Putting it into Practice: Research, Knowledge Exchange

and Knowledge Mobilisation

Andrew Kendrick (Strathclyde University)

Janine Bolger (RGU)

Kathryn Mackay (Stirling University)

Research can be viewed as:

Cold-hearted statistics

Selfish or self-indulgent

Exploiting service users and professional

Distant and removed from practice

Expensive/time consuming/lengthy

Evidence-based / Evidence-informed Practice

Developing methods to evaluate effectiveness of practice

Debating the nature of evidence

Building a research and knowledge culture across the sector

Improving the accessibility of research and improve dissemination and knowledge mobilisation

Supporting the ntegration of research and evidence into practice

Types of Knowledge

Organisational knowledge

Practitioner knowledge

User knowledge

Research knowledge

Policy knowledge

(Pawson et al, 2003, Types and Quality of Knowledge in Social Care

Post-Qualifying Courses and Short Courses

Social Work/Social Services Management

Child Protection and Child Welfare

Child and Youth Studies

Adult Support and Protection

Mental Heath Officer

Global Social Policy and Social Work

Post-Qualifying Courses and Short Courses

Flexible patterns of delivery Campus – based Locally / Regionally – based Distance / Blended learning

Various levels of qualification Certificate / Diploma / Masters

Increasingly multi-disciplinary student group

Providing: up-to-date knowledge, space for critical reflection and supporting improvements in practice

Partnership through Centres of Excellence:

Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS)

WithScotland

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD)

Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ)

The Dementia Centre (DSCD)

Partnership through Centres of Excellence:

Training and courses

Consultancy and specialist expertise

Research

Engagement with policy and practice

Conferences and seminars

Collaborative Research and Knowledge Exchange Projects

Post-graduate research students and professional doctorates

Practitioner research projects

University and agency partnerships

Action-research projects and co-production projects with service users and practitioners

Knowledge exchange projects

Practitioner – Academic Exchanges

Secondments

Split academic/practice jobs

Internships

Job-shadowing

Developing Technologies

Virtual Learning Environments

Social Media

Communities of Practice

Knowledge Hubs

Developments in Scotland

What Works Scotland

Research impact and knowledge exchange

Social Work Services Strategic Review

Research and KE in the strategic review