School of Health & Society

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

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.

Re-igniting black feminist theory in social work education (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., & Shannon, M. (2015, July). Re-igniting black feminist theory in social work education. Presented at Social Work Education and Research Across Boundaries, The Open University, Milton Keynes

Social work programmes are intended to replicate the emancipation and liberation of marginalised groups in society. A crucial part of our role as educators, is to equip students with a range of tools in order to do their tasks well. Black Feminism ha... Read More about Re-igniting black feminist theory in social work education.

Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., Nkurunziza, W., & Syed, I. (2014, July). Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education. Presented at Social Work Making Connections, Royal Holloway, University of London

Founded on the emancipatory initiative ‘In Our back Yard’ that directly confronted ‘Not in Our back Yard’ attitudes and practices and positioned community activist within the University of Salford which effectively redirected the centrifugal forces o... Read More about Our home our Salford: Transgressing the borders of social work education.

Inter-professional education : working together to dispel the myths about teaching care homes in health and social care provision
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., Johnson, K., & Cleary, S. Inter-professional education : working together to dispel the myths about teaching care homes in health and social care provision. Poster presented at Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference 2019 : Human Relationships and Wellbeing in Social Work, Chancellors Hotel, Manchester

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2010) recognises Interprofessional Education (IPE) as a central component in strengthening health systems, responding to the increasing complexity within the health and social care sector.’ (Stephens and Ormandy, 2... Read More about Inter-professional education : working together to dispel the myths about teaching care homes in health and social care provision.

Collaboration project to embed skills for employability
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., Stanley, A., Coleman, A., McCaughan, S., Shahin, M., Davies, C., …Moses, P. Collaboration project to embed skills for employability. Presented at Annual Health and Social Care Conference 2016 Inspire to succeed: Transforming teaching and learning in Health and Social Care, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

By listening to the voices of employers and students, a unique collaboration between The Social Work Directorate at the University of Salford, and Social Care Network Solutions Ltd (SCN) aims to address skill development needed to enhance employabili... Read More about Collaboration project to embed skills for employability.

Innovative collaboration : with students, lecturers and the community
Presentation / Conference
Hesk, G., & Chandra, C. Innovative collaboration : with students, lecturers and the community. Presented at Annual Health and Social Care Conference 2016:Inspire to succeed: Transforming teaching and learning in Health and Social Care, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

We believe that community activism and citizen partnership are integral to social work education and actually impact on the 'accessibility' and 'image' of social work today. The reproduction of activism in practice delivered by our dynamic students i... Read More about Innovative collaboration : with students, lecturers and the community.

Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics
Presentation / Conference
Shardlow, S., Foley, M., Hesk, G., & McCaughan, S. Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics. Presented at UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with the UK Social Work Research Conference (JSWEC), "Social work education and research across boundaries", The Open University, Milton Keynes

Shardlow, Steven M, Foley, Marian, Hesk, Gabi, & McCaughan, Su. (2015). Paper presented at the Track: Papers In many countries, indicators used to measure research performance of academic staff have become an increasingly common element of un... Read More about Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics.

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