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UK ECRC Newsletter June 2025

  • Writer: ukecrcforum
    ukecrcforum
  • Jun 9, 2025
  • 4 min read

Updated: Jun 10, 2025

Welcome to the June 2025 Edition of the UK Early Career Researchers in Cancer Newsletter!


Here's your monthly dose of updates, opportunities, and inspiration from across the cancer research community. Click the arrows below to explore each section and dive into what's new this month.

Featured Highlights

  1. RCR Education Innovation Award

    We are thrilled our Digital and Technology Lead, Dr Thitikorn Nuamek, has been awarded Education Innovation Award by the Royal College of Radiologist for the BONUS Official app, a mobile app dedicated for oncology education.

     

  2. ESTRO 2025

    We are proud of our UK ECRC Co-Chair, Dr Hush Green, who presented her proffered paper and was shortlisted for an ESTRO Young Researcher Award, and our Communications Lead, Dr Sukhi Nagpal, who presented a poster and co-chaired a session at ESTRO 2025.


Upcoming Events

  1. UK Oncology Forum 2025

    • Provides vital CPD-accredited training to improve healthcare professionals and their delivery of care in practice

    • Location: Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate

    • Date: Thursday, 12th - Friday, 13th June 2025

    • Register: Click Here (Free to UK Cancer NHS Professionals)


  1. The 3rd LYCAN Meeting

  • Designed for current Clinical Oncology trainees, IMTs, and anyone from early stages of reserach planning (MD/PhD)

  • Location: Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU), Holborn, London

  • Date: Thursday, 19th June 2025

  • Register: Click Here (Free)


  1. BTOG: Research Methods Workshop

    • An interactive day for early and mid-career thoracic oncology clinicians to get a good grounding in understanding research methods or to improve their knowledge.

    • Delivered with real examples on thoracic oncology and minimal/no statistical jargon.

    • Location: The Exchange, Birmingham

    • Date: Monday, 23rd June 2025

    • Register: Click Here (Free for thoracic oncology clinicians and other approved HCPs)


  1. 28th Annual BOPA Conference 2025

    • BOPA: British Oncology Pharamcy Association

    • Accepting clinical and technical work as poster and oral presentation (Deadline: 23 June 2025)

    • Location: ICC Belfast, Belfast

    • Date: Friday, 3rd - Sunday, 5th October 2025

    • Register: Click Here


  1. UK ASCC Supportive Oncology Conference 2025

  • Delegates welcomed from all medical, nursing, and allied health specialites to learn more about this growing field of oncology

  • Location: Bridgewater Hall Manchester, Manchester

  • Date: Wednesday, 8th - Friday, 10th October 2025

  • Register: Click Here

  • Submit Abstract: Click Here (Deadline: 30th June 2025)


  1. Prostate Cancer UK: From Ideas to Innovation

    • Designed by researchers for researchers

    • Location: 30 Euston Square, London

    • Date: Wednesday, 15th - Thursday, 16th April 2026

    • Register: Click Here (Free)

Research and Education Opportunities

  1. National M2ICOS project and continuing education for Oncologists

  • Are you an oncologist looking to enhance your clinical skills and gain best practices of oncology care standards within EU healthcare facilities?

  • 3-6 month fellowships available

  • Apply: Click Here (Deadline: 15th June 2025)


  1. Real World Evidence (RWE) in Oncology: online course

  • Exclusive fully-funded RWE course for senior oncology trainees and consultants, offered by London School of Hygiene & Tropical medicine (LSHTM)

  • Develop practical skills in using real-world data to generate evidence in oncology, evaluate safety and effectiveness of medicines, and understand regulatory and ethical implications – taught by internationally recognised experts.

  • 4 online workshops between October to November 2025

  • Apply: Click Here (Deadline: 1st August 2025, 25 spots available)


  1. Submit your research proposal to NIHR Research for patient Benefit Funding Scheme

  • Applications are now open for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and that have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS.

  • Apply: Click Here (Deadline: 9th July 2025)

Fellowships and Funding Opportunities

  1. RTTQA Research Fellow Opportunity

  • Would you like to take part in shaping the future direction of radiotherapy research in the UK? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a research fellow within the NIHR Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance (RTTQA) Group, based at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

  • Apply: Click Here (Deadline: 15th June 2025)


  1. CRIS Cancer Clinical Career Fellow Award 2025

    • Oxford Cancer, in collaboration with the CRIS Cancer Foundation, fellowship to support clinical academics aiming to integrate cancer research within medical practice.

    • Funding up to £74,600

    • Apply: Click Here (Deadline: 16th June 2025)


  1. Sussex Cancer Research Centre

    • Multiple PhD opportunities open for applications with imminent deadlines: Click Here


  1. ICR PhD Opportunities

    • See current list of available fully funded PhDs: Click Here


  1. Cancer Research UK PhD Opportunities

  • See current list of avaialbel CRUK funded PhDs: Click Here

Other Helpful Resources

  1. Proteintech Free online training courses

  • Produced by Dr Toryn Poolman in collaboration with UCL

  • Introduction to R for Life Scientists: Click Here

  • Statistics for Life Scientists: Click Here


  1. Clinical Trials Toolkit

    • Practical advice for researchers on designing and conducting clinical trials in the UK: Click Here


  1. Clinical Research Training Framework for Radiographers

    • Free Resource designed to develop the skills that a radiographer of any professional background requires to support clinical research: Click Here

    • Find out more about the NIHR Radiographers Incubator: Click Here


  1. Imperial Clinical Academic Training Office (CATO)

    • Resources, events and networks to support ECR’s

    • Link for doctors: Click Here

    • Link for nurses, AHP’s, pharmacists, psychologists, healthcare scientists: Click Here


  1. NIHR Royal colleges E-learning Programme

    • Free online modules to support improving skills of healthcare professionals in research career: Click Here

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