Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) means involving people in all aspects of research and education as partners, rather than as participants. Involvement opportunities can manifest in multiple forms, for example:
Design and prioritisation of research questions
Co-design of research/educational resources e.g. co-creation of research programmes, curriculum development
Preparation and evaluation of research or educational materials
Dissemination of research findings
Implementation of research findings
Delivery and facilitation of lectures, tutorials, seminars etc and student assessments
Participation in lived experience advisory panels and interview panels
The above is not an exhaustive list. Incorporating PPI into academic research and education pathways improves the quality of outputs by placing a focus on real world experience and needs.
The PPI Network at Queen’s University Belfast aims to support the excellent PPI ongoing across the university by providing opportunities to build capacity in PPI, to network and share resources and best practice.
Queen’s University Belfast supports PPI activity taking place across the university.
The QUB PPI Network is a community of practice, sharing information and resources with staff members, researchers and PPI contributors who are involved in PPI in education and research. To find out more about PPI initiatives taking place across QUB, Northern Ireland and further afield, please refer to the PPI News and Case Studies sections of this website.
Additional resources to facilitate the planning of PPI activities can be found on the Resources page of this website, with information on funding support for PPI available under Support.
