This opportunity is part of the King's Edge Summer Skills Programme
Resonate Arts is a creative health organisation producing arts activities and experiences for and with people living with dementia. Its work spans creative practices such as music, visual arts, poetry, dance and theatre, with a focus on supporting wellbeing, reducing isolation and helping people connect with their communities.
Through this Community + Research project, students will explore a simulated research challenge linked to creativity, dementia, ageing, wellbeing and community connection. Working in a small group with a Graduate Teaching Assistant / PhD student facilitator, students will engage with an organisation-informed brief, review relevant context and develop insight-led outputs such as an evidence-informed briefing, engagement ideas, communication concepts or a final presentation.
The final research question will be confirmed following a short development phase, during which the Graduate Teaching Assistant / PhD student facilitator will work with Resonate Arts to shape a focused, appropriate and researchable question. This development phase is expected to take around two weeks before the student project begins.
The student project will typically run over 4–6 weeks, with students expected to commit around 3–4 hours per week, including facilitated group sessions and independent research activity.
Students will not work directly with vulnerable participants or deliver live creative activities. The project is designed as a simulated research experience, helping students build skills in research, empathy, communication and problem-solving while exploring how creative practice can support health and wellbeing.
Event ID: 01965-H4N2S