Summary
To study the differential impact of the pandemic on ethnic minority young people's ability to find and keep good jobs in the wake of COVID-19, Versiti put forward an inclusive, community-based participatory approach. We recruited and trained a team of young diverse people, not just as respondents but as peer-researchers, to understand the lived experiences of other young people from ethnic minority communities.
The team spent two weeks online with 70 young people, exploring every aspect of their life, in what became a genuine 'community'. The project grew far beyond transactional research. It shifted power dynamics, moving away from...