Within the UK, children in England and Northern Ireland are the only people who are not fully protected in law from assault. Scotland and Wales have paved the way towards the UK becoming a more equal society and better protecting children, leaving En... Read More about The time for debate is over: The health, education, and legal case for legislative change to prohibit and eliminate all physical punishment of children and to achieve equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland.
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The authors of this submission support New Clause (NC) 10 and consequential Amendment
11 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (“CWSB”) before the UK Parliament (as at
21 January 2025) and believe that these amendments should both be made to... Read More about Abolition of the common law defence of reasonable punishment of children in England: evidence to UK Parliament (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee).
Intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in queer asylum claims (2024)
Book Chapter
Drawing on one of the author’s own experiences with the asylum system and findings from a major European study on queer asylum claims, this chapter looks at intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in asylum claims by queer refugees in Europe. I... Read More about Intersections of gender, sexuality and ‘race’ in queer asylum claims.
Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care (2024)
Journal Article
There have been many Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots worldwide and a large literature has emerged outlining mostly positive findings but also acknowledging that no government has implemented the policy. In June 2022 the Welsh Government launched... Read More about Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care.
A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
As the academic year for many draws to an end, many students across the UK will be breathing a sigh of relief, not simply because the summer represents a break from studying per se, but because a campus breather such as this offers respite from possi... Read More about A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students.
The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas (2024)
Journal Article
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.
Frames as pre-signal context: using a semiotic framing approach to explain how prior experiences shape present interpretations of control signals (2024)
Journal Article
Innes’s “control signals” provides a semiotic perspective for explaining how acts of social control send “signals” about the effectiveness of security mechanisms. A cross-cutting theme infers that “culture and situation matter” in the reception of si... Read More about Frames as pre-signal context: using a semiotic framing approach to explain how prior experiences shape present interpretations of control signals.
Let's ditch age assessment X-Rays (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Ageing Women’s Workplace Wellbeing: A Global Political Imperative (2024)
Journal Article
Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On (2024)
Report
One year on from the results of the world’s biggest ever four-day working week pilot which took place in the UK in 2022, companies that took part have reported significant and lasting success.
The report offers new insight into the effects of a fo... Read More about Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On.