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Wanted young researchers – the employment of young people as researchers

Wanted young researchers – the employment of young people as researchers. Jennie Fleming With Harrison Carter, Iman Delanius, Susie Dobson Centre for Social Action. What do the Associate Research Assistants (ARA) do?. Impact of being a young person on the research process . Perspective

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Wanted young researchers – the employment of young people as researchers

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  1. Wanted young researchers – the employment of young people as researchers Jennie Fleming With Harrison Carter, Iman Delanius, Susie Dobson Centre for Social Action

  2. What do the Associate Research Assistants (ARA) do?

  3. Impact of being a young person on the research process • Perspective • Own knowledge of being young • Challenge stereo types • Fresh eyes • Imagination and creativity • Flexibility • Move away from dominance of adults

  4. Knowledge and skills of ARA • Analysis skills • Experience of using range of qualitative methods • Planning and Organisation • Working with different groups of people • Awareness of university research etiquette • Got NOCN qualification

  5. Connection with Centre for Social Action and De Montfort University • Colleagues • Supportive environment • Employees – Job title, staff ID • Paid

  6. Why did we do this? • Social action in practice • Commitment to service user involvement in research • Young people as insiders, not outsiders • Systemic change within the university

  7. Social action principles • People should have a voice and a stake • Commitment to social justice • Challenge negative labels and perceptions • Support people to investigate own problems and issues • Facilitate not lead • Based own people’s own knowledge and insight

  8. How did we do it? • Involves many aspects of the university • Approval of posts • Recruitment of ARA • Involvement of young people • Support of the posts

  9. Where are we now? • Much works well from ARA perspective as employees • Working with other members of staff • Development and sharing of skills • Smoothing processes along • What is in control of Centre for Social Action and what is in control the university ?

  10. What is still to be done? • Systems - development fund • Staff - further embedding as colleagues • Structures – sustainability • Strategy – built in • Skills - ARA’s own research • Shared values - perceptions of young people’s research • Style and culture

  11. Disadvantages of the model • Does it preclude most marginal young people? • Do we train out the young people-ness? • Restrict funding available to young people? • How involved in setting the research agenda are young people?

  12. jfleming@dmu.ac.ukhttp://www.dmu.ac.uk/csa

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