Research Collaborative Hub
East Sussex County Council Research Collaborative Hub
The East Sussex Research Collaborative Hub (RCH) is a 12-month partnership between the University of Brighton (UoB) and East Sussex County Council (ESCC).
It builds on many years of collaboration between ESCC and UoB academics including our 2023 bid to form a Health Determinants Research Collaboration with UoB as our lead academic partner. We hope that our RCH will enable us to further develop our partnership with UoB academics and other higher education institutions.
Six principles of capacity building
These include building skills and confidence, developing linkages and partnerships, ensuring the research is 'close to practice', developing appropriate dissemination, investments in infrastructure, and building elements of sustainability and continuity.
Our definition of research
Is the ‘process’ of investigation, which leads to new insights in a specific field or area of knowledge (Cook,2005)
The RCH aims to facilitate the access, participation, knowledge, and increase the confidence of our workforce & communities, to undertake and participate in research and evaluation to improve the health and wellbeing of East Sussex residents.
Through this partnership we will explore different collaborative models for maximising our involvement with research partners whilst using our limited resources effectively.
The RCH has two work streams.
- Supporting the delivery of public health research projects in East Sussex.
- Building research infrastructure through training and capacity building activities.
What will this mean in practice?
- Understanding our research & evaluation training needs and addressing these through a range of learning and training opportunities.
- Making research opportunities available to all staff who have an interest or need.
- Developing a Research Ready Communities programme.
- Building and strengthening existing research in the council.
- Building on research on wider determinants.
- Building a self-sustaining model – identifying funds to sustain model beyond 24/25.
The East Sussex RCH team
- Professor Nigel Sherriff ORCID
- Darrell Gale ORCID / Darrell Gale Biog | eastsussexjsna.org.uk
- Alexandra Sawyer ORCID
- Teresa Salami-Oru ORCID
- Graham Evans ORCID
- Rosie Crichton ORCID
- Miranda Scambler ORCID
- Ross Boseley ORCID
- Sarah Kennedy ORCID
Current research projects
- Coastal Community and Creative Health (C3H) .
- Theatre in Education study.
- Parents’ experiences and perspectives of using ‘creative activities’ to support their health and wellbeing in coastal communities.
For more information about the RCH and collaborating with us please contact RCH@eastsussex.gov.uk
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