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Establishing a national linked database for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in the UK: multi-method public and professional involvement to determine acceptability and feasibility (2024)
Journal Article
Harding, S., Samways, B., Dillon, A., Mukherjee, R., Butcher, S., Cook, P., & McQuire, C. (2024). Establishing a national linked database for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in the UK: multi-method public and professional involvement to determine acceptability and feasibility. #Journal not on list, 9(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2381

Introduction: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one of the leading non-genetic causes of developmental disability worldwide and is thought to be particularly common in the UK. Despite this, there is a lack of data on FASD in the UK.

Object... Read More about Establishing a national linked database for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in the UK: multi-method public and professional involvement to determine acceptability and feasibility.

Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project (2024)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Forsyth, R. (2024). Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project. International Journal for Academic Development, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144x.2024.2349929

Significant conversations provide a private and safe space for teachers to develop their thinking about teaching and learning. These conversations are important to academic development but may be limited by their privacy, although Roxå & Mårtensson n... Read More about Facilitating conversations about race: staff views on the importance of accountability and trust in a student-led project.

The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas (2024)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Kamerade, D., & Dayson, K. (2024). The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas. Journal of Consumer Policy, 47(3), 373-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-024-09567-w

Financial and digital inclusion are key consumer policy agendas for governments globally. Yet, despite the importance of online interfaces to manage finances and make payments, the link between financial and digital inclusion remains under-researched... Read More about The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas.

“Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (2024)
Journal Article
McCarthy, R., Blackburn, C., Mukherjee, R., Allely, C., & Cook, P. (2024). “Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Heliyon, 10(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30076

Background
Screening children for developmental disorders presents unique ethical and methodological challenges, particularly with disorders associated with high levels of shame and stigma. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a neurodevelopmen... Read More about “Taking part in the project has really changed our experience as a family” Investigating parents’ experience of participation in a study to screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder..

Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience (2024)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Barrett, N., & Forsyth, R. (2024). Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience. Quality in Higher Education, 30(3), 410-426. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2024.2307063

Quality enhancement projects in universities frequently rely on short term, fragmented studies implemented in response to snapshot data linked to student feedback. Such projects may not address the complex interplay across stakeholder groups and do n... Read More about Taking a long view towards quality improvement: an intentional approach to solving wicked problems and improving student experience.

Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions (2023)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Curtis, J., & Karl, D. (in press). Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 11(2), 100220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220

Cooperative financial institutions are believed to be less vulnerable to business and economic fluctuations linked to recessions and crises. This paper examines the short-term effects of Covid-19 on the British credit union sector d... Read More about Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions.

The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development (2023)
Journal Article
Vik, P. M., Curtis, J., & Dayson, K. T. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development. Local Economy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942231208916

UK community finance institutions play an important role in deprived neighbourhoods by serving households and businesses unable to access mainstream finance. This paper analyses the short-term effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the activities and... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on UK community finance institutions – Implications for local economic development.

A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways (2023)
Journal Article
Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2023). A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i3.6866

Green and blue infrastructures have always played a key role in shaping European cities, acting as drivers for urban and rural development and regeneration. There is a reawakening of consciousness by European cities towards their waterways following... Read More about A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways.

Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators (2023)
Journal Article
O’Connor, D. A., Baird, T., Jack, K., Wilkinson, R. G., Chambers, A., Hamshire, C., …Wilkinson, R. G. (in press). Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2219313

Practice-based education is an essential component of pre-registration physiotherapy programs, and there is a need for a contemporary review of practice-based educational experiences. The aim of this study was to explore physiotherapy practice educat... Read More about Supporting physiotherapy learners in practice settings: a mixed methods evaluation of experiences of physiotherapy educators.

Student partnership to achieve cultural change (2022)
Journal Article
Gamote, S., Edmead, L., Stewart, B., Patrick, T., Hamshire, C., & Forsyth, R. (2022). Student partnership to achieve cultural change. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v6i1.4837

This case study offers reflections on a student-led collaboration between the university and its student representative body (the Students’ Union) and outlines the successes and challenges of partnership to address institutional cultural change. The... Read More about Student partnership to achieve cultural change.

PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships (2021)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Jack, K. (in press). PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships. #Journal not on list, 11(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.112.008

Background: This article explores the use of a practice development approach to support nursing students’ engagement in learning partnerships in clinical practice settings.

Aim: To reflect, using the model proposed by Rolfe and colleagues (2001),... Read More about PLATO: a practice development approach to reconsidering student learning partnerships.

“Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice (2021)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Levett-Jones, T., Ylonen, A., Ion, R., Pich, J., Fulton, R., & Hamshire, C. (2021). “Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice. Nurse Education in Practice, 56, 103196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103196

Aim
The two aims of this study were, first, to explore nursing students’ experiences and perspectives of reporting poor care and second, examine the process by which they raised concerns.

Background
The nursing literature is replete with studies... Read More about “Feel the fear and do it anyway” … nursing students’ experiences of confronting poor practice.

Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education (2021)
Journal Article
Wright, D. J., Greene, L., Jack, K., Hannan, E., & Hamshire, C. (2021). Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education. #Journal not on list, 7(6), 627-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000849

Virtual simulation can provide high-quality learning
experiences through innovative and engaging activities
while also overcoming some of the constraints
associated with physical simulation. We developed
a virtual community, called Birley Place,... Read More about Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education.

An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings (2021)
Journal Article
Kirsten, J., Jones, L., & Hamshire, C. (2021). An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings. #Journal not on list, 11(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.111.007

Background: It is predicted that care home provision for older people will need to increase significantly over the next 30 years, requiring a skilled workforce that expands to meet this growing need. Innovative practice development strategies are req... Read More about An educational initiative to support the development of communities of practice in older people’s care home settings.

Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Forsyth, R., Hamshire, C., Fontaine-Rainen, D., & Soldaat, L. (2022). Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK. Australian Educational Researcher, 49(2), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00438-8

The principles of diversity and inclusion are valued across the higher education sector, but the ways in which these principles are translated into pedagogic practice are not always evident. Students who are first in their family to attend university... Read More about Shape-shifting and pushing against the odds: staff perceptions of the experiences of first generation students in South Africa and the UK.

‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery (2020)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Levett-Jones, T., Ion, R., Pich, J., Fulton, R., Ylonen, A. M., & Hamshire, C. (2020). ‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery. Nurse Education Today, 90, 104444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104444

Background
While much is known about nursing students' clinical placement experiences in general, less has been reported about their specific encounters with poor care delivery. A few small-scale qualitative studies have been undertaken, which sugge... Read More about ‘She would wash the patients as if she was scrubbing a dirty plate in the sink’: Exploring nursing students experiences of care delivery.

Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling (2020)
Journal Article
Forsyth, R., Hamshire, C., O'Connor, D., Barlund, E., & Hyrkkanen, U. (2020). Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling. #Journal not on list, 3(1),

Healthcare professionals work with increasingly diverse groups of colleagues and patients in their practice, and it is essential that they develop intercultural competence. International experiences in healthcare curricula can help in this developmen... Read More about Developing inter-cultural competencies without travelling.

PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development (2019)
Journal Article
Jack, K., & Hamshire, C. (2019). PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development. Nurse Education in Practice, 37, 141-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.04.008

It is important that nursing students are adequately supported during their clinical practice placements in order to promote effective learning and reduce student attrition. Educators have an important role and this paper offers an interactive tool,... Read More about PLATO: A practice education tool to support learning and professional development.

The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition (2019)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Jack, K., Forsyth, R., Langan, A. M., & Harris, W. E. (2019). The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition. Nursing Inquiry, e12294. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12294

The early withdrawal of students from healthcare education programmes, particularly nursing, is an international concern and, despite considerable investment, retention rates have remained stagnant. Here, a regional study of healthcare student retent... Read More about The wicked problem of healthcare student attrition.

Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements (2017)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., & Wibberley, C. (2017). Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.5.2.7

Clinical placements are central to physiotherapy students’ education, providing an environment in which students can apply learning they have been introduced to in academic settings. However placement learning has been identified as fraught with prob... Read More about Fitting in with the team: Facilitative mentors in physiotherapy student placements.