Gambling and COVID-19: Initial Findings from a UK Sample

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Government placed society on ‘lockdown’, altering the gambling landscape. This study sought to capture the immediate lockdown-enforced changes in gambling behaviour. UK adults (n = 1028) were recruited online. Gambling behaviour (frequency and weekly expenditure, perceived increase/decrease) was measured using a survey-specific questionnaire. Analyses compared gambling behaviour as a…Continue Reading Gambling and COVID-19: Initial Findings from a UK Sample

PGR Connect Seminar Series

Staff in the School of Sport and Exercise Science are organising a seminar series to connect postgraduate researchers (PGRSs) at the University of Lincoln with PGRs at institutions across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Organised by staff specialising in sport and exercise psychology (Twitter: @LincsSpExPsych), the PGR Connect Seminar Series will run on…Continue Reading PGR Connect Seminar Series

The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series

The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series, authored by Dr. Andra le Roux-Kemp with publisher Wolters Kluwer (Hong Kong), consists of three volumes: Hong Kong Criminal Procedure (2019), Hong Kong Law of Evidence (2019), and Hong Kong Criminal Law (forthcoming 2021/22). The aim of this Criminal Justice Series is to provide a single, comprehensive source on the laws of Hong…Continue Reading The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series

University of Lincoln, College of Social Science Research Showcase 2020

Writing a note of introduction for the College Research Showcase this year – in the midst of the challenges we currently face – prompts a mix of emotions. As I have mentioned in a number of my weekly emails, the College has organised a number of well-attended workshops to consider the many and varied impacts…Continue Reading University of Lincoln, College of Social Science Research Showcase 2020

There is an alternative: Making the Co-operative University

Universities in the UK are increasingly adopting corporate governance structures, a consumerist model of teaching and learning, and have the most expensive tuition fees in the world. This research employed collaborative methods that aimed to develop and define an alternative conceptual framework of knowledge production grounded in co-operative values and principles. The main findings were…Continue Reading There is an alternative: Making the Co-operative University

“Never Work with Children and Animals?” How Research Projects Can Lead to Assessment Tools

This presentation shows how research projects can produce valuable assessment tools for the local, national and international community. The first project on children’s early word learning demonstrates how our research led to the production of the UK-Communicative Development Inventories with UK-standardised questionnaires and the first UK norms of early language. As no such norms existed,…Continue Reading “Never Work with Children and Animals?” How Research Projects Can Lead to Assessment Tools

Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support and the College of Social Science, University of Lincoln

Macmillan Cancer Support is the UK’s leading cancer charity and comprises a network of millions of professionals, volunteers, campaigners and people affected by cancer. In November 2013, the university signed a formal partnership with Macmillan and from the outset Ros Kane was a member of the steering group to direct and co-ordinate activities across three…Continue Reading Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support and the College of Social Science, University of Lincoln