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The social exclusion of the Domari society of Gypsies in Jerusalem: a story narrated by the women of the tribe
No full textThis study looks into the lives of women from the Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem. Residing in a conflict-ridden city and exposed to multiple stigmas, the study exposes the structures that perpetuate the disempowerment of Domari women in Jerusalem. It looks into their neighbourhoods, the social services available to them, the education services that they receive, their opportunities in the labour market, and the marriage patterns in the society. The study adopted qualitative research methods to allow the research participants to narrate their stories in ways meaningful to them. The narratives were analysed through an intersectional lens to expose the multiple oppressions these women are subject to. The women’s stories reveal high levels of stigma and isolation, which have disempowered members of the community and perpetuated the cycle of their exclusion
The COVID-19 Clinician Cohort (CoCCo) Study: empirically grounded recommendations for forward-facing psychological care of frontline doctors
Get PDFThis study aimed to develop empirically grounded recommendations and a coherent model of psychological care derived from the experiences and psychological care needs of COVID-19 frontline doctors, using semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis. Participants were UK frontline doctors specialising in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, or Intensive Care (n = 31) purposively sampled for maximum variation on gender, specialty, ethnicity, and trauma-related distress; most worked in ICU during the pandemic (71%). Four themes were derived: (1) ‘coping strategies’, participants used many, including exercise, mindfulness, and “wait until it gets really bad”; (2) ‘sources of support’, participants valued embedded psychological support, digital services, and informal conversations with colleagues or family, though there was little opportunity; (3) ‘organisational influences on wellbeing’, participants reported a love–hate relationship for concepts like ‘wellbeing’, seen as important but insulting when basic workplace needs were unmet; (4) ‘improving engagement with support’, analysis suggests we must reduce physical and psychological barriers to access and encourage leaders to model psychologically supportive behaviours. Doctors’ frontline COVID-19 working experiences shine a ‘spotlight’ on pre-existing problems such as lack of physical resources and access to psychological care. Empirically grounded recommendations and a model of incremental psychological care are presented for use in clinical services
Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management
Get PDF1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence‐based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis.
2. If, as educators, we do not make these priorities a core part of what we teach, we are failing to prepare our students to make an effective contribution to conservation practice.
3. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecology Resources. So far, 117 educators from 23 countries have acknowledged the importance of this and are already teaching or about to teach skills in appraising or using evidence in conservation decision‐making. This includes 145 undergraduate, postgraduate or professional development courses.
4. We call for wider teaching of the tools and skills that facilitate evidence‐based conservation and also suggest that providing online teaching materials in multiple languages could be beneficial for improving global understanding of other subject areas
The multiple meanings of ‘student-centred’ or ‘learner-centred’ education, and the case for a more flexible approach to defining it
Get PDFWhat does ‘student-centred’ or ‘learner-centred’ education (SCE/LCE) mean? This study answers that question through a meta-analysis of 326 journal articles. An initial 10-aspect framework emerged from an inductive analysis of 10 key texts. This framework was subsequently condensed into 6 aspects: ‘Active participation’, ‘Adapting to needs’, ‘Autonomy’, ‘Relevant skills’, ‘Power sharing’ and ‘Formative assessment’. The definitions used in each of the 326 texts were then coded deductively. The findings indicated that SCE/LCE has been defined inconsistently in the literature. ‘Active participation’ was the most mentioned aspect, whereas ‘Power sharing’ and ‘Formative assessment’ were the least mentioned. The author argues that a flexible 10 or 6-aspect framework for defining SCE/LCE is useful for teachers, teacher educators, researchers and policy makers. Key limitations of the study are recognised, in particular the inherent subjectivity of the coding and categorisation process
Working conditions and wellbeing in UK social workers
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UK social workers are exposed to chronically poor working conditions and experience extremely high levels of sickness absence. The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of working conditions and wellbeing of social workers. Seven UK social work employers sent a survey of working conditions, wellbeing, and turnover intentions to all child and family social workers, followed by a series of individual semi-structured interviews with respondents. Data were collected between January and May 2019. Six hundred and seventy-six (41% response rate) completed surveys were returned and 19 interviews undertaken.
