Setting up service user involvement groups for social work and social care education

20 September 2023

Shaping Our Lives have supported several universities to develop their service user involvement in social work education and across health and social science courses. The work usually comprises a number of meetings and facilitated workshops with the academic staff and service users. Sometimes Shaping Our Lives recruits a group of people to take part. On… Continue reading Setting up service user involvement groups for social work and social care education

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Tips for the future

2 August 2023

This is the seventh in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  In the Shaping Our lives report on the research project, we offer… Continue reading Tips for the future

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Learning from our different experience

20 July 2023

This is the sixth in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  Shaping Our Lives’ collaboration with King’s College London was a positive learning… Continue reading Learning from our different experience

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User led research meets traditional research: lessons to learn

11 July 2023

This is the fifth in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  I’ve always thought a key reason why we got funding for this… Continue reading User led research meets traditional research: lessons to learn

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A different kind of research

5 July 2023

This is the fourth in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  While it might not be an obvious priority for groups facing oppression,… Continue reading A different kind of research

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Starting with history

27 June 2023

This is the third in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  Hello again, We’d started to talk about research and next I want… Continue reading Starting with history

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A chance to develop a research partnership

20 June 2023

This is the second in a series of blogs by Peter Beresford about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research.  Something special This is a story about a research collaboration; a collaboration… Continue reading A chance to develop a research partnership

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Research made simple?

7 June 2023

By Peter Beresford This is the first in a series of blogs about a research project which Shaping Our Lives has carried out jointly with King’s College London. You can also read a report we have written about the project, Match Making In Research but the aim of these blogs is to offer an introduction,… Continue reading Research made simple?

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