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Friday, October 17

Young People as Change Makers in School

By NIHR North East and North Cumbria RRDN

The Youth Participatory Action Research Conference aims to celebrate, connect & raise awareness of reseach in schools & higher education.

Date and time

Location

Burnside College

Saint Peter's Road Wallsend NE28 7LQ United Kingdom

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome and introduction

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Opening Keynote: YPAR and critical thinking skills in the age of 'fake news'

Professor Kaz Stuart

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

YPDAR methodology and Epistemic Agency

Dr Dave McPartlan

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Refreshment break

10:40 AM - 10:55 AM

Research Presentation - Primary (via video link)

10:55 AM - 11:10 AM

Research Presentation - Burnside School

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Q & A

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Closing Key Note: Investing in youth as researchers

Assistant Prof Dane Stickney - University of Colorado

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Final notes

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Root Cause Analysis Workshop

Assistant Professor Dane Stickney

A student workshop for Year 12 students with the aim of initiating school research projects by introducing 'Root Cause Analysis'. This will also be an opportunity for academics and staff from the sch...

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Highlights

6 hours
In person

About this event

School Activities • Public Speaker

This full day event comprises of a morning of talks from worldwide experts (Celebration of 2024/2025 research projects) followed by an afternoon workshop (Root Cause Analysis Workshop) to enable staff and students to develop research skills. The aims of the day are to:

- Celebrate the work of young people involved in the project.

- Disseminate the work within the regional, national and international higher education research community.

- Build awareness of the importance of this research with local and regional politicians.

- Develop connections with local community and business groups to further this research work.

- Provide a space to develop symbiotic connections between primary, secondary and higher education.

- Showcase the work of Wallsend Children’s Community and Burnside College.

- Provide a platform for the launch of Year 2 of this research project.

- To highlight the potential support that NIHR can leverage to develop Health and Care research in schools.

We hope to see you there!

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NIHR North East and North Cumbria RRDN

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