We’re pleased to be partnering with charity People Know How on a new research project looking at their digital inclusion work – a research project their volunteers will be trained to conduct themselves. The Binks Hub have partnered with People Know How to secure funding for a project on digital inclusion and exclusion. While existing […]
New ‘citizen researcher’ training for volunteers with People Know How Read More »
The Binks Hub is pleased to announce our participation in the INCLUDED Project, which will investigate the ways in which we can facilitate the participation in research of people living with advanced dementia as co-researchers. The project will be led by Dr Frankie Greenwood from Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia (ECRED),
A blog post from Dr Catherine Maternowska, Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People Violence against Children (VAC) is a big, global problem—over 1 billion children (which translates to over 50% of all children aged 2-17 years old) have experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence in the past year. The good news is that the
Ushering in (Young) Citizen Science: A Data Collaborative Project Read More »
A blog post from PhD student Charlotte Zealley Arguably, the biggest challenge of a PhD is its solitary nature. Only I can write my thesis, and only I will lie awake at night fretting over how to wrangle my research into a coherent narrative. On the face of it there isn’t much space or time
Collaboration as a PhD student: My experience of a Collaborative Studentship (so far!) Read More »
A blog post from Marianna Hay, Co-Director at Take Note and Founding Director of Orchestras for All What is the difference we’re trying to make with this project? How do we know our project is having a positive impact on people’s lives? What evaluation techniques can we use to measure this change? Questions like this
Creative Evaluation Practice: Putting evaluation at the core of your activity Read More »
A blog post from Claire Wu As a third year Sociology with Quantitative Methods student, I undertook the 2022 Q-step Summer Work Placement at the Binks Hub under the supervision of Dr Jimmy Turner. During this six-week placement, I conducted a small social research project investigating the participation of academics in the Edinburgh International Book
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My name is Mary McBain, and I am an MSc by Research candidate in Music at the University of Edinburgh. Under the supervision of Dr Katie Overy and Dr Audrey Cameron, my research seeks to identify which aspects of music education in the UK are inaccessible to D/deaf1 and Hard of Hearing students and further
The Importance of the Facilitatory Role in Participatory Research Practices Read More »
PhD student Neil Hume reflects on a community forum held by the Binks Hub in Craigentinny Commity Centre in December 2021. “Wrap up warm” we reminded invitees: we knew that even after one of those wonderfully blue and brisk winter days in the capital, with the darkness always comes the cold. I’m Neil Hume, a
Getting warmed up in Craigentinny Read More »
This visual blog post follows the installation and opening of an exhibition of contemporary art, written for us by Dr Laura Harris. A highly stylized and aestheticised space, the art gallery repays visual methods. However, the public face of the gallery – its exhibitions – are only the most conspicuous part of the labour and
The opening of an exhibition: a photo essay Read More »
Rebecca Rees reports on a study into the impacts of Scottish Book Trust’s book-gifting programmes Bookbug and Read, Write, Count We all know that children catch every bug going at nursery and school. But Scottish Book Trust (SBT) are keen to know whether children in Scotland caught one particular bug: the reading bug. SBT’s Book
Did the children of Scotland catch the reading bug? Read More »
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