Public Engagement and Performance Conference 2019

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• Essay writing as a board game.
• Dance class for student for student teachers.
• A play derived from interview data.
• Documentary and creative films disseminating a variety of research.
• And art activist Barbie! (@BarbieReports)

 

These and more wonderful examples of engaging communities with research through performance were at the 5th Plic Engagement and Performance Conference, which took place at the Hepworth Gallery Wakefield on 29th and 30th of March. I had the honour of giving the opening presentation in which I talked through my use of photography, poetry, installation, performance and creative non-fiction in the course of completing my doctorate. Many of the people associated with this conference have formed an integral part of the extended network of support which I drew on throughout. This small network is extremely supportive of new ideas and I would recommend it to anyone considering using creative methods for engagement. Here’s a link to a short film from a previous conference.

An Exploration of Factors Related to Quality of Life in Indonesian Care Workers in Home-Based Care Settings

Mark Hayter has co-authored with Taiwanese colleagues:
Lo, Shu-Fen, Chang, Li-Jung; Hayter, Mark; O Yang, An-Chi (2019) An Exploration of Factors Related to Quality of Life in Indonesian Care Workers in Home-Based Care Settings Journal of Nursing Research
doi: 10.1097/JNR.0000000000000314

Academic nursing in the UK: the case for parity of rigour, transparency and level of challenge between research and teaching career tracks

Mark Hayter has published:

Hayter M (2019) Academic nursing in the UK: the case for parity of rigour, transparency and level of challenge between research and teaching career tracks Journal of Advanced Nursing doi: 10.1111/jan.14006

Sport, Health and Exercise Science support the Marathon des Sable

In Sport, Health and Exercise Science Dr Andrew Garrett has been leading a short-term heat acclimation study, using the environmental chamber. The research team has recently recruited, locally-based, Marathon des Sables (2019) competitors (mean age 53 SD 4 yrs). Older populations have received limited attention in the research area.

This project has resulted in interest from BBC Look North News, BBC Radio Humberside and an article has been published in The Conversation.This all coincided with the Marathon des Sables race itself. It started on Sunday 7th April and will run for 6-days, covering 156 miles in the Sahara desert!

Confucius Institute gift

Following his recent visit to China where he visited Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, Roger Watson presented a wooden carving from the Confucius Temple to the Confucius Institute at the University of Hull.

Retention of the NHS workforce is a long overdue focus and there is much to do, however we are pleased we are starting to see some early improvements

Professor Mark Radford, Director of Nursing – Improvement, NHS Improvement has contributed on this topic to the Burdett Trust funded STaR (Supporting the Transition and Retention of Newly Qualified Nurses) project blog; read his article here.

Maternal and paternal expectations of antenatal education across the transition to parenthood

Catriona Jones, Franziska Wadephul and Julie Jomeen have co-authored:
Maternal and paternal expectations of antenatal education across the transition to parenthood British Journal of Midwifery 27,4 doi 10.12968/bjom.2019.27.4.235