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Blog: Sharing Histories by Sue Rawcliffe

On 23 January, community activists, former workers, a local politician and interested academics came together to look at material gathered on the Paisley Community Development Project (1971-1978) as part of the Imagine Programme.
The uses of literacy revisited exhibition

The Uses of Literacy revisited

The exhibition launch event for “The Uses of Literacy revisited: young people in Rotherham reimagine the future” was held at the Western Bank Library Exhibition Gallery, Sheffield on Wednesday 14 June 2017.
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Imagining better policy

Evidence published by House of Lords Select Committee.
A workshop taking place as part of the doing research differently event

Report: Doing research differently

Following our ‘Doing research differently – imagining better communities in local and global contexts’ workshop, which took place on 20 June 2017, we have produced a report containing key information and feedback from the day.
Participants in the doing research differently workshop

Blog: Doing research differently by Paul Ward

In June, three Māori scholars visited Yorkshire to participate in an event organised by Imagine: Connecting Communities Through Research. This commentary is written after reflection by Paul Ward and one of the convenors of the event, Milton Brown.
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New publication on collaborative working practices

Zanib Rasool, an Imagine project community researcher, is studying for a Doctoral in Education at the University of Sheffield. She has had an article published in a new peer-reviewed journal, Research for All.
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Imagine North East reports

Our Imagine North East team have published two reports by Fred Robinson and Alan Townsend. The reports look at the history of regeneration in Benwell and North Shields after the Community Development Project (CDP).