Please see details of the Community Research Hub’s first ever ‘Living Library’ on Weds 4 Nov 10am-1pm.
To summarise, the purpose of the CRH is to match students with the research needs of charities and other non-profits, the idea being that the students get the opportunity to apply classroom learning to real-life scenarios and thus develop their experience and CVs, whilst the partners benefit from having their research needs met. It’s a double-edged benefit, and moreover a stream of volunteering which lends itself particularly well to working remotely during these times.
We currently have four new projects, all of which will be (imminently) available to peruse on the Volunteering Platform, although I’m detailing them below for convenience. I’m pleased to announce that the one for the United Church of Egham has already been filled by two students, so the Living Library will now feature only three of these four projects. Individual meetings will be scheduled between students and partners lasting no more than 15 minutes, and I plan to be in attendance for all meetings. As such there can be no overlap, and so there are only 4 meetings per project in the course of these three hours. If students are interested in meeting with a particular partner but the availability on the doodle polls is up to capacity, please ask them to email me at CommunityResearchHub@rhul.ac.uk and I will try to accommodate them.
1. Harry’s HAT: The impact of hydrocephalus on parents and carers.
Hydrocephalus affects 1 in every 1000 babies born the UK today and is the most common reason for brain surgery in children. Yet there is little awareness of the condition and it receives very little funding. Children with this life-threatening condition are usually kept alive by the insertion a device called a Shunt. 50% of shunts will block with the first two years of insertion- meaning the need for urgent time critical brain surgery. A shunt blockage is life-threatening and the signs can mirror that of other common childhood illness. We want to assess the impact on parents and carers of caring for a child with a shunt on daily basis. We want to collect information from parents and carers so that we can build a true picture of the impact of shunts on the whole family.
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Biological Sciences, Psychology, Social Work
Number of students required: 1
Appointments available 10am, 10.45am, 11.30am and 12.15pm.
https://doodle.com/poll/f2qtqkmdyh7awq2x
2. Surrey Police – Review of Royal Holloway and Surrey Police's Special Constabulary Pilot.
In 2017/18 Surrey Police and Royal Holloway University piloted a programme to recruit and train a cohort of students to become Special Constables (or Volunteer Police Officers). In 2020 two of the 12 who were part of this programme are still Special Constables. The project will be to evaluate the success of the pilot and identify learning points for consideration for future programmes of this kind
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Law and Criminology
Number of students required: 1
Appointments available 10.15am, 11am, 11.45am, 12.30pm
https://doodle.com/poll/2c7vku9g97mxqadm
3. Surrey Police – An Investigation in Relation to the Socio-Demographic Factors Impacting the Recruitment and Retention of BAME Cadets.
This research is primarily based on the Volunteer Police Cadet Scheme within Surrey Police. For background information, we have situated our Cadet units based largely on the index of multiple deprivation, which takes into account multiple factors and ranks the entire county accordingly from most to least deprived. Some of the more deprived areas are ones historically that the police have been able to have limited positive interaction with and/or those from which few applicants have joined the police. On occasion, these areas include local communities, BAME communities as well as other underrepresented groups, which again is an area Surrey Police seeks to recruit from to become a more inclusive employer, and representative of the county it serves. As a result of this project, it is anticipated a better understanding will be gained of both the impact of the VPC scheme generally, but specifically a strategy to increase recruitment and retention of Cadets from underrepresented groups within our communities and how this recruitment could be progressed into recruitment into the wider policing family upon reaching 18.
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Geography, Law and Criminology, Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, Psychology, Social Work
Number of students required: 2-5
Appointments available 10.30am, 11.15am, 12 noon, 12.45pm
https://doodle.com/poll/axnmkh89kxppdw49
Please insert your email address when signing up, so that an MS teams meeting can be sent to you. If you are interested in a project which is already up to capacity, please email communityresearchhubrhul.ac.uk
Time: 10:00
Location:
Categories: Online,
04/11/2020 10:00
04/11/2020 13:00
Europe/London
Community Research Hub 'Living Library'
Please see details of the Community Research Hub’s first ever ‘Living Library’ on Weds 4 Nov 10am-1pm.
