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Themes featured in the concluding discussion with all workshop participants about existing knowledge and next steps, including: The more you know the more you realise you don’t know Keeping communication simple No clear process to follow Every project is bespoke in its data collection Intellectual property rights are built on colonial logic and western assumptions Identifying knowledge gaps Hidden knowledge in the university Old processes that don’t mesh with PR
Key themes from the workshop participants’ discussion of challenges and next steps. Visual scribing by Nifty Fox, 25 June 2024.

"Negotiating the right to be named" – Reporting on the PRN’s Intellectual Property Rights and Participatory Research Training Workshop

On 25 June 2024, participatory researchers from across TUoS sat down with representatives from research and professional services to untangle how intellectual property rights and data protection legislation affect research design and partnerships.

A group of people sat around a table in a cafe, with paper lanterns hanging above them

BLOG: ‘Why do you go away? So that you can come back.’

A blog by Helen Evans – a visiting PGR from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Birmingham.
A computer screen with the WAARC project updates page

An update on the work of the Network for Researchers with Speech Impairments/Differences

Anita Ghai is seen in her wheelchair, wearing a bright pink dress. On the left is Sandeep Singh wearing an orange top and cream trousers. On the right stands Dan Goodley, wearing a flat cap, blue shirt and trousers. All are smiling together outside a building entrance.
Anita Ghai, Sandeep Singh and Dan Goodley

Professor Anita Ghai, Rest in Power

Image of Turana Abdullayeva in front of Manchester º£½ÇÉçÇø Whitworth Building

How Academic Conferences Shape the Mindset of PhD Students: Insights and Reflections
People sat a desks in front of a projector screen

Anarchy and Activism: Disrupting Disability Event

Reflections on our disability activism event which created space for postgraduate researchers (PGRs), early career researchers (ECRs), disability activists and members of civil society to engage in critical discussions and make connections.

Poster reads: NORD - Overcoming Insurance Barriers with Rare Disease

NORD living rare, living stronger – Los Angeles

By Matthew Hanchard
Jin Ding

Reflecting on the 2024 Global Rare Disease Research Symposium

By Jin Ding
Poster reads:2nd international conference on disability studies. Disability Matters, Critically examining disablism and ableism. 19-21 April.

2nd International Conference on Disability Studies: Disability Matters: Critically Examining Disablism and Ableism

A collaboration between the Aristotle º£½ÇÉçÇø of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education, School of Education, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield, and iHuman, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield