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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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Storying disability: Wrecking disability

On 27 June 2018, iHuman hosted a symposium in which key international academics grappling with the relationships between disability and narrative.

A building in Sheffield: Scotia Works

Rewriting sex education

On Thursday 21 June, Dr Kirsty Liddiard, from the School of Education and iHuman, was invited to participate in the Sheffield Sexual Health Network’s new Sex and Relationship Education Task Group at Scotiaworks.

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Engaging with Parliament

On 15 June 2018, Dr Kirsty Liddiard and Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole went to the Buckley Innovation Centre, Huddersfield º£½ÇÉçÇø, to participate in a workshop entitled ‘Research, Impact and the UK Parliament.'
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European Children's Rights Unit

On 13 June, Dr Kirsty Liddiard, from the School of Education and Institute for the Study of the Human (iHuman) was invited to speak to the European Children’s Rights Unit at the Liverpool Law School, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Liverpool.
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Antonios Ktenidis' secondment to Melbourne

Antonios Ktenidis has recently been on a two-month (February-March 2018) secondment to Melbourne for the Makey project, looking into how accessible makerspaces are to disabled students.