To summarise, the purpose of the CRH is to match students with the research needs of charities and other non-profits, the idea being that the students get the opportunity to apply classroom learning to real-life scenarios and thus develop their experience and CVs, whilst the partners benefit from having their research needs met. It’s a double-edged benefit, and moreover a stream of volunteering which lends itself particularly well to working remotely during these times.
We currently have four new projects, all of which will be (imminently) available to peruse on the Volunteering Platform, although I’m detailing them below for convenience. I’m pleased to announce that the one for the United Church of Egham has already been filled by two students, so the Living Library will now feature only three of these four projects. Individual meetings will be scheduled between students and partners lasting no more than 15 minutes, and I plan to be in attendance for all meetings. As such there can be no overlap, and so there are only 4 meetings per project in the course of these three hours. If students are interested in meeting with a particular partner but the availability on the doodle polls is up to capacity, please ask them to email me at CommunityResearchHub@rhul.ac.uk and I will try to accommodate them.
1. Harry’s HAT: The impact of hydrocephalus on parents and carers.
Hydrocephalus affects 1 in every 1000 babies born the UK today and is the most common reason for brain surgery in children. Yet there is little awareness of the condition and it receives very little funding. Children with this life-threatening condition are usually kept alive by the insertion a device called a Shunt. 50% of shunts will block with the first two years of insertion- meaning the need for urgent time critical brain surgery. A shunt blockage is life-threatening and the signs can mirror that of other common childhood illness. We want to assess the impact on parents and carers of caring for a child with a shunt on daily basis. We want to collect information from parents and carers so that we can build a true picture of the impact of shunts on the whole family.
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Biological Sciences, Psychology, Social Work
Number of students required: 1
Appointments available 10am, 10.45am, 11.30am and 12.15pm.
https://doodle.com/poll/f2qtqkmdyh7awq2x
2. Surrey Police – Review of Royal Holloway and Surrey Police's Special Constabulary Pilot.
In 2017/18 Surrey Police and Royal Holloway University piloted a programme to recruit and train a cohort of students to become Special Constables (or Volunteer Police Officers). In 2020 two of the 12 who were part of this programme are still Special Constables. The project will be to evaluate the success of the pilot and identify learning points for consideration for future programmes of this kind
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Law and Criminology
Number of students required: 1
Appointments available 10.15am, 11am, 11.45am, 12.30pm
https://doodle.com/poll/2c7vku9g97mxqadm
3. Surrey Police – An Investigation in Relation to the Socio-Demographic Factors Impacting the Recruitment and Retention of BAME Cadets.
This research is primarily based on the Volunteer Police Cadet Scheme within Surrey Police. For background information, we have situated our Cadet units based largely on the index of multiple deprivation, which takes into account multiple factors and ranks the entire county accordingly from most to least deprived. Some of the more deprived areas are ones historically that the police have been able to have limited positive interaction with and/or those from which few applicants have joined the police. On occasion, these areas include local communities, BAME communities as well as other underrepresented groups, which again is an area Surrey Police seeks to recruit from to become a more inclusive employer, and representative of the county it serves. As a result of this project, it is anticipated a better understanding will be gained of both the impact of the VPC scheme generally, but specifically a strategy to increase recruitment and retention of Cadets from underrepresented groups within our communities and how this recruitment could be progressed into recruitment into the wider policing family upon reaching 18.
This research could particularly appeal to students from the following disciplines, though this is not exclusive:
Geography, Law and Criminology, Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, Psychology, Social Work
Number of students required: 2-5
Appointments available 10.30am, 11.15am, 12 noon, 12.45pm
https://doodle.com/poll/axnmkh89kxppdw49
Please insert your email address when signing up, so that an MS teams meeting can be sent to you. If you are interested in a project which is already up to capacity, please email communityresearchhubrhul.ac.uk