000 voucher to work with industry and create a long-term partnership
The University’s Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) is offering its last £5,000 Innovation Voucher. The funding scheme was launched in spring 2016 to help launch new ventures which aim to improve people’s lives through technology.
28 September 2016
CATCH is growing, welkom Prof Luc de Witte
At CATCH we’re growing again. After two Translational Researchers and a Marketing and Communications Officer joined the team earlier this year, we’re now getting ready to welcome Professor Luc de Witte, our new Chair in Health Services Research, on Monday 3rd October 2016.
27 September 2016
Valuing Active Life in Dementia Implementation Training Day in Sheffield
Sheffield Occupational Therapists met up to reflect on their participation in the Valuing Active Life in Dementia research study and to consider how the Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia – UK intervention can best be implemented in to UK occupational therapy clinical practice.
26 September 2016