About us
Allied Health and Community at Worcester encompasses subject areas including Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Paramedic Science, Advancing Clinical Practice, Health and Social Care, Mental Health, Nutritional Therapy, Public Health, Palliative Care, Physician Associate training, Social Work and Youth and Community Studies, .
We pride ourselves on our teaching excellence, applied research and practice development. We work closely with our local community and with partners across a wide range of sectors to enhance the student experience and to provide students with an invaluable insight into professional practice.
The School supports two internationally acclaimed Research Centres, the Association of Dementia Studies (ADS) and Centre for Violence Prevention (CVP). We also house a specialist health and wellbeing facility, the McClelland Centre.
Allied Health and Community News
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Monday, 20 May 2019
In the UK the number of people living with dementia is estimated to be 850,000, and this is forecast to increase to over a million by 2021.
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Friday, 17 May 2019
Physiotherapy students at the University of Worcester will be taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in aid of charity.
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Thursday, 16 May 2019
A University of Worcester academic who has spent almost 40 years working to make life better for people living with dementia, has been named among the top 100 ‘lifesavers’ working in UK universities.