All Outputs (16)

"The asylum system is completely broken": An analysis of justifications and resistance for the UK Government's Rwanda policy in parliamentary debates (2024)
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Parker, S., & Cornell, J. (2024). "The asylum system is completely broken": An analysis of justifications and resistance for the UK Government's Rwanda policy in parliamentary debates. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 16(1), 1-17

In April 2022, the UK government announced the signing of a 'partnership agreement' with the Government of Rwanda in which some asylum seekers who enter the UK would be transported to Rwanda where their cases would be decided. This 'Rwanda policy' ha... Read More about "The asylum system is completely broken": An analysis of justifications and resistance for the UK Government's Rwanda policy in parliamentary debates.

‘So they hit each other’: Gendered constructions of domestic abuse in the YouTube commentary of the Depp v Heard trial (2023)
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Reidy, K., Abbott, K., & Parker, S. (in press). ‘So they hit each other’: Gendered constructions of domestic abuse in the YouTube commentary of the Depp v Heard trial. Critical Discourse Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2023.2291130

This study presents a critical discourse analysis of YouTube comments below five videos of the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trial, which was live streamed by the platform in April and May 2022. The analysis examines the discursive resources used by comm... Read More about ‘So they hit each other’: Gendered constructions of domestic abuse in the YouTube commentary of the Depp v Heard trial.

Developing a sense of belonging among biracial individuals: A case study exploring the social context (2023)
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Eid, F. M. A., & Parker, S. (2023). Developing a sense of belonging among biracial individuals: A case study exploring the social context. SN Social Sciences, 3(10), Article 180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00770-z

Previous research highlights that biracial people may struggle to fit into their racial groups due to their dual identities. However, much of this research focuses on identity development and a sense of belonging within an educational context. This s... Read More about Developing a sense of belonging among biracial individuals: A case study exploring the social context.

“Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales (2023)
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Parker, S., & Cornell, J. (2023). “Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, Article 100147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100147

Integration is often assumed to be a public good and both UK and devolved governments have developed refugee integration strategies to address this aspiration. Within these strategies the development of social bridges with members of the host society... Read More about “Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales.

Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task (2023)
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Parker, S., Earnshaw, D., Penn, E., & Kumari, R. (2023). Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task. Qualitative Research Journal, 23(5), 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-11-2022-0145

Purpose: In recent years the movement of refugees has led to increasing negative media and political discourse about migration in the United Kingdom, particularly as the number of refugees crossing the English Channel has increased. Despite this host... Read More about Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task.

Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales) (2022)
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Shobiye, L., & Parker, S. (2023). Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales). Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(2), 358-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2079383

This paper explores the impact of the UK’s racialized asylum system on mothers and their children. Asylum-seeking mothers in the UK are treated with hostility and suspicion and prohibited from basic socio-economic rights such as employment yet must a... Read More about Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales).

Inhibiting integration and strengthening inequality? The effects of UK policy making on refugees and asylum seekers in Wales (2021)
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Parker, S. (2021). Inhibiting integration and strengthening inequality? The effects of UK policy making on refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. People, Place and Policy, 15(2), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2021.2773253299

In 2001, following the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, four towns and cities in Wales became asylum dispersal locations. Whilst immigration and asylum remain matters reserved to the Westminster government, the Welsh Government has devolved responsib... Read More about Inhibiting integration and strengthening inequality? The effects of UK policy making on refugees and asylum seekers in Wales.

‘It’s time we invested in stronger borders’: Media representations of refugees crossing the English Channel by boat (2021)
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Parker, S., Bennett, S., Cobden, C. M., & Earnshaw, D. (2022). ‘It’s time we invested in stronger borders’: Media representations of refugees crossing the English Channel by boat. Critical Discourse Studies, 19(4), 348-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1920998

Refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea in small boats has become a common sight in the media, particularly since the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015. The number of boats crossing the English Channel between the French and UK coasts has been incre... Read More about ‘It’s time we invested in stronger borders’: Media representations of refugees crossing the English Channel by boat.

