Using action inquiry to support learning and development in public sector services
(2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Outputs (1604)
Practitioner impact upon societal understandings of child sexual abuse: Evidence based policy, public criminology and media discussions (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service (2012)
Journal Article
This article describes an innovative initiative to support partnership working between trade unions and management in three National Health Service Trusts, by means of shared participation in a series of learning and development days. Although there... Read More about Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service.
Looking in and speaking out: introspection, consciousness, communication (2011)
Book
The authors argue it is essential to examine the linguistic and communicative practices that are used in the production of introspective data, and thereby make an important contribution to debates about how we may study experience that are relevant t... Read More about Looking in and speaking out: introspection, consciousness, communication.
Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals (2011)
Journal Article
Recent legislation in the UK has extended many of the legal and financial rights and responsibilities of heterosexual marriage to same-sex couples who register their partnerships. Prior to the Civil Partnership Act (2004) however, little was known ab... Read More about Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals.
A movement of their own: Voices of young feminist activists in the London Feminist Network (2011)
Journal Article
A so-called “resurgence” of feminist activism in the UK is currently being reported by journalists, commentators and academics, with young women seemingly at the fore. This is remarkable given the reported backlash against feminism and the widely hel... Read More about A movement of their own: Voices of young feminist activists in the London Feminist Network.
Reflections on the public disclosure of sex offenders in the UK and considerations for the future (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Resisting the theistic turn (2011)
Book Chapter
Critical Realism and Spirituality contextualizes, delineates, explores and critiques the turn to spirituality and religion in critical realism, which has been under way since the mid-1990s, as well as telling its story. It provides incisive discussio... Read More about Resisting the theistic turn.
"it's a comparison thing, isn't it?": Lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of how partner relationships shape their feelings about their body and appearance (2011)
Journal Article
Women's feelings about their body and their appearance are an important aspect of their lives, yet little is known about the ways in which partner relationships shape these feelings.There has been some debate about whether or not same-sex relationshi... Read More about "it's a comparison thing, isn't it?": Lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of how partner relationships shape their feelings about their body and appearance.
A critical exploration of lesbian perspectives on eating disorders (2013)
Journal Article
There is now a considerable body of research exploring how culturally dominant gendered norms are implicated in mobilising girls' and women's 'anorexic' and 'bulimic' experiences and practices. However, much less is known about lesbian experiences of... Read More about A critical exploration of lesbian perspectives on eating disorders.
Leadership course evaluation with patient and public involvement (2011)
Report
Executive Summary 1. This project had two components, the evaluation of a Developing and Enhancing Leadership and Management Skills programme delivered to 150 frontline supervisory and senior managers in North Bristol NHS Trust and the implementatio... Read More about Leadership course evaluation with patient and public involvement.
The management of sexual offenders in the community: Austerity, engagement, interaction and the ‘big society’ (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Poetry in therapy: An example of group bibliotherapy and therapeutic creative writing with clients with eating disorders (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Purpose: In this paper, the author will describe her experience of setting up a poetry therapy group for inpatient and day patient clients as part of a group therapy programme for clients with eating disorders. In doing so, the paper will provide an... Read More about Poetry in therapy: An example of group bibliotherapy and therapeutic creative writing with clients with eating disorders.
Nature vs. nurture in the aetiology of offending behaviour (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Constructions of childhood, youth and families (2011)
Book Chapter
Multi-agency Working (2011)
Book Chapter
Participatory communication with children, young people and their families (2011)
Book Chapter
This chapter will briefly set the policy background for children and young people’s participation. It will then discuss and advocate practitioner communication skills which can support and encourage children and young people to participate. The issue... Read More about Participatory communication with children, young people and their families.