Vanessa Bennett, Lead Researcher for the NeurOX Young People Advisory Group, writes about putting together a rewarding virtual work experience programme.
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Investigating Neuronal Oscillations in Ageing and Dementia
Some research studies into dementia are starting to use Magnetoencephalography scans (also known as MEG scans) but what is MEG? What does it measure? And what can it tell us about neurodegeneration?
Blog post by Andrew Quinn, Jemma Pitt, Méadhbh Brosnan, Sarah Clayton, & Kia Nobre from the Brain & Cognition lab & OxDARE team for Dementia Action Week 2021.
Whose values matter?
This blog was written by Julia Hamer-Hunt, patient co-chair of the Oxford Health BRC’s strategic patient and public involvement (PPI) group and Claire Murray, PPI Manager. It was originally published in the Patient Experience Magazine, Spring 2021 edition. Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) is a contentious issue. There are no nationally…
Creating an “adult-free space” to talk about their mental health – using the virtual space to encourage young people’s voices
Virtual YPAG session March 2021Written by Vanessa BennettReviewed and edited by Caitlin Brookes and Amelia Crook (NeurOX YPAG members) Young researchers from the NeurOX YPAG met on-line again in March. This workshop involved two sessions which are summarised in these links: Understanding how young people want to communicate about their mental health The BeGOOD Early…
Involving young people in research about the use of antidepressants – a researcher’s experience
This blog has been written by Sophie Giles, research assistant at the University of Oxford. Sophie currently works as a research assistant on the Co-CAT Trial within the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and is part of the TOPIC research group. Sophie has a strong interest…
Virtual Work Experience – capturing ‘digital voices’ in research
By Vanessa Bennett, with the work experience team: Jess, Liana, Niamh and Saskia At the end of the summer we welcomed four enthusiastic young people from Year 12 and 13 to participate in a packed week of ‘virtual’ research work experience (and some on-line socialising) at the end of their long, ‘unusual’ summer. The focus…
