Female undergraduates playing it 'safe' to stay 'safe': Further understanding sexual violence against women (2022)
Journal Article

Women’s safety from sexual violence whilst at university is a global issue and the UK is no exception. Whilst the authors of this paper acknowledge that sexual violence can occur across the gender spectrum, most sexual violence ‘victims’ are women an... Read More about Female undergraduates playing it 'safe' to stay 'safe': Further understanding sexual violence against women.

Reassessing the social benefits of lifelong learning in light of the COVID pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

Integrating food into the curriculum (2021)
Journal Article

This article explores how integrating food as a whole school approach can support learning and teaching in primary science. It reflects on a two year, international study with educational settings in the UK, Denmark and Czech Republic.

Discussing atypical sexual harassment as a controversial issue in bystander programmes: One UK campus study (2019)
Journal Article

This research emanates from an anti-sexual violence bystander programme delivered at an English university. Fifteen students were identified through purposive and convenience sampling to take part in focus groups. Discussions emerged regarding atypic... Read More about Discussing atypical sexual harassment as a controversial issue in bystander programmes: One UK campus study.

Youth work (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter presents the aims and purpose of youth work- what it is, where it happens and who does it. It outlines the roles of youth workers and how they work illustrated with case studies from practice. It offers a flavour of debates and issues fa... Read More about Youth work.

Engaging communities and service users: Context, themes and methods (2013)
Book

This book explores structures, processes, theories and practices of engagement and participation with communities, groups and individuals in a diverse range of UK and international settings. Its reader-friendly approach uses activities and practice... Read More about Engaging communities and service users: Context, themes and methods.

Fairness and the politics of resentment (2013)
Journal Article

The role of the emotions in the framing of welfare policies is still relatively underexplored. This article examines the role of resentment in the construction of a particular form of 'anti-welfare populism' advanced by the Coalition Government in th... Read More about Fairness and the politics of resentment.

Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism? (2012)
Journal Article

This article revisits the question of changing forms of trade unionism within the context of neoliberal globalization. While broadly accepting the argument that globalization might encourage the development of more radical forms of unionism as surviv... Read More about Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism?.

Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe? (2012)
Journal Article

This article engages critically with Richard Hyman's work on union identity and European integration. It includes a sympathetic review of Hyman's contribution to the debate on these topics over the past two decades, alongside a critique of Hyman's ap... Read More about Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?.

Critical Exchange on Michael Saward's the representative claim (2012)
Journal Article

Beyond the chains that bind: The political crisis of unions in Western Europe (2011)
Journal Article

The dynamics of neo-liberal restructuring have generated serious tensions in the institutional alignments between social democratic political parties and labor unions in Western Europe. This article explores the origins,development and consequences o... Read More about Beyond the chains that bind: The political crisis of unions in Western Europe.

Working with children, young people and families (2011)
Book

The children's workforce: New roles and career opportunities (2011)
Book Chapter

An introduction to integrated working and the children's workforce (2011)
Book Chapter

Supporting transitions (2011)
Book Chapter

Working with children young people and families (2011)
Book

Independent evaluation of the One Children's Workforce Tool (2010)
Report

The One Children’s Workforce Tool (OCWT) was developed by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) in 2008 within the One Children’s Workforce Framework. The Framework describes what a reformed and joined-up workforce should look like at l... Read More about Independent evaluation of the One Children's Workforce Tool.

Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements (2010)
Journal Article

This article discusses the findings from a pilot study using short message service (SMS) texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students in practice placements. Pre-registration students were recruited students from 2nd yea... Read More about Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements.

Police Custody Healthcare: An evaluation of an NHS commissioned pilot to deliver a police custody health service in a partnership between Dorset Primary Care Trust and Dorset Police (2010)
Report

This evaluation was sponsored by Dorset Primary Care Trust and the South West Strategic Health Authority to examine the local commissioning relationship established to provide
police custody healthcare across Dorset's three 24/7 custody suites, loca... Read More about Police Custody Healthcare: An evaluation of an NHS commissioned pilot to deliver a police custody health service in a partnership between Dorset Primary Care Trust and Dorset Police.

Learning across borders: A European way? (2010)
Book Chapter