Category Archives: Research Impact

DIY Evaluation – a one day workshop in self-evaluation

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin

Do It Yourself Evaluation A one day workshop for beginners and improvers in self-evaluation Monday, 26th March 2012 I’m running a one day workshop in Edinburgh on the principles and practice of self-evaluation.   It will be valuable for anyone … Continue reading →

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Seldom heard voices

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

This set of stories came from the recent evaluation of the Cedar work. They are composite stories based on themes from across different data sources.  They’re told by young people and mothers who’d been in Cedar groups and the staff that … Continue reading →

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An award for mentoring

Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin

The Craighead Institute have been awarded Mentoring in Business Project of the Year 2011 for their Management & Leadership Health, Work and Wellbeing Mentoring Project.  The evaluation of this important project was undertaken by Research for Real. See the report … Continue reading →

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Research as if people were human

Posted on September 2, 2011 by admin

 Here’s a link to an important new book by Yoland Wadsworth “Building in research and evaluation – human inquiry for living systems“, 2011

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Action research makes an impact?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

One of my ‘favourite’ quotes is from a former Chief Research Officer who said that “Evidence-based policy is all very well, but at the end of the day, politics wins out”.  So in that spirit, it’s great to hear that a … Continue reading →

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Insights from stories

Posted on November 17, 2010 by admin

Research for Real is eight years old this month!  It’s been an exciting time and it’s hard to believe the variety of work that we’ve been involved in.  At the moment we’re busy preparing for an Exchange Event for the … Continue reading →

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