From Experience to Evidence: Foundations in Peer Research: On Campus Course

Entry requirements

This course is designed to be open and accessible. You do not need any formal qualifications to apply. What matters most is your lived or professional experience of the issues you want to research, and your motivation to learn.

• working or volunteering in the third sector, community organisations or public services.
• involved in participatory or community-led research projects.
• looking to build research skills to strengthen their practice or advocacy work.
• interested in gaining university-level credit for the first time.

Months of entry

September

Course content

• Discover a wide range of research methods, from surveys and interviews to creative and expressive approaches.
• Learn how research really works, from the inside out, in a welcoming, supportive environment
• Develop skills that are directly useful in the real world: designing a research project, gathering evidence, and sharing your findings.
• Be taught by research-active academics with experience of peer and community-led research.
• Work collaboratively with fellow learners, sharing knowledge and supporting each other throughout.
• Leave with a university credit and a concrete research project outline you’ve designed yourself.

Fees and funding