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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.

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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.
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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

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Online Exhibition: What does it mean to have a rightful life?

How do you answer the question ‘what does it mean to have a rightful life?’ An online exhibition, RightfulLives.net, goes a long way to answering that question.

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Living life to the fullest

Living Life to the Fullest, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, focuses on the lives of disabled young people who have what are termed ‘life limiting or life threatening’ impairments.

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Bedding in or dead and buried? Talking SEND reforms down under

On 18 July, Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole gave a keynote presentation at the Lessons Learned, Actions Needed, Inclusive Education Forum at Queensland º£½ÇÉçÇø of Technology, Queensland º£½ÇÉçÇø of Technology, Queensland
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Establishing iHuman collaborations with International partners

iHuman co-director Professor Dan Goodley recently spent three days working with colleagues Professor Geert Van Hove and Dr Elisabeth De Schauwer at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Ghent.

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Improving the lives of people with learning disabilities

What can we do to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities?