Some of the leading life sciences organisations in the UK have joined forces to issue a 'statement of aspiration' about the involvement of young people in research saying: 'Collaboration between young people and commercial researchers should become an established and normal way of working. Learning from this collaboration should be actively translated wherever possible to … Continue reading Blog news: Life sciences giants join forces to promote young people’s involvement in health research
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Top-tips for involving young people in research and other brilliant resources @GenrYPAGs
Is it me or is 2016 'full-on' or what? It is as if someone has put something in our water supply. It's nearly February already. My good colleagues in public involvement are hitting the sort of productivity levels last seen in a Japanese car factory in the 1990s. Yesterday I blogged about two new 'manuals' … Continue reading Top-tips for involving young people in research and other brilliant resources @GenrYPAGs
Smash, shrapnel and loose change – a mish mash of news from around public involvement and engagement in health research
Here's a few things that I've been collecting and now seems as good a time as ever to gather them together and share them as one. Researchers may wish to note the following exercise that is running throughout universities and institutions to identify barrier to public engagement. It's a repeat of an exercise done by … Continue reading Smash, shrapnel and loose change – a mish mash of news from around public involvement and engagement in health research
We must maintain our national impetus and leadership on involving young people in research – comment on new report from @Nuffbioethics
This morning the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published its report: Children and research: ethical issues calling for a change in research culture to enable young people to shape how research is ‘prioritised, designed and reviewed.’ In what amounts to a ‘call to arms’ the report urges funders, clinicians, researchers and ethicists to work together and, … Continue reading We must maintain our national impetus and leadership on involving young people in research – comment on new report from @Nuffbioethics