Findings:-
Quantitative findings demonstrated that working conditions scored better than previous studies, with positive scores on autonomy, peer, and managerial support. However, the four remaining conditions (demands, relationships, role, and change) each scored worse than 75–90% of respondents in UK-wide benchmarks of individuals from various occupations. Regression outcomes demonstrated that demands, control, change, relationships, and peer support each significantly impacted employee wellbeing. Furthermore, over 20% of respondents suggested that they were frequently exposed to poor service user behaviour. Thematic analysis of interviews suggested that workload (demands), relationships with peers, management, and services users, and the way in which change was communicated were the main difficulties cited.
Applications:-
It is clear that work is needed to support social worker stress and wellbeing at work. Management should support individuals in terms of developing peer and managerial support, and adopting best practice in reflective supervision. Furthermore, a more robust system of caseload allocation would support and improve significant workload pressures
Fragile stories (2014-2020) [REF2021 collection]
No full textFragile Stories responds to self-taught Eighteenth and Nineteenth century women artists and naturalists who were predominant in producing herbariums, watercolours,
and embroideries of nature, frequently considered feminine leisure activities. This research project aims not to confront the works of these women artists as
stereotypically feminine but to embrace their creativity and celebrate their beauty.
The works in Fragile Stories are created using typographic punctuation marks transferred into different pattern formations to form a narrative. The time it takes to
produce these sequences unites the pursuit of hand-stitched needlepoint while utilising a repeated mark within a non-repeated pattern.
The Collection documents a multi-component output with contextualising information, providing evidence of multiple exhibitions
Record player orchestra (2014-2019) [REF2021 collection]
No full textThe Record Player Orchestra is an interactive and performative installation exploring the possibilities of collaborative and symbiotic manipulation of sound through physical engagement with a record player, turntable and a bespoke vinyl record.
This Collection comprises a multi-component output with contextualising information, evidencing the project genesis and development, and the following installations: Record Player Orchestra & Sellotape Cinema, A3 Project Space & Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 26th April, 28th June & 4th July 2014; Record Player Orchestra: London Analogue Festival, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, 12th - 14th September 2014; and Record Player Orchestra:Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes, Cali, Colombia, 3rd March 2016. Also documented is The Newton Park Sessions, Newton Park Studio, Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University, 3rd July - 6th July 2017, the recording of a digital album and the recorded tracks.
Contextualising information includes a 300 word statement, research timeline, and research questions
Writing, drawing, speaking (2015-2020) [REF2021 collection]
No full textWriting, Drawing, Speaking is a constellation of approaches which both examine and perform the relationships between the acts of speaking, writing and drawing.
This multi-component output contains information about a varied body of creative and critical works, including video artworks, drawings, drawing/performance works, conference papers, journal articles, digital prints, keynote lectures, publications, performances, and co-curated exhibitions. This Collection contains a 300-word Statement about the overarching research project, a Research Timeline, and a set of Research Questions which bring the various strands of enquiry together
Breathe (2018) [REF2021 collection]
No full textBreathe is a ghost story for the smartphone that uses data pulled from the reader’s phone to personalise the story to every reader. It was commissioned as part of the AHRC-funded project, Ambient Literature, which focused on the study of emergent forms of literature that make use of novel technologies and social practices in order to create evocative experiences for readers.
This Collection documents a single-component creative practice research output with contextualising information. This includes a complete read-through of the Breathe work itself (the output), as well as a 300 word statement, research timeline, a short film documenting the research for the project, and two excerpted chapters, the introductory chapter and an interview with Kate Pullinger (chapter 12), from Ambient literature: towards a new poetics of situated writing and reading practices, an edited book published by Palgrave Macmillan, of which the researcher is a co-editor