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Claiming deservingness: the durability of social security claimant discourses during the Covid-19 pandemic (2025)
Journal Article

The Covid-19 pandemic created extraordinary conditions for social protection systems globally, with both material and discursive implications. In the UK, these unprecedented circumstances led to an influx of (first time) social security claims, expec... Read More about Claiming deservingness: the durability of social security claimant discourses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to protect children from assault (2025)
Journal Article

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is an important opportunity to finally remove the defence of reasonable punishment of children in England, write Andrew Rowland and Grace Hastie

‘We need people who look active and strong in a variety of ways:’ Using the Physical Activity Messaging Framework to Co-Design Strength Training Messaging (2025)
Data

Workshop activity guide (PowerPoint attached) based off the Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) was used for the 4-hour focus group workshop on January 19, 2024 with 20 public participants aged 40-60 years old from the Greater Manchester are... Read More about ‘We need people who look active and strong in a variety of ways:’ Using the Physical Activity Messaging Framework to Co-Design Strength Training Messaging.

To be or not to be: A meaning-making process for migrant Hong Kong social workers in England (2025)
Journal Article

This article examines the meaning-making experiences of migrant social workers from Hong Kong in England. Individual interviews were conducted with 22 migrant social workers. Family comes first, regaining confidence from self-doubt and persevering an... Read More about To be or not to be: A meaning-making process for migrant Hong Kong social workers in England.

Sprint Running Mechanics are associated with Hamstring Strain Injury: a 6-month prospective cohort study of 126 Elite Male Footballers (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate the association between sprint running biomechanics and sprint-related hamstring strain injury (HSI) in elite male football players.
Methods: This prospective cohort study recruited 126 professional male football players f... Read More about Sprint Running Mechanics are associated with Hamstring Strain Injury: a 6-month prospective cohort study of 126 Elite Male Footballers.

The Use of Digital Technologies in Physiotherapy Higher Education: a Mixed-Methods Study (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Previous studies demonstrated that digital tools can be effectively integrated into physiotherapy higher education. However, their adoption remains limited. This study aimed to 1) evaluate the perceived knowledge, confidence, and frequenc... Read More about The Use of Digital Technologies in Physiotherapy Higher Education: a Mixed-Methods Study.

A Decade of Silence. The Unsolved Case of Itai Dzamara. (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

In this post, I use my previous experience of working for the Police in Zimbabwe and the UK to analyse the case of journalist cum political activist Itai Dzamara. Dzamara was abducted by unknown agents in broad day light in Harare 9th of March 2015... Read More about A Decade of Silence. The Unsolved Case of Itai Dzamara..

Sedation management and processed EEG-based solutions during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a narrative review of key challenges and potential benefits (2025)
Journal Article

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an established technique for managing severe cardiorespiratory failure. However, it is invasive and requires profound analgo-sedation during initiation and often throughout the therapy. Managing sedation... Read More about Sedation management and processed EEG-based solutions during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a narrative review of key challenges and potential benefits.

Disability digital inclusion in voluntary work journey (2025)
Digital Artefact

Video for 'DIGITVOL: Digital Inclusion of Disabled Individuals in Online and Offline Voluntary Work' project

An Evaluation of the Effect of Dimple Insoles on Foot Temperature in Diabetic Patients (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: Insoles play a crucial role in foot comfort, with their effect on foot temperature being a key factor. This study aims to evaluate and compare the effect of walking with two different insole types—dimple insoles versus a conventional insol... Read More about An Evaluation of the Effect of Dimple Insoles on Foot Temperature in Diabetic Patients.