Professor Emma Pitchforth, Dr Joanne Morrison, and Victoria Cullimore explain the process behind Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) on their recent study, Postnatal Intervention for Cervical Screening. This work was supported by our 2025-6 Engaged and Participatory Research Fund, to help the research team gain lived experience perspectives ahead of the next phase of the project.
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Andean Futures: Collaborative, Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Strategies for Sustainable Biocultural Policies in NW Argentina
Professors Marisa Lazzari and Ioana Oltean from the Department of Archaeology and History share insights into their longstanding collaboration with Fundación Tiempos, an Argentinian organisation dedicated to sustainable and future-focussed heritage preservation. With support from our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund, this project helped support inclusive approaches to heritage in northwestern Argentina.
Growing Belonging: Exploring Belonging and Wellbeing at Yourspace Sutton
Dr Jess Marshall talks about the Growing Belonging project, investigating the connection between belonging and community participation, and how research can begin to measure the outcomes of this. This work was supported by our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund for the 2025-6 academic year.
What is sustainable beekeeping and how can / should we do it?
Fay Kahane tells us how support from the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Fund helped develop her PhD research, working in collaboration with external partners to investigate the future of sustainable beekeeping.
Queerly Made: Crafting LGBTQ+ Identity and Community
Dr Daniel Fountain tells us about the development of “Queerly Made”, which explores the legacy of craft in the LGBTQ+ communities, and looks at tackling the challenges of underrepresentation in national craft collections. Support from our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund has helped bring this subject to new audiences through workshops and exhibitions in the Tees Valley.
Celebrating our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund Awardees
For the last few years, our Engaged and Participatory Research (E&PR) Fund has aimed to facilitate connections between researchers and partners external to the university. On the 15th June, we invited our 2024-5 and 2025-6 cohorts to join us for a special event, sharing findings and best practice, and celebrating their fantastic achievements from the course of their projects.
NIHR Team Science Award: Building Research On Climate-smart Care for Optimising Lifelong health Impacts for women (Team BROCCOLI)
The latest of our blog posts from this year’s funding cohort features Dr Dorothea Miranda Geddes-Barton who highlights the importance of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in her work, engaging with diverse perspectives in preparation for an NIHR Team Science Application.
Community Consultation for the Research Design of Practice-based, Participatory Action Research PhD Project
Yudi Wu, PhD student in the Department of Communications, Drama and Film gives an insight into their experience engaging with the public as part of their research project, establishing relationships with participants and navigating these to ensure those who contribute to a research project can be most effectively supported throughout.
The University of Exeter and u3a: 10 Years of Mutual Benefit
The University of Exeter, and the Exeter branch of the University of the Third Age (u3a) have recently celebrated ten years of collaboration. Since the signing of Memorandum of Understanding back in 2016, the two institutions have continued to share expertise, combining both organisation’s commitment to accessible and engaging education.
Community-led cancer awareness: Community Conversations about Cancer
In our final blog piece from our 2024-25 cohort of Engaged and Participatory Research Fund awardees, Lucy Kirkland tells us more about Community Conversations about Cancer, a project which investigated inequalities and underrepresentation in cancer diagnosis, working with a network of community partners across Exeter.