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Bursary applications for the Masters for Research Delivery Leadership are now open!

What is the Masters for Research Delivery Leadership (MRDL)?

The MRDL is a national framework of master’s-level qualifications designed to help experienced healthcare practitioners develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to lead and support clinical research studies. 

Find out more about the Masters for Research Delivery Leadership

These flexible courses support health and care professionals to advance their research careers by gaining the qualifications and experience needed to step into leadership roles such as co-investigator and principal investigator. 

Registered health and care professionals can apply for up to 3 years of funding to complete a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma or masters degree aligned with the MRDL.

Who can apply?

The bursaries are now open to all registered health and care professionals, including doctors, dentists and clinical research practitioners.

Important information

  • Application deadline: 1st July 2026 (12:00pm)
  • Please note: You must have applied for a university course before applying for a bursary
  • For more info, see full eligibility criteria & learn how to apply: Visit the NIHR website
  • For more information please don’t hesitate to contact us at: MRDL@nihr.ac.uk
  • Students applying to King’s College London (KCL), please note that the university is currently updating and improving its course modules, and course applications will open very soon. In the meantime, you can start your bursary application and save it as a draft while you wait for your student ID.

Apply for the MRDL Bursary Today

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New Amputee Exercise Videos

New series of exercise videos, by amputees for amputees, just launched!

  • Completely free
  • Evidence-based
  • 10-minute videos
  • Progresses from beginner to advanced
  • Programme proven to increase participation in physical activity

We are reaching out to like-minded organisations to ask if you would be willing to share this resource with your network so that we can reach and benefit as many people as possible. 

We would be most grateful for your support and any feedback.


Adult Beginner Series:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEjc45vlz208ljGRwJ5qObh-4gPhaCFXI 

Adult Advanced Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEjc45vlz20_cXK-kGWx4AKUtB7pkPWIt 

Kids Series:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEjc45vlz209_XdEWgprXWKRy1J55ls8- 

We are Walk:Enabled CIC, a community interest company working with people with amputation and limb-difference. As part of our work, we offer support for those returning to activity as well as research exploring physical activity and limb-difference. 


The UR:Enabled exercise programme was developed as part of a seven-year research project, with direct input from the community. The programme was piloted with amputee participants and it significantly increased their physical activity levels. Increased activity levels were also maintained after the programme was completed. You can access the paper here. 

Thanks to funding from Sport England and the National Lottery and in partnership with the charity LimbPower, we have produced two series (Beginner and Advanced) of videos, aimed at providing post-rehabilitation amputees with access to at-home adapted workouts. 

This is the first ever validated exercise programme and video series, made specifically for and with amputees, that includes different levels of difficulty to allow participants to make gradual progression in increasing their fitness. 

By popular demand the programme has also been adapted into a pirate-themed series of videos for kids, featuring children with amputation and limb-difference. 

If you have questions about the exercise programme or Walk:Enabled, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Miranda

Walk:Enabled CIC

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OTWold will celebrate its 50th anniversary, bringing together the entire assistive technology industry.

Under the motto “You make the difference”, manufacturers, specialist retailers, and service providers in the field of modern assistive technology will gather in Leipzig, Germany from May 19 to 22, 2026, for the 50th anniversary edition of OTWorld.

As the world’s largest and leading industry gathering, OTWorld brings together the most important experts from the fields of craftsmanship, medicine, and therapy in its unique combination of international congress and leading trade fair. This is where experts who work at the interface between people and technology to provide optimal orthopaedic treatment and care come together.

The World Congress offers a wide range of training opportunities for all professions involved in the provision of medical aids. Whether you are an orthopedic technician, orthopedic shoe technician, physiotherapist, doctor, or employee in a medical supply store, the congress program has tailor-made training opportunities for everyone. New to the World Congress program are a variety of workshops with a high degree of practical relevance for everyday professional life.

The world’s leading trade fair is the industry’s most important innovation showcase and networking platform. From high-tech prosthetics and orthotics to orthopedic footwear technology, rehabilitation, compression therapy, and 3D printing, more than 550 exhibitors from around the world will be presenting new products and care concepts in nine areas of care.

Look forward to reuniting with colleagues, partners, and friends from around the world. Information about OTWorld 2026 can be found at: www.ot-world.com/en/

We are part of OTWorld.friends, a network of associations and professional societies around the world that support the transfer of knowledge at OTWorld.

OTWorld Congress: Congress Programme | OTWorld