Constructions of childhood, youth and families
(2011)
Book Chapter
Helen Bovill's Outputs (34)
Parents, partners and peers: Bearing the hidden costs of lifelong learning (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parents, partners and peers: The hidden costs of lifelong learning (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Negative or damaged learner identities? Moving beyond boundaries (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Changing class and gendered identities through re-engaging with education: Tensions revealed in narrative accounts from two studies of adult returners (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Further Exploring Sexual and Domestic Abuse on Undergraduates: Correlations between Awareness/Confidence/Positive Action
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Further exploring sexual and domestic violence on male and female undergraduates.
This paper presents findings from ongoing research exploring sexual/domestic violence on male/female undergraduates. Closed questionnaires were sent to all first year... Read More about Further Exploring Sexual and Domestic Abuse on Undergraduates: Correlations between Awareness/Confidence/Positive Action.
From 2010 national research clarified that sexual and domestic abuse was an issue for university students (e.g. National Union of Students 2011 ‘Hidden Marks’ and 2012 ‘That’s what she said’). Me too, Time’s Up and Everyday sexism project demonstrate... Read More about Report of research exploring first-year undergraduates’ awareness, confidence to intervene, and intervention behaviours with regard to sexual and domestic abuse on campus and evaluation of an optional 2 hour bystander programme.
Exploring Sexual Violence Prevention Work through Quantitative Analysis
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Exploring sexual violence prevention work on university campus.
In 2018 three focus groups were carried out (Bovill, Waller and McCartan) with 15 first year students. These focus groups lasted up to three hours producing data contributing to UWE S... Read More about Exploring Sexual Violence Prevention Work through Quantitative Analysis.
Foundation Degrees and Their Impact on Mature Female Learners and Their Communities
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foundation Degrees (FDs) were introduced in 2000 as part of the Government’s drive to widen participation in higher education to groups that are (and continue to be) under-represented. Taking two years of full-time study, they were designed for those... Read More about Foundation Degrees and Their Impact on Mature Female Learners and Their Communities.
How and why do working-class women engage with the structures of (higher) education?
Thesis
…I have lain awake at night contemplating all the mild and genteel methods by which working-class children are led to see – out of what kind and painful necessity it is done! – that, really, they aren’t very clever,… (Steedman, 1982: 7).
This re... Read More about How and why do working-class women engage with the structures of (higher) education?.
Men Behaving Badly or Attempting to Fit In? Laddism and its Impact on Learning and Teaching in HE
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anti-social, anti-intellectual 'laddish' behaviour and its impact on students and the teaching and learning environment
has long been a topic of study in school settings (e.g. Connolly, 1997; Delamont, 2000; Francis, 1999), but until
relatively rec... Read More about Men Behaving Badly or Attempting to Fit In? Laddism and its Impact on Learning and Teaching in HE.
Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023
Report
The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023.
Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023
Report
The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023.