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Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., & McAlister, R. (2013, November). Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Toronto, Canada

New findings on sexual offenders’ emotional congruence (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, R., McCartan, K., & Pake, D. (2013, November). New findings on sexual offenders’ emotional congruence. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Toronto, Canada

Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Frost, L. (2013, November). Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries

This paper is arguing that some fundamental needs of student staff relationships in the university have remained consistent but the capacity for them to be met within higher education has changed, as society, and the university as one instantiation o... Read More about Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries.

Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., & Kemshall, H. (2013, October). Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice?. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Chicago, IL, USA

This paper will draw on a recent study for the MoJ and present an in depth case analysis methodology for examining the usefulness of circles to offender management and reintegration.  The paper will present a case audit tool, and examine whether appr... Read More about Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice?.

Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, T. (2013, September). Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house. Paper presented at Policy & Politics Conference: 'Transforming Policy & Politics: The Future of the State in the 21st Century', Marriot Hotel, Bristol, UK

The modern councillor lives in an era of complex local governance operating in multiple arenas and networks rather than purely through old-style national/local government structures. The Localism Act (2011) offers no respite from the challenges to th... Read More about Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house.

Sexual violence in virtual worlds (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Chambers-Jones, C., & McCartan, K. (2013, September). Sexual violence in virtual worlds. Paper presented at Gender Violence and Virtual Worlds: Brave New World(s) of Regulation?, Milton Keynes, UK

UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2013, July). UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now?. Poster presented at The British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference 2013, The Angel Hotel, Cardiff

Quality training placements are crucial to delivering quality learning and teaching and to producing professional practitioner psychologists. However, accessing high-quality placements remains a struggle for trainee counselling psychologists, and the... Read More about UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now?.

Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S., & Wye, L. (2013, April). Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management. Paper presented at Long term conditions: developing global, integrative and sustainable solutions, London

Background and Study Aims: Recent evidence from a high quality clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic value and effectiveness of Alexander Technique (AT) lessons for chronic back pain (Little et al. 2008), but little is known about the use o... Read More about Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management.

Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, T. (2013, March). Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics. Paper presented at 63rd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference: 'The Party's Over?', City Hall, Cardiff, Wales

The recent review conducted by Lord Davies (BIS, 2011) on Women on Boards received over 2,654 responses to the call for evidence from a broad range of academic, corporate and practitioners sources. The report whilst stressing that boards be made of... Read More about Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics.