CoS
Community of Scholars
The RCBC Wales Community of Scholars was formed in September 2006 to facilitate interaction and collaboration between PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows, their supervisors and mentors and external speakers. It meets regularly for the purposes of networking, training, free exchange of research ideas and debate.
All recipients of RCBCWales funding are required to take part in the Community of Scholars, which is a key feature of the collaboration.
The aim is to provide a supportive mechanism which:
• Pools the intellectual capacity of nursing and allied health academics and professionals in Wales for the benefit of the research fellows.
• Provides a supportive environment in which fellows and academics meet regularly to discuss issues and share ideas, particularly on methodological issues.
• Provides a means to keep the motivation and progress of fellows high leading to timely completion rates.
• Accelerates the development of fellows methodological and research leadership expertise as a means of “fast tracking” future research leaders.
• Provides a mechanism for mentorship and career guidance.
• Provides a supportive environment in which fellows and academics meet regularly to discuss issues and share ideas, particularly on methodological issues.
• Provides a means to keep the motivation and progress of fellows high leading to timely completion rates.
• Accelerates the development of fellows methodological and research leadership expertise as a means of “fast tracking” future research leaders.
• Provides a mechanism for mentorship and career guidance.
The training aims not to have any overlap with the processes which are in place in individual universities. Instead, methods seminars and master classes in topics which are at the cutting edge are included in the schedule. For research leadership, the aim again is to provide seminars and experiential learning on issues which may not be addressed in the host university.
Community of Scholars (CoS) Academic Facilitator
Dr Roiyah Saltus
Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Life Science and Education, University of South Wales
Dr Roiyah Saltus took up the role as Community of Scholar’s (CoS) Facilitator on 1st September 2018. Roiyah’s teaching, research and scholarly work lies at the intersection of sociology, public health, and critical social policy. Her core focus is mapping and addressing the social and political determinants of health and wellbeing and their unequal impact on the health and wellbeing of population groups and communities, with a focus on migration, ethnicity and aging. Her work includes surveying the practices and perspectives of service providers and conducting qualitative explorations of people’s everyday experiences in order to find ways to improve provision within the context of complex integrated care systems. As a research activist her focus is always outward looking, with attention to dialogue, knowledge exchange and to working with others to find solutions, foster interventions and ultimately to impact positively on people’s lives.
Roiyah can be contacted by email roiyah.saltus@southwales.ac.uk and telephone on 01443 483894.
