Building research capacity
Applied research only changes practice if the people closest to the problem have the skills and infrastructure to use it. The ARC invested in building research capacity where it was most needed – embedding research roles in local authorities, developing training for health and care professionals, and creating partnerships between universities and the services they serve.
Turning data into decisions: targeting early help for vulnerable families in Oxfordshire
How Oxfordshire County Council and University of Oxford researchers turned routine safeguarding data into decision-ready insight – revealing where need concentrates, what drives escalation, and how to target Family Hubs and early help more effectively.
What happens when a local authority gets its own research lead
How a dedicated research role within Oxfordshire County Council – supported by ARC OxTV – built governance, workforce skills, practitioner funding, and university partnerships to embed evidence-based practice across children's and adults' social care.
Building a new generation of dementia researchers – from health economics to film
ARC OxTV's research internships and development awards gave frontline NHS clinicians the protected time and support to turn clinical questions into published research, new guidelines, and research careers.
Most NHS clinicians never get to test their best ideas – these ones did
The DEM-COMM fellowship programme built a national community of early-career dementia researchers across health economics, data science, and clinical medicine – producing publications, independent fellowships, and new approaches from AI to film.