New research published on Enhancing ‘best practice’ in trauma-informed social work education

Dr. Sarah Lonbay (University of Sunderland) and Dr. John Cavener (Northumbria University) have just published a new study which explored how to teach difficult ‘trauma material’ in the classroom. The study explored social work educators’ and students’ experiences and found that trauma informed principles are implicitly applied within educational activity. Sarah and John suggest a… Continue reading New research published on Enhancing ‘best practice’ in trauma-informed social work education

Transitioning to Higher Education

By Dr. Helen Williams and Dr. Nicola Roberts Dr Helen Williams and Dr Nicola Roberts have published an article based on research into how Criminology students transition to higher education – ‘I just think it’s really awkward’ : transitioning to higher education and the implications for student retention, published with @SpringerNature in the international journal, Higher Education: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00881-1.… Continue reading Transitioning to Higher Education

Student Safety and Campus Security

By Dr. Nicola Roberts The second article from the ‘student safety and campus security’ research has been published by Dr Nicola Roberts on ‘the dark and desolate campus: what can be done to enhance students’ perceptions of safety on-campus’? With Emerald Publishing in the Safer Communities journal: DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-01-2022-0006. The implications of the findings point… Continue reading Student Safety and Campus Security