Sharing, learning and linking

Last week, Jo and Becky travelled to the Generations Working Together International conference in Glasgow. They were joined by Fiona Campbell, colleague, and collaborator from Newcastle University.    We had been invited to deliver a workshop on our evidence and...

Relationship building is conscious not accidental – Susan Langford, Magic Me

Last week, Jo, Morwenna and Becky along with Fiona Campbell from the University of Sheffield were in Falmouth for the ‘Only Connect!’ symposium. ‘Only Connect!’ – an international community symposium organised by The Photobook Project, Ellie Robinson Carter and Peter...

Burgers and pickled onions

A guest blog from our work experience student, Daisy... This week, I’ve been on work experience week with the Evidence Synthesis Team. On Tuesday we travelled down to Falmouth for the College of Medicine and Health Annual Research Event at...

EAHIL 2019, Basel, Switzerland

EAHIL, the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, run a standard conference one year followed by a workshop year the next. 2019 was a workshop year, which was held last month in the beautiful city of Basel. Alison and...

Tri yn mynd ar antur yn y gwanwyn

Last week Jo, Michael and Vicki travelled to the beautiful city of Cardiff for the British Geriatric Society Spring Meeting armed with posters and a desire to share and learn. We had a fabulous time, hugely aided by the friendly...

Once upon a time…

Once upon a time, our band of merry synthesisers set off on a journey to a faraway land.  They had heard of a gathering, in a place called Eydin, where some of the most talented synthesisers in all the world...

“Librarians don’t know everything. They just know how to find everything” EAHIL 2017 Dublin Castle, Dublin

Last week our information specialists Alison and Morwenna were in Dublin for the combined ICML and EAHIL conference. We ran two workshops, the first on using the CADTH tool PRESS to review search strategies, and the second comparing different techniques for...

A little bit of everything does you good… reflections on #WWGS2016

This week Jo, Morwenna and Alison have been in London for the first What Works Global Summit an exciting five days of workshops, presentations, meetings and networking. Between us we attended sessions on evidence gap maps, raising media awareness, getting...

A day in the life of… the EST

So you've found yourself on our brand new shiny blog...and now you're wondering who we are and what we do... right?