Research & Development
Research @ The Rix Centre
The Rix Centre has developed its own unique way of doing research and development with its partners and beneficiaries. Through an active cross-disciplinary research programme, the Rix Centre maintains its lead in the design and application of new technologies. We can be ‘first on the street’ to test and validate innovative solutions for inclusion and prove the effectiveness of new tools for service providers.
Six approaches to R&D:
Participant Research with people with learning disabilities and their supporters, learning from their knowledge and experience and valuing their contributions;
Practice-based Research where we develop innovative products and trial them to explore new approaches. The ‘iterative’ development of products with users;
Action Research in the ‘real-world’ of our own ‘Living Lab’ with frontline users in the learning disabilities community. This ensures that our products and practices genuinely work for the community which they are designed to serve in the settings where they are actually going to be used;
Market Research that draws on our unique network of connections with statutory and voluntary sectors and the creative industries to ensure that our work complements other products and services that are available in this field;
Multidisciplinary Research that draws on a variety of subject areas to build up a full picture of our field with partners from a range of other Universities that have complementary expertise; and
Accessible Research that can be shared with people with learning disabilities in online formats that use easy-read language with multimedia illustration.
