ISIRC2016 I’ve returned from an excellent conference at Glasgow Caledonian University. The International Social Innovation Research Conference is billed as the biggest social innovation conference in the world now. With a truly international participation and top speakers, it did not disappoint. After a welcome from the Principal and Vice Chancellor, […]

The ‘Dangers’ of Social Innovation

Earlier this year, I attended the 2nd Research Reflections conference at York St John University, hosted on Thursday 8th September 2016 by the Academic Development Directorate. As part of the administrative staff here at York St John, I have been highly involved in organising and running research events, but this […]

Research Reflections 2016

Social Innovation is new as a term to York St John and may well be unfamiliar to you. As you may have seen in September’s YorkTalk, social innovation is an umbrella term embracing social enterprise and notions of social and solidarity economy focusing on processes, actions and solutions that create […]

What Is Social Innovation?

Are you a member of staff at York St John who would like support with your research from a Student Researcher? This academic year we continue to provide opportunities for students to work as research assistants with members of staff across the University, in various aspects of their research. The aim is […]

Student Researcher Scheme – Call for staff applications

Launched in September 2016, Academic Development Directorate at York St John has created a new blog to share with you the latest events, news and projects going on in Academic Development both here at the University and beyond. This will replace our quarterly Newsletters so we can keep academic staff, students […]

New Blog! Welcome