Recognising Excellence in Education and the Student Experience (REESE) Awards We are delighted to receive University of Brighton’s REESE Award for 2022!! The Team was founded on the ambition to provide a platform where academics and students collaborate to address the organ shortage in the UK especially amongst the Black and Asian communities. As…Continue Reading We Are Award Winning!
Watch ITV News segment for organ donation in UK
We know that people of Black and Asian ethnicity are more likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, and conditions such as sickle-cell disease that make them more likely to need a transplant or blood transfusion. We also know that treatment of these conditions is more successful when donors and recipients are of a similar…Continue Reading Watch ITV News segment for organ donation in UK
Filming for our ITV News interview March 2022
Watch ITV News, Simonne Weeks who is a Biomedical Scientist and project lead for the university’s Donor Research group. She is joined with Shavanne Edwards, her Biomed MRes student as they talk to the ITV News about how we provide opportunities for university students to tackle the blood and organ shortage in the UK. We also talked about we are…Continue Reading Filming for our ITV News interview March 2022
Talking Organ Donation and Transplantation with Biomedical Science Students
Excellent session with first year University of Brighton Biomed students This presentation has been sponsored by NHS Blood and Transplant who have helped us form our awesome Donor Research Team. The materials used in the session have been adapted with the permission by the The Royal College of Pathologists and it is called Two Patients…Continue Reading Talking Organ Donation and Transplantation with Biomedical Science Students
Putting Young Adults At The Heart Of Everything We Do
We are delighted to announce we have a University of Brighton’s student joining us as a Digital Learning Partner. One of the university’s core values is partnership. It is in this spirit, we want to create exciting opportunities for students to partner with and support them to take lead on creating innovative training and educational…Continue Reading Putting Young Adults At The Heart Of Everything We Do
Our Champions Have Been Invited To Present At Brunel University.
Both Estella and Shavanne will be sharing their experience of co-producing and co-delivering our organ donation awareness event. They will discuss some of successes and challenges of our co-production project in promoting and presenting our organ donation awareness project online and in-person and where we hope to take our project next…….Continue Reading Our Champions Have Been Invited To Present At Brunel University.
How Squid Game Is Helping Biomedical Students Talk About Organ Donation and Transplantation.
The hugely popular survival drama Squid Game presents the unique opportunity for Biomedical Science students to talk about organ donation and transplantation process in the UK. In the Netflix series there are controversial scenes of organ retrieval that have a sensational viewing impact, but could this damage the work of organ donation and transplantation awareness…Continue Reading How Squid Game Is Helping Biomedical Students Talk About Organ Donation and Transplantation.
Joining Forces With We Are Donors To Start Up A New Brighton Branch
Our research team had a great meeting this afternoon with Matt from We Are Donors to discuss our join up in the South of the UK for the opportunity for our University of Brighton students to set up a new Brighton branch. This will provide them additional training and support to deliver an outreach education…Continue Reading Joining Forces With We Are Donors To Start Up A New Brighton Branch
Catching up with Event Champions
It was great meeting up with Dishani wearing her new hoodie and receiving her certificate with Simonne…Continue Reading Catching up with Event Champions