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Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting (2019)
Journal Article
Young, E., Thompson, R., Sharp, J., & Bosmans, D. (2020). Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(10), 1349-1363. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2019.1688264

This paper details a small-scale research project that explores the student transition into higher education (HE), delivered in a further education college (FE), and considers whether the requirements of transition at this level impacts on emotional... Read More about Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting.

Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives (2019)
Book
Pollock, S., Parkinson, K., & Cummins, I. (Eds.). (2019). Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press

It is essential that social work students understand the lasting impact political decision making can have on service users, yet little guidance exists on this subject. This valuable book provides a comprehensive introduction to politics in social wo... Read More about Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives.

Cardiologists' and patients' views about the informed consent process and their understanding of the anticipated treatment benefits of coronary angioplasty : a survey study (2019)
Journal Article
Astin, F., Stephenson, J., Probyn, J., Holt, J., Marshall, K., & Conway, D. (2020). Cardiologists' and patients' views about the informed consent process and their understanding of the anticipated treatment benefits of coronary angioplasty : a survey study. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(3), 260-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515119879050

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention is a common revascularisation technique. Serious complications are uncommon, but death is one of them. Seeking informed consent in advance of percutaneous coronary intervention is mandatory. Research s... Read More about Cardiologists' and patients' views about the informed consent process and their understanding of the anticipated treatment benefits of coronary angioplasty : a survey study.

Radicalisation (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Radicalisation. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (212-222). Policy Press

In the political context, the term radical has been applied to a wide range of figures. Both Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage could be considered radical in the sense that that they are campaigning for a society based on a different set of political an... Read More about Radicalisation.

The criminal justice system (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). The criminal justice system. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (132-146). Policy Press

One of the most notable developments in social work practice over the past thirty years in England and Wales has been the marginalisation of its role in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). In particular, the training and roles of probation officers ha... Read More about The criminal justice system.

Liberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Liberalism. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (22-33). Policy Press

The roots of liberalism can be traced back to the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. It became a clear philosophical school during the Age of Enlightenment. The emergence of liberalism as an intellectual tradition is associated with the wr... Read More about Liberalism.

Neoliberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Neoliberalism. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (50-62). Policy Press

From the mid 1970s onwards, neoliberalism has been the most influential political ideology. This influence has been exercised in several ways. In the Global North, neoliberal ideas have underpinned the electoral success of politicians such as Margare... Read More about Neoliberalism.

Child sexual abuse and exploitation (2019)
Book Chapter
Peach, D. (2019). Child sexual abuse and exploitation. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (185-199). Bristol, UK: Policy Press

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children has endured, and continues, on what is arguably an unimaginable scale, with the World Health Organization (WHO and ISPCAN, 2006) estimating that worldwide 223 million children experience child sexual abus... Read More about Child sexual abuse and exploitation.