The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Legal Education and Training in England and Wales

Globalisation, technology, and changing social (and digital) values, are dramatically and rapidly transforming the future of work. This is also true of legal practice and the future of lawyers and other law professionals. It is estimated, for example, that “nearly 40% of jobs in the legal sector could end up being automated in the long…Continue Reading The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Legal Education and Training in England and Wales

A Step to VAR: The Vision Science of Offside Calls by Video Assistant Referees

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system has had a major impact on decision-making in professional association football. However, offside decisions remain a major area of dispute and debate, with over 34 goals ruled out in the first season of VAR in the Premier League. Evidence in vision science points toward two problems with the application…Continue Reading A Step to VAR: The Vision Science of Offside Calls by Video Assistant Referees

COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, universities closed their doors with uncertainty over when they would reopen. In the early stages of lockdown, many doctoral and Early Career Researchers (collectively, ECRs) felt their institutions had forgotten them. Vitae and the UKRI-funded Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN) surveyed 5,900 ECRs across…Continue Reading COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.

Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study

When children suffer pain through medical illness or traumatic injury, they are often assessed, treated, and transported to hospital by ambulance. Prehospital pain management in children is considered poor. Within the United Kingdom (UK), a recent study showed that only 39% of children suffering acute pain achieved effective pain management (abolition or reduction of pain ≥2 out…Continue Reading Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study

COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered the daily lives of many people across the globe, both through the direct interpersonal cost of the disease, and the governmental restrictions imposed to mitigate its spread and impact. The UK has been particularly affected and has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe. In this paper, we…Continue Reading COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic

Building partnerships and undertaking impactful research in collaboration with vulnerable groups and the services that support them

We are a team of four academics from the Schools of Health and Social Care, and Psychology, with experience in frontline services and conducting research into homelessness, addiction, criminal justice and mental health. In the past 2 years, we have worked on multiple mixed-methods projects with people who are vulnerable due to complex needs. Projects…Continue Reading Building partnerships and undertaking impactful research in collaboration with vulnerable groups and the services that support them

Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions

In this presentation, Jamie, a PhD Student studying the pathways into teaching: exploring the preparation and retention of maths and science teachers, converses with his supervisor Rachael about their combined experiences of the virtual isolation over the past year. They discuss the challenges and benefits put upon them by the situation over the last year,…Continue Reading Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions

Prisons in a Pandemic – Examining the Impact on Prisoner Well-Being and Mental Health

Rachael Dagnall joined the University of Lincoln in 2018 following a 17-year career as a Chartered and Registered Forensic Psychologist within Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Rachael will deliver a talk on how her previous experiences of working within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPDP) services have enabled her to become part of…Continue Reading Prisons in a Pandemic – Examining the Impact on Prisoner Well-Being and Mental Health