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Research students and their topics

Full-Time student topics

Becirevic, Majda Families with children with disabilities in Eastern Europe

Boahen, Godfred 2005 Mental Capacity Act and Learning Difficulty Social Work Practice

Chen, Hong Establishing Palliative Care Needs of Dying Older People in a Chinese city; a Comparative Study of Patients in a Traditional Chinese Setting and a Cancer Hospital

Davies, Alison The construction of ADHD – a discursive psychological approach to the talk of mothers of children with ADHD

Dyson, Phillip Self-Injury: A critical exploration

Franklin, Jane 'Home': a radical concept in social policy and across the life course

Gibbs, Liz Evaluation of the Unison Partnership Route for Social Work Degree

Hadfield, Lucy Disabled motherhood: changing times?

Humber, Lee Getting a Job: An investigation of the impact of the disability equality duty on opportunities and challenges for younger disabled people

Ingham, Nigel End of an Era: An oral history of the closure of the Royal Albert Hospital, Lancaster

Lekalakala, Kgauhelo Child Sexual Abuse in Preschool Children in South Africa

Lockwood, Adam Tackling Childhood Obesity: Monitoring Physical Activity in Children

McGeeney, Ester ‘Good Sex', young people, health outcomes and self esteem: a critique of contemporary negative attitudes to adolescent sexuality

Moore, Caroline The Stretched Generation – Caring for Children and Older Relatives in the Same Time Frame

Scicluna, Rachel Transitions in kitchen living

Sculthorpe, Rob The experiences of male-to-female transexuals in accessing National Health services and Primary Care Trust services

Taylor, Emily Globalisation and international adoption

Tourish, Sharon Evaluating the impact of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities

Part-Time Student Topics

Galea-Seychell, Olivia Restoring foster children to their family of origin – its implications

Hamilton, Ruth Widening Participation for Women: Are non-traditional educational routes truly empowering for women seeking professional qualification through the social work degree?

Hunt, Jeff From a psychosocial perspective how does fatherhood affect a man's sense of masculine identity?

Ledger, Susan Life history work with people with learning disabilities

McPhail, Mo Users of Social Services: dynamics of participation in social work education in Scotland

Ndlovu, Ian Life experiences of Street Children in Bulawayo: Developing a child-centred approach

Psaila, Claudia Study of Maltese practitioners' understanding and experience of the spiritual dimension of counselling and psychotherapy

Scourfield, Peter Older people’s experiences of having their ‘care packages’ reviewed in residential care

Smith, Julie Stress and diabetes

Spurr, Sue An in depth exploration of the experiences (in terms of expectations, objectives and challenges) of CAM Practitioners when moving from training to practice and how this might impact on CAM training providers and professional organisations

Tedam, Prospera Children’s rights among West African families living in the UK

Wilson, Anthea The personal and social implications for healthcare practitioners of mentoring students

Willson, Catherine Mothers who are stroke survivors: what are the effects on their role as parents?

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