About the UWS-Oxfam Partnership

The UWS-Oxfam Partnership is an innovative model of research and knowledge exchange between the University of the West of Scotland and Oxfam Scotland. The Partnership was launched in 2011 after years of successful collaboration between the University and Oxfam Scotland. In particular, the development of Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme in Scotland and its Our Economy report with its input from UWS researchers were significant milestones for the establishment of the Partnership.

Since its launch, the Partnership has brought together the academic expertise from UWS, the social justice and anti-poverty advocacy strengths of Oxfam Scotland, and a wide range of civil society organisations. Its activities, in particular its research, have critically examined the impacts of public policies on equalities, sustainability and poverty. At the same time, all Partnership activities have sought to provide policy-focussed ideas to inform the policy debate to work towards a more sustainable and equitable Scotland.

 

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UWS-Oxfam Partnership Funding Call

The Partnership invites Initial Expression of Interest for a funded research project. We would like civil society organisations (CSOs) and community groups to take the lead in developing a collaborative research project with UWS academics.

The Partnership is interested in receiving proposals that address one or both of the following broad themes:

 

  • Better valuing the work that is disproportionately undertaken by women: this includes paid and unpaid work, such as an unpaid care and domestic work’
  • Climate Justice: delivering emission reductions in Scotland fairly and quickly.

 

The Partnership welcomes your Initial Expression of Interest, if: 

 

  • your organisation works with a marginalised community or under-represented group in Scotland
  • your organisation’s effort to create deep and lasting change would benefit from academic research support
  • you are interested in working collaboratively with an academic researcher to explore a particular challenge or to better understand an issue or proposed policy solution

 

The Partnership wants to place civil society organisations or community groups working with communities that are marginalised or under-represented in policy-making and decision-making in Scotland at the centre of the funded project. Marginalised or under-represented groups may include people who have low incomes, single-parents, unpaid carers, people with a disability, or those who are members of a minority ethnic group.

 

Through this Call, the Partnership wants to match the research needs identified by organisations or groups to the research expertise of academics at the University of the West of Scotland. 

 

  • The deadline for Initial Expressions of Interest is 5pm on 30th of September 2024
  • Applications should be submitted to scotland@oxfam.org.uk

 

If you are interested in developing an Initial Expression of Interest, please read the Information sheet and take a look at the application process flow chart, both linked below.

 

 

Should you have questions on this Call and on the application process, please contact scotland@oxfam.org.uk.

 

Last updated: 19/12/2023