Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Research grants
- Award winner: Christopher Blenkinsopp
- Institution: University of Bath
- Value: ?99,525
Waves in shallow water: a new approach based on high-frequency remote sensing and wave-by-wave analysis
- Award winner: Chris Richards
- Institution: University of East Anglia
- Value: ?323,525
Catalyst diversity from chiral palladacycles
- Award winner: Marco Conte
- Institution: University of Sheffield
- Value: ?96,468
Microporous metal oxides for the oxidation of alkanes to primary alcohols
Royal Academy of Engineering/Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Research Fellowships
- Award winner: Amanda Foust
- Institution: Imperial College London
- Value: ?755,804
Holographic light shaping for reverse engineering neural circuit learning
- Award winner: David Phillips
- Institution: University of Glasgow
- Value: ?623,290
Sensing and actuation of nano-scale mechanics in biological systems
- Award winner: Marco Endrizzi
- Institution: University College London
- Value: ?639,501
Laboratory-based X-ray dark-field microscopy and microtomography
Economic and Social Research Council
Research grants
- Award winner: Nick Manning
- Institution: King’s College London
- Value: ?531,106
Mental health, migration and the Chinese mega-city
- Award winner: Erica Gold
- Institution: University of Huddersfield
- Value: ?280,690
Using big data to understand the big picture: overcoming heterogeneity in speech for forensic applications
- Award winner: Helen Norman
- Institution: University of Manchester
- Value: ?158,775
Which fathers are involved in looking after their children? Identifying the conditions associated with paternal involvement
In detail
Award winner: Mick Cooper
Institution: University of Roehampton
Value: ?835,000
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness trial of humanistic counselling in schools: individual randomised controlled trial (ETHOS project)
This project will assess the benefits of professional school-based counsellors in supporting young people with emotional problems. The study also aims to establish a dedicated counselling service in just under 20 secondary schools in England. Mick Cooper, a chartered counselling psychologist and professor of counselling psychology at the University of Roehampton, said that young people in the UK “deserve the very best care for their mental health, and this study will help us understand what that is”. “There are a number of possible ways that we might support young people to tackle mental health problems,” he added. “This study will help us understand the contribution that school-based counselling can make, its cost-effectiveness, and the ways in which we might be able to improve it.” The project will see free counselling services established in schools, staffed by qualified counsellors experienced in dealing with issues faced by young people. Pupils experiencing emotional distress and who want to participate will be split into groups, half of which will receive 10 weeks of counselling, with the rest receiving the school’s existing support provision. Outcomes in educational performance will also be assessed to determine whether or not counselling helps improve work standards.