SPARC - Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity

Final reporting

Final Report: Organisation and Outcomes An account of the organisation and outcomes of SPARC by the Director and Principal Investigator, Peter Lansley.

As html:
---- Preliminaries (Title, Contents, List of Figures and Tables)
---- Preface
---- Summary
---- Introduction and Background
---- Resources and Activities
---- The Awards Schemes
---- Workshops
---- Advocacy
---- The Award Holders
---- Review

As pdfs:
---- Summary (pdf)
---- Full Report (pdf)

As printed copy:
---- Full Report - Preface, summary and full technical report (116 pages) (available on request)

Ageing Research Going Places A comprehensive compendium of SPARC projects produced for the BA Festival of Science 2008, with a preface by Lord Sutherland (24 pages).

Going Places With SPARC A two sided insert for the above with details of past workshops and key contacts.

Keeping Close to the Realities of Ageing An easy to read summary in words and pictures of SPARC's achivements (7 pages).

A record of the work and achievements of SPARC

Workshop Presentations sorted by theme

Produced when SPARC was in progress

Ageing Research is on the Move An outline of the mission of SPARC, brief summaries of each SPARC project and details of other SPARC activities (8 pages).

Annual Reports submitted to EPSRC and BBSRC and published for general interest:

• Annual Report 2007-8
• Annual Report 2006-7
• Annual Report 2005-6

SPARC Project Presentations and Report Summaries

SPARC has generated a considerable number of presentations, reports and other outputs about each of the SPARC projects and for SPARC as a whole.

There are Executive Summaries for most of the SPARC Projects. These can also be found in the SPARC downloads section.

Project Dissemination Activities Provides basic information about each project and gives links to presentations made at SPARC workshops and links to the executive summaries and interviews with award holders or team members.

Analysis of Dissemination Activities Provides a summary of dissemination activities achieved by SPARC with projects classified into four types (ethnographic, modelling, health and biology) and details of workshop participation for different types of audience.