Outputs (22)

Blurry Lines: Reflections on “Insider” Research (2023)
Journal Article
Yvonne Bulk, L., & Collins, B. (in press). Blurry Lines: Reflections on “Insider” Research. Qualitative Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231188048

Insider research poses a range of benefits and challenges for researchers and the communities being researched. It is commonly advocated for disability research but there is limited work exploring disabled researchers’ experiences. Influenced by auto... Read More about Blurry Lines: Reflections on “Insider” Research.

Effective communication: core to promoting respectful maternity care for disabled women (2022)
Journal Article
Collins, B., Hall, J., Hundley, V., & Ireland, J. (2022). Effective communication: core to promoting respectful maternity care for disabled women. Midwifery, 116, 103525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103525

Previous research highlights that disabled women have less choice, control and respect of their dignity during pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. The experience of dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth for those with physical and sens... Read More about Effective communication: core to promoting respectful maternity care for disabled women.

Situating the evidence for impact of outreach strategies : a systematic review for improving access to higher education (2020)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., Hutchings, M., Collins, B., Crowley, E., Eccles, S., Hunt, C., …Wardrop, A. (2020). Situating the evidence for impact of outreach strategies : a systematic review for improving access to higher education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 22(1), 25-54. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.22.1.25

Efforts to widen participation into higher education (HE) are having an impact with increasing numbers of diverse students accessing HE. Outreach is a key strategy within widening participation (WP), yet there has been little peer reviewed, published... Read More about Situating the evidence for impact of outreach strategies : a systematic review for improving access to higher education.

Disabled people's voices on sexual well-being (2019)
Journal Article
Lee, S., Fenge, L., & Collins, B. (2020). Disabled people's voices on sexual well-being. Disability and Society, 35(2), 303-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1634522

Disabled people have equal rights to positive sexual wellbeing including sexual citizenship; however, this may not always be experienced and support for sexual well-being is less likely to form part of services offered by professionals in health and... Read More about Disabled people's voices on sexual well-being.

Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research (2018)
Journal Article
Collins, B., Hunt, C., Wardrop, A., Gauntlett, E., Heaslip, V., Hutchings, M., & Pritchard, C. (2018). Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research. International studies in widening participation (Online), 5(2), 55-69

The development of an institution-wide survey at one English university raised questions for the researchers in relation to how to ask students about their background. The survey was to focus future widening participation (WP) practice. A detailed it... Read More about Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research.

Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, J., Hundley, V., Collins, B., & Ireland, J. (2018). Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1), 328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1950-7

Background Despite the increasing number of women with disability globally becoming pregnant, there is currently limited research about their experiences. A national survey of women’s experience of dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth... Read More about Dignity and respect during pregnancy and childbirth : a survey of the experience of disabled women.

Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice (2017)
Journal Article
Lee, S., Fenge, L., & Collins, B. (2018). Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice. Social Work Education, 37(3), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1401602

This paper explores the importance of including sexual well-being within social work practice and education. Social workers often work with individuals for whom opportunities for sexual expression are limited and who face discriminatory attitudes. Se... Read More about Promoting sexual well-being in social work education and practice.

First- and second- generation design and engineering students : experience, attainment and factors influencing them to attend university (2017)
Journal Article
Hunt, C., Collins, B., Wardrop, A., Hutchings, M., Heaslip, V., & Pritchard, C. (2018). First- and second- generation design and engineering students : experience, attainment and factors influencing them to attend university. Higher Education Research and Development, 37(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2017.1342607

Challenges for students who are ?first in family? to attend university have been discussed within widening participation discourse. However, in the UK, ?first in family? or first-generation students have frequently been conflated with those experienc... Read More about First- and second- generation design and engineering students : experience, attainment and factors influencing them to attend university.

Interpretative phenomenological analysis : a means of exploring aspiration and resilience amongst widening participation students (2017)
Journal Article
Gauntlett, L., Bickle, E., Thomas, G., Collins, B., Heaslip, V., & Eccles, S. (2017). Interpretative phenomenological analysis : a means of exploring aspiration and resilience amongst widening participation students. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 19(2), 63-86. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.19.2.63

As the Office for Fair Access and the Higher Education Funding Council for England priorities now extend across widened access to success, both the aspirations of young people from widening participation (WP) backgrounds and their existing or develop... Read More about Interpretative phenomenological analysis : a means of exploring aspiration and resilience amongst widening participation students.

Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy (2017)
Journal Article
Collins, B. (2017). Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24(6), 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1271011

Background: The concept of independence is common in occupational therapy theory and practice but has rarely been clearly defined or conceptualized within in occupational therapy literature and there seems to be no standard definition. This can resul... Read More about Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy.