Category: News

News from CCRI researchers and their projects

Lab4Living presents at the Sheffield Microsystems Coaching Academy Expo

Lab4Living Sheffield MCA Expo 2015

Lab4Living‘s Joe Langley, Dan Wolstenholme and Rebecca Partridge recently ran a workshop at the Sheffield Microsystems Coaching Academy Expo demonstrating how some of the creative practices from participatory design might compliment and augment the Microsystems service improvement approach. Their workshop was filled to capacity with 45 delegates from the Expo and included the Godfather of the Microsystems approach; Paul Batalden. […]

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Lab4Living welcomes visitors from Zurich’s University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

This week Lab4Living welcomed Aisha Tawahni, Daniel Schuler, Aline Rueede and Evelyn Stainhauser, four occupational therapy students from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland who are interested in learning more about design and occupational therapy. They were joined by Sheffield Hallam occupational therapy student Connie Kendall who is currently completing her ‘extended scope’ placement at Lab4Living. Over the week the […]

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Lab4Living hosts Creative Practices in Knowledge Mobilisation conference

Lab4Living is proud to be hosting a 2 day international workshop exploring Creative Practices in Knowledge Mobilisation. Using Lego, case studies, plenty of coffee and informed by existing models and theories in the landscape of Knowledge Mobilisation, a select group of experts will seek to define what creative practices and practitioners can bring to this field. They will build a […]

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Lab4Living using Lego Serious Play methodology to define identity, purpose and strategy

Lab4Living - Lego Serious Play

Matt Dexter, Research Associate with Lab4Living, has been trained and certified in the Lego Serious Play methodology as an LSP facilitator. We are now beginning a journey to exploration to see how this methodology can be adapted and evolved to enhance and support innovation in the healthcare field; service innovation and device/technology innovation. This team is a Community Support team […]

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Lab4Living supporting #MyDignityMeans – A patient-led event

My Dignity Means: A Patient-led Event 2 June 2015, 10am – 4pm Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK #MyDignityMeans Free to attend Patient and Carer travel expenses will be reimbursed Apply for a place by 19 May: www.mydignitymeans.eventbrite.com Lab4Living is supporting this unique patient-led event. Come and listen to patient experiences, and contribute to discussions around device design, dignity and the patient voice. […]

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Lab4Living wins more NIHR i4i funding for the Support4All project

Lab4Living: Support4All More NIHR i4i funding

Heidi Probst and Heath Reed have won another National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation (NIHR i4i) project for Lab4Living. With a development fund of £576,000, the Lab4Living team with clinical and industrial partners can now move forward with the development of a support device that will allow accurate positioning of the breast on a day-to-day basis, that is […]

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Dr Alessandro Soranzo invited to develop a Research Topic at Frontiers

Frontiers in Psychology logo

Dr Alessandro Soranzo‘s article, PSYCHOACOUSTICS: a comprehensive MATLAB toolbox for auditory testing recently published in Frontiers in Psychology, received a total of 1944 clicks making it among the best performing articles in Frontiers. Alessandro has been invited to use the article as the foundation for a Frontiers Research Topic. With Research Topics, Frontiers seeks to change the way research is […]

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Rose Butler’s ‘The Fairs’ selected for Northern Artists’ Film Programme

Cropped still from Rose Butler's 'The Fair', courtesy of Rose Butler (http://www.rosebutler.com/projects/fairs) - Featuring a fair ground ride in the background of a quiet Sheffield car park.

The Northern Artists’ Film Programme is a selection of cutting-edge work from innovative artists across the north, featuring work from students and new talent as well as established filmmakers. Work was submitted through open call and selected by a professional panel. For one day Quays Culture are presenting a diverse programme of artists’ films, including Rose Butler‘s digital short The […]

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