DEEP Online Training
Developing evidence enriched practice (DEEP) online training
What is DEEP?
DEEP is a co-production approach to gathering, exploring and using diverse types of evidence in learning and development using story and dialogue-based method.
There are three sessions on DEEP methods available to join. Learn more about them below.
When: Wednesday 21st May 9.30am-12.30pm
Facilitators: Nick Andrews (Swansea University-DEEP Programme) and Fiona Verity (Brunel University of London)
Session 1: Most Significant Change (MSC)
The importance of meaningfully gathering and exploring stories of change.
Outcomes-focused evaluation has long been promoted - particularly in services and programmes focused on change and improvement. Gathering evidence of people’s outcomes is widely called for. However, measuring and gathering change outcomes in ways that are meaningful can be challenging. However, measuring and gathering change outcomes in ways that are meaningful can be challenging. There is a growing recognition that people’s stories can be more powerful in learning-focussed evaluation. Most Significant Change is a storytelling approach to gathering and exploring change outcomes that was developed in the context of public health and community development (Davies and Dart 2005).
What this course will cover
This course will introduce the essentials of Most Significant Change technique. It will outline the principles and practice of gathering MSC stories and exploring and learning from them in MSC story selection panels.
Who would benefit from this course?
Anyone with an interest in evaluation and in particularly in relation to a service, training course or programme that is focused on change or improvement.
Find out more and register here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nihr-arc-nwl/session-2-most-significant-change-msc-deep-online-training/e-oezkkq
When: Wednesday 11 June, 09:30-12:30
Facilitators: Nick Andrews (Swansea University-DEEP Programme) and Fiona Verity (Brunel University of London)
Session 2: Magic Moments and Tragic Moments
What this course will cover
This course will introduce participants to a simple and practical method for gathering and learning from people’s stories of experience. Starting with an outline of the principles behind Experience Based Co-Design (Bate and Robert 2007), it will go on to explain how to gather people’s ‘magic moments’ and ‘tragic moments’ and how these stories can be used as a catalyst, for learning and development.
Who would benefit from this course?
Anyone with an interest in service quality and improvement. Magic Moments is a straightforward, engaging and easy to understand methodology relevant to practitioners, managers, people supported by services and unpaid carers.
Find out more and register here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nihr-arc-nwl/session-1-magic-moments-and-tragic-moments-deep-online-training/e-pvzemy
When: Wednesday 25th June , 9.30am-12.30pm
Facilitators: Nick Andrews (Swansea University-DEEP Programme) and Fiona Verity (Brunel University of London)
Session 3: Community Of Enquiry Course
Overview
This is a half-day course which will introduce participants to the key principles behind Community of Enquiry and provide a step-by-step guide on how to set up and facilitate a Community of Enquiry session. The course is highly interactive, as learning is achieved through being involved in a Community of Enquiry session.
Who might benefit from the course?
The course would benefit anyone with an interest in co-production, team building or consultation and engagement. It will also be of interest to trainers who want to help people engage with a particular subject and researchers, who can use the method to co-produce research questions.
Find out more and register here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nihr-arc-nwl/session-3-community-of-enquiry-course-deep-online-training/e-zogbbb
More about our Facilitators
Nick Andrews
Nick Andrews is a Registered Social Worker and Research and Practice Development Officer in Swansea University, where he co-ordinates the Developing Evidence Enriched Practice (DEEP) programme. The focus of this work is a co-production approach to using diverse types of evidence in learning and development using story and dialogue methods. Having spent many years in practice and planning in social care services, he is able to make connections between research, policy and practice and has developed an extensive network across Wales and the UK. He is passionate about supporting a shift from process to relationship-centred practice.
Fiona Verity
Fiona has a background in community development work in Australia in the 1980s. She worked in various community-based roles for 15 years, including community development roles in local government and the community health sector, and management roles in community health. She has an Bachelor of Social Administration and a PhD (Sociology). Her research and teaching have been in the subject areas of community development, social policy and social planning.
In 2000 she moved to work in the higher education sector and has worked at the University of South Australia and Flinders University (South Australia) and Swansea University (2016-2023). Before joining Brunel University in 2023, she was Professor, Swansea University and a former Director of the Wales School for Social Care Research (2016-2020).
Fiona is the Academic Lead for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Northwest London (NWL), Social Care Research Capacity Building Programme.