Course Overview
Are you an established, aspiring or early-career researcher in medicine or health?
Please join us for our Academic Centre for Surgery (ACeS) event dedicated to supporting the development of clinical academic careers across professions in the NHS.
The event will provide opportunity to:
– Present your work
– Bring together researchers, clinicians, and allied health professionals (AHPs) to share insights and build networks
– Provide information on funding opportunities and guidance on grant writing including workshops.
The event will run as below:
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Registration and refreshments.
9:30 am to 12:30 pm: Please join us for talks in the Ian Haslock Lecture Theatre.
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch, networking and posters in David Kenward.
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Afternoon workshops. Registration to these workshops is limited to 40 places each.
Workshop 1: Developing your project ideas.
Workshop 2: Grant writing.
Afternoon workshops will be held from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. Registration is limited to 40 places per workshop. To register your interest for one of the workshops, please register your interest via this link: https://redcap.link/ACESWorkshops-2026
Posters:
We are inviting colleagues to present posters on their research, service evaluations and/or audits. We have a limited number of places available.
Please submit a short abstract via this link https://redcap.link/ACeSPosters-2026 to express your interest in sharing a poster and a member of the team will be in touch to confirm
Target Audience
This event is open to NHS staff interested in research or academic careers, including:
- Fellows or Resident Doctors
- Early Career Researchers
- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
- Research Practitioners
- Surgeons in Training
- Chief or Principal Investigators
Registration
Registration is free of charge
Cancellations:
All cancellations need to be made through your account. For those who do not attend without cancellation, your line manager will be notified and a charge may be incurred. All paid events have a strict cancellations policy.
Certificates and feedback:
Following attendance at this event (and workshop, if applicable), a certificate will be available for you to download from your account along with any other post event information. Please ensure you complete your feedback so we can continuously improve our training.