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
Launch of the Portal Podcast
The Portal Podcast: Bringing Academia to Social Work Practice Dr. Sarah Lonbay and Dr. Lesley Deacon We are delighted to announce that the very episode of ‘The Portal Podcast: Bringing Academia to Social Work Practice’ is now available. When working in frontline practice having the time for, and access to, current research can be difficult.… Continue reading Launch of the Portal Podcast
The makings of an exclusive community: Students’ perceptions of dangerous others
Dr. Nicola Roberts Further to the blog posted on 1 October 2020, the first article from the ‘student safety and campus security’ research has been published on ‘the makings of an exclusive community: students’ perceptions of dangerous others’, published with @SpringerNature in Higher Education international journal. The implications for HEIs are important! The paper argues… Continue reading The makings of an exclusive community: Students’ perceptions of dangerous others
Creating a digital front door to primary care in the city of Sunderland
About the Project Overview: This PhD research project will be instrumental in creating a patient information portal that provides an alternative route of access to General Practice in the city of Sunderland. Taking a user-centred design perspective and using techniques from methods such as Design Thinking, the researcher will engage with a variety of stakeholders including… Continue reading Creating a digital front door to primary care in the city of Sunderland
Sage Encyclopaedia of Journalism
Angela Smith has recently had an entry published in the updated Sage Encyclopaedia of Journalism. Her entry, on Tabloid Television, has been updated from the first edition of the Encyclopaedia.
MRC funding opportunity launch
Expressions of Interest for MRC Equipment funding Medical Research Council (MRC), are pleased to announce the recent launch of their funding opportunity ‘Expression of interest: purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip – UKRI’. MRC is inviting Expressions of Interest for an Equipment Funding Opportunity, for items of equipment above £100k. The MRC contribution… Continue reading MRC funding opportunity launch
#SeeMe Increasing the visibility of children excluded from school
#SeeMeNorthEast ‘Pull up a chair and listen’ funded by Research England’s Policy Support Fund With UKRI Policy Support and her Interdisciplinary Research Network Adverse Childhood Experiences funding, Sarah Martin Denham is working with approximately 200 children permanently excluded from school in our region. The project is the next step in developing research and children’s engagement on… Continue reading #SeeMe Increasing the visibility of children excluded from school
“The Existential Crunch that is Middle Age”
Exploring the experiential impact of life course events on the psychosocial wellbeing of women at midlife in the UK Jacqui Merchant, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy Jacqui is a senior lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Sunderland. Jacqui has worked at the university for over 25 years,… Continue reading “The Existential Crunch that is Middle Age”
M/otherhood: Choices, Representations, Experiences and Emotions
Dr. Sheila Quaid and Lauren Doyle My current research explores diversity and commonalities in lives of ‘child free’ women or just sometimes it’s more appropriate to say – who do not have children. The pilot stage is complete, and we are in the process of analysis right now. As PI on this project, I have… Continue reading M/otherhood: Choices, Representations, Experiences and Emotions