Dr Steven Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Youth Sport, recently presented a research project entitled ‘Graduateness and Sports Coaching: A preliminary study of coaches’ behaviour using the revised Arizona State University observation instrument’ at the INSHS 2021 17th Annual Conference and International Conference of the International Network of Sport and Health Science (St… Continue reading Graduateness and Sports Coaching project presented at INSHS 2021
International Network of Sport & Health Science collaboration
The Exercise, Sport & Rehabilitative Therapies team have recently formed a link with the International Network of Sport & Health Science to develop collaborative research with partners around the world. The International Network of Sport & Health Science (INSHS) is a membership-based digital hub to enhance academic internationalisation to create bridges between academics to support… Continue reading International Network of Sport & Health Science collaboration
Management Learning and Business Education during Turbulent Times
Business Educator Issue 1 (2020-2021) a Special Edition ‘Management Learning and Business Education during Turbulent Times’ available now. This Working Paper series is for scholars, researchers, early career researchers, members of the PhD community and students whose research and scholarship are located within Management Learning and Business Education. The purpose of this working paper series is to… Continue reading Management Learning and Business Education during Turbulent Times
School Exclusions
My passion is qualitative research that creates better knowledge and understanding of the lives and experiences of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families. The research I have carried out is fundamental to developing knowledge and understanding of children’s multi-faceted needs to allow them to achieve better holistic outcomes… Continue reading School Exclusions
Early Puberty
For the last few years I have undertaken critical research into practices and assumptions around early or “precocious” puberty. Children with early puberty, particularly girls, are sometimes given drugs to prevent further pubertal development. My research challenges the ethics and effectiveness of treating children in this way. Early puberty is also said to occur relatively… Continue reading Early Puberty
Critical tourism studies
I am a member of the Department for Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism (HEAT) in the Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism. The research that is undertaken in this department is fundamentally underpinned by critical, interdisciplinary approaches which reflect the complexity and dynamism of tourism, hospitality, events and aviation within our contemporary world. My own… Continue reading Critical tourism studies
Professor John MacIntyre – AI and Ethics
Professor John MacIntyre, Pro Vice Chancellor (International) at the University of Sunderland, has recently been appointed as co-Editor-in-Chief of a new journal called AI and Ethics, which launches officially on Monday 5 October 2020. Professor MacIntyre is working with fellow co-Editor-in-Chief, Professor Larry Medsker of George Washington University, and Rachel Moriarty, Publishing Editor at Springer. The publication has… Continue reading Professor John MacIntyre – AI and Ethics
Student Safety and Campus Security
I have been a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University for 14 years. Over this time, I have taught and supervised undergraduate and post-graduate students about criminal justice, gender-based violence, and carrying-out research. My professional experience comes from my time as a former practitioner in the probation service. Hence, where my passion for teaching… Continue reading Student Safety and Campus Security
Facilitated Practice-based Research with Wallsend Children’s Community
‘Supporting Practitioners to be Research-active’ Dr Lesley Deacon, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Applied Sciences and Programme Leader for the Health and Social Care Programme talks about the research project she is currently working on with the Wallsend Children Community. Dr Lesley Deacon qualified as a social worker in 2007 and worked in front… Continue reading Facilitated Practice-based Research with Wallsend Children’s Community
Epistemology, Methodologies and Researcher Positionality in Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research
Within the context of qualitative research and work based research, in particular, I have been lucky enough to work in doctoral education, where challenging personally held assumptions and long held pre-suppositions is an integral part of the research process. There is no such thing as the ‘real world’ since arguably, all of human thinking takes… Continue reading Epistemology, Methodologies and Researcher Positionality in Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research