Essential Training For Researchers Working With Young People

Join us for a practical, hands-on training day designed to help researchers navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of working with young people and schools.

Whether you're new to engaging with young people or looking to refine your approach, this training day will provide essential strategies, ethical considerations, and real-world insights to ensure a successful and impactful research experience for all involved.

Who this course is for: 
This course is ideal for PhD students, early career researchers and healthcare professionals who are planning to collect data and run engagement activities with young people.

About this course:
This course provides best practice guidance on how to reach and engage with young people in schools, youth groups, community groups or on an individual level. 

This course focusses on how you can maximise interaction, develop your communications skills to connect with young people, plan engagement activities and pitch language appropriately.

Connecting with young people from the outset is crucial to maximising the quality of data you collect for research projects. The course covers how you can do that effectively as well as building strong working relationships with teachers, schools or youth organisations. 

The learning outcomes are to:
•    Identify the steps required to plan meaningful engagement activities
•    Gain the knowledge to design meaningful engagement activities
•    Develop your confidence to carry out engagement activities at a high-level
•    Understanding safeguarding and sensitive topics – the do’s and don’ts of working with young people. 

At the end of this course, you’ll receive a certificate stating the number of learning hours you have undertaken.

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