Role of VCS organisations in academic research

Inspiration

This blog was initiated by our involvement with the eLife challenge at HackTheMidlands 2017 and influenced by the content and thinking of a post from Cardiff University, Biomedical and life sciences department, population health aspirations.

While the department outlines high level academic aspirations, we explore how Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) grass roots groups that we work with could initiate, influence, implement and benefit from research activity.

We believe this could have benefits for both the academic and beneficiary communities

What it does

explore how Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) grass roots groups that we work with could initiate, influence, implement and benefit from research activity.

Challenges I ran into

Lack of awareness of comparative research

What's next for Role of VCS organisations in academic research

Will influence work of RnR Organisation over next 12 months, including pitching a session at UKHealthCamp 2017 unconference on digital, design, technology, & data for health and care Sept 30th https://twitter.com/ukhealthcamp