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

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

Supporting People After Remand or Conviction (SPARC): An Innovation in Pre-Custody Care

The journey through the criminal justice system is turbulent and changes the life-course, for better or worse, of large numbers of people (Bierie and Mann, 2017). The Supporting People After Remand or Conviction (SPARC) project was set up by Lincolnshire Action Trust and HMP Lincoln to meet the Bradley Report (2009) recommendations. SPARC provides a…Continue Reading Supporting People After Remand or Conviction (SPARC): An Innovation in Pre-Custody Care

Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support is made up of a network of millions of professionals, volunteers, campaigners and people affected by cancer and is one of the UK’s largest charities. In November 2013, the UoL signed a formal partnership agreement with Macmillan. From the outset Dr Ros Kane was a member of the steering group charged with…Continue Reading Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support