Within the Nursing Research Group, our health and social care research is helping to transform people's lives for the better. Our expertise includes: technology in healthcare, specific topics relevant to children, young people and families; the outcomes of health and social care education, healthcare delivery, and resilience in modern living. Find out about our current collaborations and projects.
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement or ‘PPIE’ has become a wide-spread phenomenon in health and social care research. PPIE is considered the gold standard of research and is typically required by funding bodies (such as the NIHR) to access grant funding.
Read the full oration for Mark Lawler on the Award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
School of Nursing and Allied Health
This study, funded by the NIHR, intends to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Read the oration for Professor Viv Bennett on the award of their Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University presented by Rebecca Burke-Sharples.
The Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology hosts an annual seminar series.
Humanities and Social Science
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the pace at which educational institutions moved towards a blended approach of online and in-person learning (Jisc, 2020). While embracing this change, the challenges it brings for learner experience, engagement and learning must be carefully considered.
With the aim of inspiring prospective students, our outreach programmes work with schools and colleges, career advisors and parents, sharing specialist higher education guidance and advice.