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Students’ help-seeking for experiences of interpersonal violence: How can universities respond?
October 13, 2023Dr Nicola Roberts (University of Sunderland), Professor Catherine Donovan (Durham University) and Dr Matthew Durey (University of Sunderland) have had a new article published on ‘Students’ help-seeking for experiences of interpersonal violence: How can universities respond?’. The article is timely given the recent Office for Students’ consultation about how universities address harassment and sexual misconduct… Continue reading Students’ help-seeking for experiences of interpersonal violence: How can universities respond?
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Changing the Culture of Sexual Violence at UK Universities: A Website Analysis of Definitions, Report/Support and Prevent Mechanisms
October 10, 2023Dr Nicola Roberts (Associate Professor of Criminology), Lauren Doyle (Lecturer in Social Studies) and Mark Roberts (Independent Researcher) have published their article on ‘changing the culture of sexual violence at UK universities’, which is timely given the Office for Students’ recent consultation on how universities should address harassment and sexual misconduct. In their website analysis… Continue reading Changing the Culture of Sexual Violence at UK Universities: A Website Analysis of Definitions, Report/Support and Prevent Mechanisms
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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
October 9, 2023by 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
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A Vision of Safety: An arts based project
July 28, 2023The 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
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A Vision of Safety: An arts based project to explore the concept of safety
May 12, 2023A 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
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The transitional experiences of Thai women following migratory marriage to England, by Dr. Angie Wilcock.
May 2, 2023This 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.
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New Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellows in the Centre for Applied Social Sciences
April 3, 2023We 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
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Campus Security Winter Campaign and Evaluation Research
December 15, 2022The Campus Security crime prevention campaign for December has proven popular with students. The campaign focuses on personal safety and securing personal property for those going home during the Christmas break. The team engaged with students on both campuses, Clanny House and Panns Bank / Scotia Quay to spread the important security messages. This included… Continue reading Campus Security Winter Campaign and Evaluation Research
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A dig at Dobbs….
November 11, 2022On the 27th of October, the Law, Society and Vulnerable People Research Hub at the University of Sunderland hosted their first research event, ‘Differing perspectives on Roe v Wade; a wrong turn or opportunity for reform?’ This panel event drew together 85 registered law students, academics, midwives, medical students, and many others affiliated with the University… Continue reading A dig at Dobbs….
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Eileen O’Shaughnessy and George Orwell
November 8, 2022Professor Angela Smith has recently had an article published in the George Orwell Studies Journal. In her article, Angela looks at the context of Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s education at Sunderland Church High School, and argues that the progressive head teacher, Miss Ethel Ironside, was partly responsible for Eileen’s future life as wife and editor of Orwell’s… Continue reading Eileen O’Shaughnessy and George Orwell
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COVID-19 government health posters
November 8, 2022Professor Angela Smith and Dr Michael Higgins have recently had a paper published in Discourse, Context & Media. Their paper explores the semiotic properties of the UK government’s health information posters dealing with face coverings during the first year of the pandemic. They find that the changing political and scientific landscape is reflected in the… Continue reading COVID-19 government health posters
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Safe in the City? Female students’ experiences of urban landscapes
September 26, 2022Dr Matthew Durey, Dr Nicola Roberts, and Professor Catherine Donovan (Durham University) contributed a chapter entitled ‘Negotiating landscapes of (un)safety: atmospheres and ambivalence in female students’ everyday geographies’ to the recently published collection Landscapes of Hate: Tracing Spaces, Relations and Responses published by Bristol University Press. This chapter reflects on qualitative data from a survey… Continue reading Safe in the City? Female students’ experiences of urban landscapes
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Innovative approaches to involving children with SEND in research: exploring a participatory research study
August 25, 2022This blog post highlights and explores a piece of research enabled by the University’s participatory research fund, conducted by myself (Dr Helen Benstead), Vicki Jowett and Vicky Graham who work across the MA Education and MA SEND programmes in the School of Education. The research focused on trialing a specific set of innovatively designed qualitative… Continue reading Innovative approaches to involving children with SEND in research: exploring a participatory research study
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Student Safety and Campus Security
June 10, 2022By 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
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Launch of the Portal Podcast
May 16, 2022The 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
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The makings of an exclusive community: Students’ perceptions of dangerous others
May 5, 2022Dr. 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
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Creating a digital front door to primary care in the city of Sunderland
April 14, 2022About 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
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Sage Encyclopaedia of Journalism
April 13, 2022Angela 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.
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MRC funding opportunity launch
March 31, 2022Expressions 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
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#SeeMe Increasing the visibility of children excluded from school
March 21, 2022#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