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Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors (2012)
Journal Article
Itua, I., Coffey, M., Merryweather, D., Norton, L., & Foxcroft, A. (2012). Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38(3), 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2012.726966

Staff and student perceptions of what constitutes good academic writing in both further and higher education often differ. This is reflected in written assignments which frequently fall below the expected standard. In seeking to develop the writing s... Read More about Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors.

A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being (2012)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Samuel, U., Collins, S., & Morris, L. (2014). A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being. British Journal of Social Work, 44(1), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs112

This paper compares the key findings from the first piece of research in the UK to focus exclusively on ‘stress, support and well-being of social work students’ (n = 76), with findings from a cohort of Indian social work students studying in the Tami... Read More about A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being.