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Welcome to SPARC and KT-EQUAL: Knowledge Transfer for Extending Quality Life

SPARC and KT-EQUAL are working to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers with an interest in the wellbeing of older people through communicating the latest ageing-related research. KT-EQUAL has just commenced, so for the time being news and information about it is being posted on the SPARC website.

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Recent News

  • 20 January 2010 | Category: Executive Summaries

    The first KT-EQUAL monograph based on a recent workshop Assistive Technologies: what is their place in the mainstream market? is now available

  • 19 January 2010 | Category: Research News

    CARDI research breaks the ice As one of the coldest spells of weather in decades hit Ireland, a research team funded by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) was beginning work in Belfast and Dublin.

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  • 14 January 2010 | Category: SPARC Workshop News

    Assistive Technologies: what is their place in the mainstream market? A summary of the KT-EQUAL workshop held in November 2009

  • 18 December 2009 | Category: SPARC News

    EPSRC is organising a Portfolio Day focussing on Cardiovascular Disease on the 24th  February 2010, giving researchers, stakeholders and users an opportunity to influence the direction of future research for EPSRC within this healthcare area.

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  • 16 December 2009 | Category: SPARC News

    A new report launched by INVOLVE about the
    impact of patient and public involvement in research. 

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  • 04 December 2009 | Category: SPARC News

    Edward Smith, chartered surveyor, Verity Smith's father, is 100 today. Edward was one of the very first supporters of our activities and certainly the oldest. Many Congratulations from all the members of EQUAL, SPARC and KT-EQUAL! 

  • 30 November 2009 | Category: Funding Opportunities

    EPSRC Healthcare Portfolio Day: Neurodegenerative Diseases -  11 February 2010, giving researchers, stakeholders and users an opportunity to influence the direction of future research for EPSRC within this healthcare area.

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The SPARC Story

Welcome to SPARC and KT-EQUAL: Knowledge Transfer for Extending Quality Life

SPARC brings together researchers, practitioners and policy makers in ageing. It specialises in communicating the latest design, engineering and biological ageing-related research to all stakeholders, making the case about the benefits for an ageing population of scientific research, and it encourages new blood into ageing research. Although funding for SPARC ended in December 2008, SPARC is continuing to function from the University of Reading within a new initiative - KT-EQUAL which commenced in January 2009. Soon KT-EQUAL will have its own website but for the time being news and information about SPARC and KT-EQUAL events are being handled by the SPARC website.

SPARC Mission Statement

Supporting Older People by
Putting Research into Practice and
Actively Promoting Needs and Solutions through
Research Leadership and
Commitment

Partners

BBSRC - Biotechnological and Biological Sciences Research Council EPSRC - Engineering and Phsyical Sciences Research Council