Community engagement

The Faculty of Health and Social Care works with the community in a number of ways. They include offering ‘taster sessions’ at the Centre for Clinical Skills for schools, colleges and Hull Children’s University, educating young people about careers in health and social care.

The Centre for Leadership Innovation and Change through Knowledge Transfer (CLICK) links with local service providers to help them use university research to improve services.

The faculty also works with local colleges to enable them to award qualifications validated by the University of Hull. These include Foundation degrees in health and social care and related areas, as well as advanced qualifications in counselling and support provided through the Relate Institute at Doncaster College.

We support widening participation through our work with local schools in partnership with Aim Higher and other local bodies, encouraging access to higher education through ‘non-traditional’ routes.

We recently appointed a co-ordinator to further our work on involving users and carers in the design, delivery and assessment of our provision. This will offer service users and carers the chance to participate in teaching and learning across the curriculum.