Table 1.
Key papers included in document analysis (n = 10)
| Reference | Peer-reviewed? | Empirical data? | Author perspective(s) | Method | Participant type | Sample size (n) | Country | No. of Recovery Colleges (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Frayn et al., 2016) | Yes | No | RC staff | Mixed | Students and staff (with and without lived experience) | 8 | UK | 1 |
| (Perkins and Repper, 2017) | Yes | No | Staff | N/A | N/A | N/A | UK | N/A |
| (Meddings et al., 2015a) | Yes | Yes | Staff and student | Quantitative | Students | 35 | UK | 2 |
| (Taggart and Kempton, 2015) | No | No | Staff | N/A | N/A | N/A | UK | N/A |
| (North Essex Research Network, 2014) | No | Yes | Mental health researchers, Service User Research Group | Mixed | Students | 47 | UK | 1 |
| (Dorset Wellbeing and Recovery Partnership, 2016) | No | No | Clinicians and peer workers | N/A | N/A | N/A | UK | N/A |
| (McGregor et al., 2014) | Yes | Yes | Manager, staff, researcher | Mixed | Students, peer-support workers, volunteers and staff | N/A | UK | 1 |
| (Oh, 2013) | Yes | No | Researcher | N/A | N/A | N/A | UK | N/A |
| (Skipper and Page, 2015) | Yes | No | NHS Project lead, student, peer support worker | Qualitative | NHS Project lead, student, peer support worker | 2 | UK | 2 |
| (Watson, 2013) | No | No | Postgraduate researcher | Qualitative | N/A | N/A | UK | N/A |