Training with Collaborative Partners

Running as an initiative since 2023, we have a strand of SLTF that is designed with and for collaborative partners. SGSSS have asked collaborative partners to submit examples of training gaps that they feel could be supported by current research / research methods. In the second call this year, students and ECRs have the option to submit proposals to meet that training need, and collaborative partners will be invited to join the session along with current students (unless facilitators have a clear rationale for keeping their event for collaborative partners only).

This new strand is a fantastic opportunity for applicants to deliver public-facing research training, and further the impact of their own research, knowledge and skills. SGSSS’s collaborative partners include representatives of the public, private and third sectors. 

Proposed topics by our collaborative partners for the second call of the 2025-26 academic year can be reviewed below. 

• Using animation for communicating research findings
• Using storymaps for working with qualitative (and non-spatial) data
• Using games in research – from design to facilitation and knowledge management
• Using AI for qualitative or quantitative data analysis
• Using AI across the research cycle more generally
• Reflexivity and positionality in qualitative research
• Creative methods for online focus groups
• Developing and writing effective research questions
• Understanding research impact – how to plan, deliver, and measure
• Supporting PhD students within partner organisations
• Research and community engagement
• Community-led cultural regeneration: arts-based methodologies to support pre/employability, healing, and economic development.