In contemporary debates on the authority of global institutions, there is an important yet often overlooked organisational curiosity: namely, the International Seabed Authority (‘ISA’). The ISA reflects a highpoint in international communitarian governance. Premised around traditional notions of access, control and allocation of deep seabed resources, its mandate is both invariably spatial-temporal, and yet also…Continue Reading A Guardian of Universal Interest or Increasingly Out of its Depth?
Month: July 2019
Community Health Trainers in the UK – identity, identity work and boundary work
This article contributes empirical findings and sociological theoretical perspectives to discussions of the role of community lay health workers, including in improving the health of individuals and communities. We focus on the role of the Health Trainer (HT), at its inception described as one of the most innovative developments in UK Public Health policy. University…Continue Reading Community Health Trainers in the UK – identity, identity work and boundary work
Predictors of Dropout in Disordered Gamblers in UK Residential Treatment Authors
Within the cohort of individuals who seek treatment for disordered gambling, over half fail to complete treatment. The current study sought to identify predictors of treatment dropout in a sample of gamblers attending a residential treatment facility for disordered gamblers in the UK and to report differences in voluntary and enforced dropout. Data on 658…Continue Reading Predictors of Dropout in Disordered Gamblers in UK Residential Treatment Authors
Analysing the archive
Research by Samantha Shave examines past parliaments’ role in the making and breaking of welfare policies. In particular, Samantha is interested in the development, impact and discontinuation of poor relief policies and practices in England, and how people from all areas of society were involved in this past ‘policy process’. This research has culminated in Pauper…Continue Reading Analysing the archive
Making a Co-operative University: a new form of knowing – not public but social
Calls to establish public education avoid the fact that public education is provided by the capitalist state whose real purpose is the market-based model of private gain. Public against private education is a false dichotomy; rather, public and private are complementary forms of capitalist regulation. Radical alternatives require a more foundational…Continue Reading Making a Co-operative University: a new form of knowing – not public but social
Psychology Labs
The Psychology Labs in the Sarah Swift building are used by the School of Psychology for research projects in areas such as forensic psychology, perception and cognition, development and social behaviour, and autism….Continue Reading Psychology Labs
Psychology Body Scanner
A brief demonstration of what it is like to stand in our body scanner located in the Psychology labs….Continue Reading Psychology Body Scanner
Clinical Suites
The clinical suites in the Sarah Swift building are used by the School of Health and Social Care to simulate real hospital and home environments, and feature the latest in patient simulation technology….Continue Reading Clinical Suites
Moot Court
The Moot court is used by Lincoln Law School and is a mock-court environment which students can utilise as part of their studies….Continue Reading Moot Court