Open societal challenge

Our vision is the creation of a sustainable Four Nations Advisory Panel of young people, which will realise children and young people's (CYP) rights, and inform OU research, policies, integrity and practice: the Open Children and Young People’s Research Advisory Panel (OCYPRAP). This will be an innovative cross-faculty collaboration, which will be supported by a framework for continual improvement of CYP-centred best practice, to optimise research expertise in CYP’s wellbeing. CYP health and wellbeing is a major UK societal challenge which is complex and multiple-dimensional (Casas & Frønes, 2020). Those living in disadvantaged circumstances are disproportionately impacted regarding health, educational and other outcomes. National policies have had a negligible impact on CYP wellbeing.