A response to the LGA publication ‘The Care Act 2014: Ten Years on From Royal Assent’ Authors: Dr Sarah Lonbay (University of Sunderland), Dr Keith Chappell (University of Sunderland), Dr Carole Southall (Northumbria University), Mr Jamie Scorer (University of Sunderland) Introduction It has now been a decade since the passing of the Care Act 2014… Continue reading A decade of safeguarding
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Former UoS MSc Inequality and Society student shares her research on the representation of girls and women on social media outlets
by Chloe Morgan The article I have shared on Research Gate (link below) is a result of my Dissertation research conducted as an MSc social science student on the MSc ‘Inequality and Society’ programme at the University of Sunderland (UoS). I studied at the UoS, part time, from September 2019 to September 2021. I am… Continue reading Former UoS MSc Inequality and Society student shares her research on the representation of girls and women on social media outlets
A Vision of Safety: An arts based project
The research team: Sarah Lonbay, Steve O’Driscoll, Jess Dougherty, Carole Southall, Pat Higgins. This participatory arts-based project was designed to explore the concept of safety and what it means to people who have experienced mental health problems and abuse. Two separate groups worked to co-create artwork that reflected what safety means to them. The two… Continue reading A Vision of Safety: An arts based project
A Vision of Safety: An arts based project to explore the concept of safety
A participatory arts based project is underway to explore the concept of safety and what this means to people who have experienced difficulty in their lives related to mental health and/ or abuse and trauma. Two groups have worked together to co-create artwork that reflects what safety means to them. The two pieces, titled “Peace… Continue reading A Vision of Safety: An arts based project to explore the concept of safety
The transitional experiences of Thai women following migratory marriage to England, by Dr. Angie Wilcock.
This blog post highlights and explores a piece of research carried out Dr Angie Wilcock who works within the Criminology team on both undergraduate and MSc programmes. The research focused on female Thai nationals married to a UK citizen living in England. The aim of the research was to gain an understanding about the women’s… Continue reading The transitional experiences of Thai women following migratory marriage to England, by Dr. Angie Wilcock.
New Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellows in the Centre for Applied Social Sciences
We are really pleased to share the news that two members of our Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) have been awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Research and Knowledge Exchange (RKE) Fellowship. Dr. Lesley Deacon and Dr. Matt Durey have both been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s RKE Fellowships which will give them dedicated time and resources to undertake… Continue reading New Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellows in the Centre for Applied Social Sciences
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
“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
CASS WORKING PAPERS RELAUNCH
The aim of the CASS Working Papers is to advance knowledge and bring about debate in Social Science research and practice. Editor: Dr. Lesley Deacon (Lesley.Deacon@sunderland.ac.uk) Editorial board: Dr Athanasia Chatzifotiou, Dr Matt Durey, Dr Sarah Lonbay, Dr Donna Peacock, Dr Sheila Quaid, Dr Nicola Roberts, Dr Diane Simpson To celebrate five years of the… Continue reading CASS WORKING PAPERS RELAUNCH