Barriers and Facilitators to Older Women's Workplace Well-being: a qualitative analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Edge, C. (2024, April). Barriers and Facilitators to Older Women's Workplace Well-being: a qualitative analysis. Presented at Sustainable HRM - an International Perspective, Warsaw, Poland and Online

Evidence suggests life stress accumulation over the life course disproportionately negatively impacts wellbeing, cognition and health in ageing women. Women across the life course across Europe have been shown to have more diverse and less regular e... Read More about Barriers and Facilitators to Older Women's Workplace Well-being: a qualitative analysis.

Four day working week, employee wellbeing and mental health (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D., Burchell, B., Frayne, D., Bridson Hubbard, N., & White, J. (2023, October). Four day working week, employee wellbeing and mental health. Presented at Psychology Days, Riga, Latvia (Online)

This presentation explores the impact of a four-day working week on employees' wellbeing and mental health, drawing on the findings from the UK Four-Day Working Week Trial conducted in 2022.

Developing digitally capable graduates (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Vasilica, C., Dron, R., Davis, D., & Etherington, S. (2020, July). Developing digitally capable graduates. Presented at Education 4.0: Our Next Phase to Curriculum and Assessment Design International Virtual Series, University of Hong Kong (Online)

During the current coronavirus pandemic, undergraduate nurse teaching is facing many challenges. United Kingdom (UK) Universities have had to close their campuses, which means that academics are working from home and may be coping with unfamiliar tec... Read More about Developing digitally capable graduates.

Personal Tutoring at the University of Salford (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J. (2019, March). Personal Tutoring at the University of Salford. Presented at National Teaching Fellow Symposium, Birmingham City University

This presentation provides the critical exploration of personal tutoring at the university of Salford: The story so far; The Student Success Project; ; coaching skills session This presentation introduces a Unique clinical -academic coaching framew... Read More about Personal Tutoring at the University of Salford.

Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​ (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Dunn, J., & Le Blanc, C. (2018, December). Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​. Presented at Health Education England conference implementing Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for student supervision and assessment, Leeds

This conference paper focuses on the Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​ for implementing the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of proficiency for registered nurses. These new standards of proficiency repr... Read More about Greater Manchester Postgraduate Workforce Group Mentorship Strategy​.

Is it because I’m black?” Critical race theory (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2018, November). Is it because I’m black?” Critical race theory. Presented at Criminology Seminar Series: New Directions in Criminological Theory, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

Retention and employability - not to be separated (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Withnell, N., Gillaspy, E., & Manning, H. (2018, July). Retention and employability - not to be separated. Presented at Teaching in the Spotlight: Learning from Global Communities, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Littlewood, L., & Gillaspy, E. (2018, July). Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework. Presented at Teaching in the Spotlight: Learning from Global Communities, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

The aims of the session is to critically explore how as a team we have changed cultures through developing and implementing a coaching framework for undergraduate student nurses. Objectives: 1. explore the concept of coaching as a tool to promo... Read More about Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework.

Constructing early graduate careers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Christie, F. (2018, May). Constructing early graduate careers. Presented at iCeGS 20th Anniversary Conference 2018, Derby

Conference presentation focusing on the competing voices of career and employability orchestrated by graduates in their early careers. The paper draws data from author's PhD research and integrates the critical social theory of Figured Worlds.

The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2018, April). The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders. Presented at All Souls Criminology Seminar Series, The Old Library - All Souls College, Oxford, UK

This paper discusses some of the processes and consequences of newer racisms in contemporary society, based on Dr Tina Patel's paper. In arguing that we have recently witnessed a surge in the popularity of racism (under which I also include Islamopho... Read More about The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders.

Transforming cultures - implementing a coaching framework for undergraduate nursing students (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J. (2018, March). Transforming cultures - implementing a coaching framework for undergraduate nursing students. Presented at National Teaching Fellow Symposium, Manchester

Presentation provides the critical discussion around coaching as a leadership style , applied to enhance the clinical leadership development of student nurses at the University of Salford.

Volunteering and employability (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D. (2018, January). Volunteering and employability. Presented at Research Career Symposium, University of Salford

This presentation discusses the benefits of volunteering for employability and offers suggestions how to maximise those benefits.

When voluntary work makes you sick (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D., & Bennett, M. (2017, November). When voluntary work makes you sick. Presented at Social (In)Security: Lived Experiences of the Benefits System, Manchester Museum of Industry and Science

Due to growing labour market deregulation and flexibilisation an increasing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and declining mental health and well-being associated with it. This article explores whether engagement in voluntary wo... Read More about When voluntary work makes you sick.

Physical restraint use : an integrative review about the potential psychological and physical harm for mental health in-patients (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Cusack, F., McAndrew, S., & Cusack, P. (2017, October). Physical restraint use : an integrative review about the potential psychological and physical harm for mental health in-patients. Presented at Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, Dublin

Tackling the issue of FGM in Higher Education (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Hesk, G. (2016, November). Tackling the issue of FGM in Higher Education. Presented at Tackling The Issue of Female Genital Mutilation In Schools, Manchester

De-mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., & Darvil, A. (2016, September). De-mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders. Presented at Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, Cambridge

Background: The experiences of transition of graduated nurses entering the world of work are of fundamental concern to those seeking to prepare, recruit and retain such nurses (Darvill, Fallon & Livesley 2014). Graduate nurse transition continues... Read More about De-mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders.

Innovative pedagogies that embrace technologies : debates for enhancing student experience and empowerment and modernising curriculums (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Charnley, K., Howarth, M., Rosen, L., & Gillaspy, E. (2016, September). Innovative pedagogies that embrace technologies : debates for enhancing student experience and empowerment and modernising curriculums. Presented at Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, Cambridge

This is a core paper that used the University of Salford transforming learning environments project as an example of how digital technology can be embedded within its flexible learning strategy and used to facilitate learning for postgraduate studen... Read More about Innovative pedagogies that embrace technologies : debates for enhancing student experience and empowerment and modernising curriculums.

Evaluating the University of Salford and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Quality Improvement Programme (SalQual Programme) (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Lappin, L., Lappin, M., & Walker, S. (2016, September). Evaluating the University of Salford and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Quality Improvement Programme (SalQual Programme). Presented at Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, Cambridge, Cambridge

The need for nurses and other healthcare practitioners to apply quality improvement methodology (QI methodology) within their everyday practice is becoming more prevalent in the NHS and is a key requirement of staff employed by Salford Royal NHS Foun... Read More about Evaluating the University of Salford and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Quality Improvement Programme (SalQual Programme).

De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., & Darvil, A. (2016, September). De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders. Presented at International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, University of Cambridge

Provide background to the topic area of role transition To introduce the study design To critically evaluate preparation for transition from the perspectives of key stakeholders To identify the structures, processes and outcomes that impact on t... Read More about De-Mystifying role transition : a study to evaluate the preparation for role transition : perspectives from final year undergraduate nursing students and stakeholders.

Supporting Roma Voice: a participatory research project. The 'lived experiences' of the Roma migrant community (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., & Brown, P. (2016, July). Supporting Roma Voice: a participatory research project. The 'lived experiences' of the Roma migrant community. Presented at Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC). Celebrating that which unifies us: Global and UK perspectives on generic social work education, research and practice, Salford, UK

This paper provided an overview of the findings from the research ‘Supporting Roma Voices’ and discussed some of the implications for policy and practice.