We are an enthusiastic, motivated & diverse group of people who care about the education of students and want to be involved in their studies.  We also want to make sure our experience and opinions can inform University research.  We need more members of our group from every community and walk of life.

We bring our own lived experiences to the University. This helps students and researchers to have real world insights into their study and their work. For example, experts by experience can help people understand what it is like to live with a health condition, what it is like to access a service, what it is like to live in a particular area.

Experts by experience contributions are very valuable, providing viewpoints that are
different from researchers and University staff.

• Developing new research projects to improve lives
• Advising research and being part of steering groups for research projects
• Working with students undertaking research
• Promoting the patient voice
• Supporting student learning and assessments
• Attending open days, and taking part in the interview process for new students
• Joining committees and attending meetings
• Informing the design and development of new university courses

We want you to be able to give us your advice and insight based on your own experience, that might include health conditions or disability, your experience of using services and your community. Your thoughts and opinions are ones that our students and researchers may not know about or have considered. So, if you're interested in sparing some time, we'd really like you to click on the Sign me up button. With your permission we will get in touch with you by phone or email.

We'll then be able to get to know you better and to introduce you to other 'experts by experience' like you and match your interests to our projects and our work with students. From there we will be able to work with you on how best you can use your experience to help to continuously improve our research, our teaching and learning and our student assessment.

If you change your mind or are no longer interested, you can opt
out at any time.