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NU QualSIG Inaugural Symposium
- Venue: The Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle Helix, Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG
- Start: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:30:00 GMT
- End: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT
The Newcastle University Qualitative Special Interest Group (QualSIG) is inviting staff and postgraduate students with an interest in qualitative research to our inaugural symposium. The core aim of the QualSIG is to nurture and promote qualitative research at Newcastle University. Our symposium will offer a supportive and positive environment for qualitative researchers to present their work and network with their peers while also promoting the considerable qualitative expertise available at Newcastle University.
The symposium theme is The State of Qualitative Research.
As qualitative researchers our work is typically anchored on answering “why” questions and on unpicking the subtleties of subjective experience of phenomena, social interaction, power dynamics, and inequalities. Our data is often nuanced and challenging to analyse, mirroring the complexity of lived experience. Our strength lies in our ability to manage this complexity and produce meaningful, and impactful outputs. Despite this strength, qualitative approaches can still struggle for recognition both within and outside academic research.
Qualitative research is a term that covers a diverse number of methods, methodologies, and processes, aimed at capturing pieces of subjective experience. However, this diversity and the potential for innovation can often be limited by time and funding available to carry out high quality qualitative work and overshadowed by a tendency for both research teams and funders to lean towards more established and simplified approaches.
This symposium will provide an opportunity for qualitative researchers across Newcastle University to consider where qualitative research is currently, and what the future might hold.
“It would be nice if all of the data which sociologists require could be enumerated because then we could run them through IBM machines and draw charts as the economists do. However, not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted…” William Bruce Cameron (1963) Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking
Programme:
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09:30 |
Registration |
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10:00 |
Opening remarks: QualSIG lead, Siân Russell |
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10:10 |
Opening plenary: Prof Cath Exley - How times have (and have not changed): |
FDC.G.06 |
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10:35 |
Stream One: Methodological Reflections P1 Arwa Katab - Understanding Young Children's Experiences: Creative Interview Methods for 4-5 Year Olds |
FDC.1.17 |
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10:55 |
Beth Bareham - Co-producing qualitative research with vulnerable groups for intervention development |
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11:15 |
Fiona Graham & Laura McGowan - Reflecting on the use of rapid qualitative inquiry in policy research: An exploration of factors influencing implementation of virtual wards in the English NHS |
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10:35 |
Stream Two: Healthcare Professions & Practice Haifa Aldhamy- Knowledge, attitude, and practice related to the implementation of infection prevention and control precautions among laboratory staff in Saudi Arabia: a mixed methods study |
FDC.1.18 |
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10:55 |
Ruth McDonald – Microenterprise and home care for older adults in England and Wales: a qualitative study |
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11:15 |
Theo Randall- Exploring healthcare providers experiences of caring for older people with frailty admitted to hospital in Northern Tanzania |
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11:35 |
Coffee |
Foyer |
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11:55 |
Reflexivity in Qualitative research Joanne James & Amy Stabler- Advances in methodology: A coproduced autoethnography to explore how organisational coaches experience challenges to trust in the coaching relationship. |
FDC.1.17 |
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12:10 |
Julie Guest- The juxtaposition of insider researcher versus Practitioner - 'the art of balance’ |
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12:25 |
Jayne Jeffries- Reflections from an ECR: A feminist geographer’s perspective |
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12:40 |
Dan Steward- Using reflexivity in implementation science: a discussion of the autophenomenographic approach. |
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12:55 |
Reflexivity in Qualitative research - Open discussion |
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13:05 |
Interviewing Excellence Centre: Lunchtime stall |
Foyer |
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13:25-13:55 |
‘Research Wraps’- Lunchtime Talks (Pecha Kucha style presentations of seven minutes each) Steffi Tan Navigating Digital Transformation: University Academics' Resilience amidst Educational Disruption Kerry Brennan-Tovey Emerging findings on the perspectives and experiences of people experiencing food insecurity who also have tobacco dependence Amie Turner Unravelling the Consequences: Exploring Caregiver Mental Well-being and Reasons for Referral Delays in Infants with Cerebral Palsy Caitlin Thompson Taking Care of People Who Take Care of People: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Six-Week Yoga Programme for NHS Healthcare Staff |
FDC.G.06 |
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14:05 |
Stream Three: Methodological Reflections P2 Mark Adley- Strange places that we pass reach after us: A reflexive consideration of research with a multiply marginalised population |
FDC.1.17 |
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14:25 |
Ilaria Pina- “We’re unburdened” - Audio diaries as a novel approach to physical activity and sleep in mental health. |
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14:45 |
Benjamin Rigby- What next for participatory systems mapping? Reflections from new methodological guidance. |
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14:05 |
Stream Four: Older people and Frailty Lucy Robinson- What matters most?: A longitudinal exploration of the end-of-life care preferences of older people living with frailty. |
FDC.1.18 |
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14:25 |
James Hardy- A qualitative exploration of the hospital experiences of older people with frailty and their carers in northern Tanzania. |
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14:45 |
Lewis McColl- Experiences and motivations of older adults completing Age UK Strength and Balance training in North Tyneside |
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15:10 |
Closing plenary: Prof Amy O'Donnell - Understanding complex lives: How qualitative insights can help us |
FDC.G.06 |
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15:45 |
Closing remarks: QualSIG Deputy lead, Matthew Breckons |
FDC.G.06 |
