Associate Professor Holly Joseph and Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles deliver the 2023 Salvesen Lecture: "Learning to Read in the Wider Context: Why understanding families, communities and social inequalities are key to supporting children’s language and literacy" In this, our 5th annual Salvesen Lecture, Professor Holly Joseph and Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles speak about their participatory research working with local communities to better understand how community-led, co-produced research can change our perceptions of “what works”. Holly talks about how including the experiences and views of parents, teachers and community members in developing initiatives aimed at promoting a love of reading in young children and their families has improved quality, uptake and life experience. Alice presents a broader view of community-led research and why it matters. Overall, this work has made clear that all communities are varied, complex and unique and any programme or initiative must be developed with those who will in theory benefit from it, if it is to have any chance of sustained success. Play the lecture recording This article was published on 2023-10-09
