Events
NU Qualitative Special Interest Group Annual Symposium 2025
- Venue: The Frederick Douglass Centre, Helix Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG
- Start: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:30:00 GMT
- End: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:30:00 GMT
Theme: “Beyond the interview” - Interviews, whether semi-structured, narrative, or unstructured, are probably the most used method of data collection in qualitative research. But are we overly reliant on this method? What have we lost and gained from the increase in remote interviewing? Do we need to be more inventive in our approach to interviewing? For the 2025 Qualitative Special Interest Group Annual Symposium we are keen to hear about novel and creative approaches to qualitative data collection and analysis and encourage honest discussions about our experiences as qualitative research-academics – both the good and the not so good.
REGISTRATION AND BOOKING FEE
- Abstract submission closed on 30.10.2024.
- Registration link: https://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-medical-sciences/population-and-health-sciences-institute/newcastle-university-qualitative-special-interest-group-annual-symposium-2025
- Students (doctoral and masters) £10.
- All other delegates £15.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Opening plenary: Janice McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University - Janice’s research focuses on disability, particularly childhood disability, and the experiences of families. She has also published works on feminist theory and sexualities. In recent years she has increasingly utilised creative methods in her work.
Closing plenary: Tim Rapley, Professor in the Department of Social Work, Education, and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University - Tim is a medical sociologist with an interest in social studies of medical and social care work, research and practice. His work focuses on three substantive areas: the implementation of care, the organisation of care and social studies of qualitative research.
PROGRAMME
****REGISTRATION AND COFFEE FROM 09:30 IN THE FOYER****
10:00-10:10 |
Opening remarks Lecture theatre FDC.G.56, Ground floor |
10:10-10:45 |
Opening plenary: Prof Janice McLaughlin Lecture theatre FDC.G.56, Ground floor |
PARALLEL STREAMS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS (AM)
10:55-12:05 |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Open stream: Experiences of care systems and mental health FDC.1.18 (First floor) |
Creative and novel approaches: The intersection of qualitative approaches and the arts FDC.1.17 (First floor) |
Creative and novel approaches: Stories, maps, and vignettes FDC.1.16 (First floor) |
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10:55-11:15 |
Progress and process: the patient experience of kidney transplantation healthcare Rebeka Jenkins. Newcastle University |
Music therapy sessions for people living with complex and advanced dementia and their carers Steven Lyons, Newcastle University |
Journey Mapping as a Data Collection Approach to Explore Lived Experience Stephanie Kilinc, Teesside University |
11:20-11:40 |
Understanding GP’s perspective of the unmet needs in diagnosing depression Jay Hall, Newcastle University |
Journeys through organ donation and transplantation: an intersection of qualitative research, engagement, and the arts Hannah Murray, Newcastle University |
Qualitative story completion: Potential opportunities and challenges Toni Williams, Durham University |
11:45-12:05 |
Ideal type analysis is a qualitative method for analysing data to construct typologies in research Sally O'Keeffe, Newcastle University |
Co-creating forum theatre; Communicating symptoms of head and neck cancer Jennifer Deane, Newcastle University |
Using clinical vignettes in interviews with healthcare professionals: The ADMISSION project Nicola Howe & Sara Pretorius, Newcastle University |
Panel discussion: Ethical Dilemmas in qualitative research FDC.G.06 (Ground floor) |
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10:55-11:55 |
Contextual Ethics: When the Everyday Becomes the Sensitive Angela Mazzetti, Newcastle University Navigating requests for personal information from participants in qualitative research on stigmatised topics: issues of power, positionality, and rapport Liz Titchener, Newcastle University Navigating Positionality, Ethics, and Gatekeeper Dynamics in Multigenerational Life Histories of British Muslim Women Hengameh Ashraf-Emami, Northumbria University, Nottingham University |
****LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE FOYER: 12:05-13:00****
PARALLEL STREAMS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS (PM)
13:05-14:15 |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Inclusive and novel approaches to evaluation FDC.1.18 (First floor) |
Inclusive and creative approaches to research with people with disability FDC.1.17 (First floor) |
Creative and novel approaches: Co-production and creation FDC.1.16 (First floor) |
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13:05-13:25 |
Guided Self-Assessment Interviews (GSI) for Evaluating Entrepreneurial Education Programmes for Staff Lucy Hatt, Newcastle University |
Making diversity our strength- understanding potential of lived experience of AHPs with disabilities, differences, and long-term health conditions’ Alice Gair, North East and North Cumbria integrated care board (ICB) |
Co-producing perceptions of prematurity Rachel Collum, University of Sunderland |
13:30-13:50 |
Before the interview: How to ensure an inclusive patient recruitment approach on an NHS England pilot evaluation Hamdi A Hamzah, NHS North of England Care System Support (NECS) |
Co-developing a trauma checklist for people with a learning disability Sarah Wigham, Newcastle University |
Bricolage and adaptability - responsive co-creation workshop with migrant mothers Mabel Lie, Newcastle University |
13:55-14:15 |
Development of a Deaf centre wellbeing and nutrition cooking project; challenges and learnings in adapting methods for engaging with British Sign language users Lorraine McSweeney, Newcastle University |
Taking an intersectional approach to co-production: Addressing inequalities in physical activity for disabled people Toni Williams, Durham University |
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Panel discussion: The quick, the dirty, and the downright filthy: discussing “quick and dirty qual” FDC.G.06 (Ground floor) |
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13:05-14:05 |
Rapid and the vapid: Distinguishing rapid qualitative inquiry from “quick and dirty qual” and identifying when descriptive qualitative analysis masquerades as rich Siân Russell, Laura McGowan, Beth Bareham, Matthew Breckons, Rachel Stocker, Newcastle University |
14:20-15:40 |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Stream and room |
Ethnographic approaches FDC.1.18 (First floor) |
Inclusive and creative approaches: marginalised or underserved people FDC.1.17 (First floor) |
Novel and creative approaches to capturing data FDC.1.16 (First floor) |
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14:20-14:40 |
Building our own logic of care: Using ethnography to understand dementia care in South Asian communities in Newcastle Ana-Maria Cirstea, Newcastle University |
Closing the loop: exploring practical approaches to disseminating and member-checking study findings Mark Adley, Newcastle University |
Perceptions and experiences of multiple long-term conditions: a comparison of qualitative interviews and Mass Observation written accounts Sue Bellass, Newcastle University, Manchester Metropolitan University |
14:45-15:05 |
The Benefits and Challenges of Adopting Duoethnography to Enrich and Enhance Educator Practice Angela Mazzetti, Newcastle University, Teesside University |
Together through crisis- Eastern European families and the cost-of-living crisis Hayley Alderson, Newcastle University |
Information-Seeking Behaviour on the Long-Term Impact of Pre-Eclampsia: A Thematic Analysis of Mumsnet Threads Bethany Wetherell, Newcastle University |
15:10-15:30 |
Reflections and experiences from the WHOLE-SMI project on NHS and third sector stakeholders and people with lived experience of severe mental ill-health engagement Dan Steward, Newcastle University |
Considerations when adapting qualitative research materials into ‘Easy Read’ (learning disabilities) Charlotte Rothwell, Newcastle University |
Audio diaries as a novel approach to physical activity and sleep in mental health: one year later Ilaria Pina, Newcastle University |
****BRIEF COMFORT BREAK: 15:30-15:40***
****Coffee available in the foyer****
15:45-15:55 |
Closing remarks and prize giving Lecture theatre FDC.G.56, Ground floor |
15:55-16:30 |
Closing Plenary: Prof Tim Rapley Lecture theatre FDC.G.56, Ground floor |
POSTERS
If you have an existing poster that presents qualitative work that you would like to display during the symposium, please contact the QualSIG Steering Committee: QualSIG@newcastle.ac.uk
THE DEBATE
The interview: the cases for and against, and suggestions for creative ways to conduct them: Throughout the day delegates will be encouraged to tweet their thoughts using the hashtag #NUQualSIG25 and/or drop their comments in a comments box at the reception desk.
REGISTRATION AND BOOKING FEE
- Abstract submission closed on 30.10.2024.
- Registration link: https://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-medical-sciences/population-and-health-sciences-institute/newcastle-university-qualitative-special-interest-group-annual-symposium-2025
- Students (doctoral and masters) £10.
- All other delegates £15.
The Qualitative Special Interest Group (QualSIG) is part of Newcastle University’s cross faculty research theme, the Innovation, Methodology and Application (IMA) theme: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/
Contact: QualSIG@newcastle.ac.uk