Outputs (12)

The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children (2023)
Journal Article

This article explores the motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children from the UK care system. It draws on interview data from parents from 14 adoptive families to consider what influenced their decision to adopt an... Read More about The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children.

Bristol advisory committee on climate change: One City climate strategy progress review - February 2023 (2023)
Report

This report from the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change (BACCC) reviews citywide progress on tackling the climate crisis and concludes that, although there is some positive progress, the city is still way off meeting its 2030 carbon neutra... Read More about Bristol advisory committee on climate change: One City climate strategy progress review - February 2023.

Names in adoption law and policy: Representations of family, rights and identities (2022)
Journal Article

Names have heightened importance in adoption, affecting the identities of individuals who are adopted and adoptive family making. In this article, we use critical discourse analysis to gauge how names, and especially children’s forenames, are address... Read More about Names in adoption law and policy: Representations of family, rights and identities.

Higher education and the sustainability agenda. Opportunities and challenges (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Part one will consider the changing expectations of current and future students as they confront the reality of the climate and ecological emergencies. Part two will be a discussion of whole institution responses to the sustainability challenge... Read More about Higher education and the sustainability agenda. Opportunities and challenges.

Sustainability at UWE Bristol: A 28 year Journey (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation: Briefly discusses the role of higher education as both a cause and a solution to our multiple sustainability crises; Explores the changing expectations of current and future students as they confront the reality of the climate... Read More about Sustainability at UWE Bristol: A 28 year Journey.

Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: Effective procurement of infrastructure is linked to the attainment of the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. While the capacity of organisations is generally thought to be related to organisational performance, there i... Read More about Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement.

Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd In this article, we consider the significance and practices of names and naming in adoption to develop understanding of the issue amongst scholars, policymakers, adoption practitioners, and adoption communities. Researc... Read More about Names and naming in adoption: Birth heritage and family‐making.

The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A collection of three main papers (abstracted separately) and eight workshop reports devoted to different areas of practice: planning, housing, personal social services, education, inner city, health services, state workers, local economic policy. Th... Read More about The local state: theory and practice. Papers from a conference held on 6 December 1980..

Doing Ethnography (2018)
Book

The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. This article reports on findings from the Wales Adoption Study which used a sequential, mixed-method design to explore the early support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families. Ninety-six adoptive parent... Read More about The support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families: findings from the Wales Adoption Study.