Achieving consensus on the values and activities of all healthcare educators: A mixed-methods study (2021)
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Browne, J., Bullock, A., Parker, S., Poletti, C., Gallen, D., & Jenkins, J. (2021). Achieving consensus on the values and activities of all healthcare educators: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.22230/jripe.2021v11n1a313

Background: To facilitate a stronger recognition of the importance of the healthcare educator role and clearer communication regarding IPE, consensus is needed regardingn the values and areas of activity that all healthcare educators share, regardles... Read More about Achieving consensus on the values and activities of all healthcare educators: A mixed-methods study.

‘Just eating and sleeping’: Asylum seekers’ constructions of belonging within a restrictive policy environment (2020)
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Parker, S. (2020). ‘Just eating and sleeping’: Asylum seekers’ constructions of belonging within a restrictive policy environment. Critical Discourse Studies, 17(3), 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2018.1546198

The ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has drawn attention to the reasons why people risk desperate journeys to seek safety. However, less research has focussed on what happens to those on the move once they have reached their destination country. In recent... Read More about ‘Just eating and sleeping’: Asylum seekers’ constructions of belonging within a restrictive policy environment.

Improving the quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement (2020)
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Brookfield, C., & Parker, S. (2020). Improving the quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement. Research for All, 4(1), 102-116. https://doi.org/10.18546/rfa.04.1.08

In 2015 the re-designed Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification (WBQ) was launched and, for the first time, students undertaking the qualification were required to complete the Skills Challenge Certificate (SCC). Consisting of four components: the Individu... Read More about Improving the quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement.

'A proud history of protecting refugees': Ambivalent responses to refugee integration in government policy documents (2019)
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Parker, S. (2019). 'A proud history of protecting refugees': Ambivalent responses to refugee integration in government policy documents. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 11(1), 20-40

In recent years asylum seekers arriving in the United Kingdom have been subject to a 'hostile policy environment' (Zetter et al. 2005) initiated by the UK government consisting of dispersal, destitution and detention. At the same time, the UK governm... Read More about 'A proud history of protecting refugees': Ambivalent responses to refugee integration in government policy documents.

How a photograph of a drowned refugee child turned a migrant crisis into a refugee crisis: A comparative discourse analysis (2018)
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Parker, S., Aaheim Naper, A., & Goodman, S. (2018). How a photograph of a drowned refugee child turned a migrant crisis into a refugee crisis: A comparative discourse analysis. for(e)dialogue, 2(1), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.29311/for%28e%29dialogue.v2i1.601

The ‘refugee crisis’ refers to the on-going movement of people crossing into Europe, in which over 3,692 migrants and refugees died in 2015. A key point in this ‘crisis’ was the publishing of photographs of one of the young children who died. Despite... Read More about How a photograph of a drowned refugee child turned a migrant crisis into a refugee crisis: A comparative discourse analysis.

“It's ok if it's hidden”: The discursive construction of everyday racism for refugees and asylum seekers in Wales (2018)
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Parker, S. (2018). “It's ok if it's hidden”: The discursive construction of everyday racism for refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 28(3), 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2344

Wales has a long history of migration; however, the introduction of dispersed asylum seekers in 2001 has led to Wales becoming a more superdiverse nation. Wales has often been positioned as a more “tolerant nation” than England; however, the increasi... Read More about “It's ok if it's hidden”: The discursive construction of everyday racism for refugees and asylum seekers in Wales.

Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives (2017)
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Parker, S. (2017). Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives. eSharp, 25(1), 83-95

In September 2015 photographs of the body of a young Syrian boy, who had drowned attempting to make the crossing by boat from Turkey to Greece, were published in newspapers around the world. These images led to a rise in public and political sympathy... Read More about Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives.

'Unwanted invaders': The representation of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and Australian print media (2015)
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Parker, S. (2015). 'Unwanted invaders': The representation of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and Australian print media. eSharp, 23(1), 1-21

In recent months asylum seekers have once again become front page news in many British newspapers with headlines including: "It"s good but I don"t like the food says asylum seeker: 130 migrants move into top hotel" (Daily Express, 25 th September 201... Read More about 'Unwanted invaders': The representation of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and Australian print media.