Following Young Fathers Further is a 4-year qualitative longitudinal and participatory study exploring the lives and support needs of young fathers, funded by UKRI. The pandemic has required us all to adapt our research in various ways. In this presentation, the research team will talk through some of our reflections on interviewing and conducting research…Continue Reading Reflections on interviewing at a distance with young fathers and professionals
Day: July 14, 2021
Enhancing Policy Engagement: Collaboration and Capacity Building
In 2020-21 the University was allocated £117,000 from Research England’s QR Strategic Priorities Fund (QR SPF). A key aim of QR SPF is to support universities to link effectively with policy research priorities and opportunities, from the local to the international. With support from the College Research Office, I coordinated the distribution of the funds….Continue Reading Enhancing Policy Engagement: Collaboration and Capacity Building
Getting Consultancy Off the Ground
Roger and Michelle reflect together on the challenges and opportunities involved in delivering consultancy projects. Michelle talks about her ten-month contract with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), delivered under the very challenging circumstances of the pandemic. She covers how she used her existing expertise to build a relationship with an external…Continue Reading Getting Consultancy Off the Ground
Creating Connections in a Virtual World
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 in the UK, it quickly changed our day-to-day lives. With the closure of university facilities, doctoral researchers suddenly found themselves out of the postgraduate office and left to continue their studies from home. This shift triggered an almost overnight change in the environment surrounding many doctoral researchers,…Continue Reading Creating Connections in a Virtual World
Overcoming the challenges of doctoral study during the pandemic.
Director of Studies, Dr Joss Winn, talks with colleague and PhD Professional candidate, Alison Raby, about the challenges she has faced during the pandemic when undertaking her research, An exploration of the personal tutoring experiences of Chinese students in the UK. The impact of Covid-19 has meant that Alison has had to rethink her data…Continue Reading Overcoming the challenges of doctoral study during the pandemic.
Covid-19: Relationships between children and their non-resident parents in the early months of the pandemic
Covid-19 has had particular ramifications for separated families. It has introduced potential barriers to children seeing their non-resident parents and risks to these parents having the earnings to provide financial support. Using data from the UKHLS Covid-19 study, for June 2020, this paper presents an encouraging picture of more solid relationships and financial support arrangements…Continue Reading Covid-19: Relationships between children and their non-resident parents in the early months of the pandemic
Face Masks and Face Recognition
Face masks present a new challenge for face identification in Western cultures, but we are used to seeing people with the upper half of their face covered by sunglasses. My collaborators and I set out to establish whether face masks present any greater a problem for face recognition than sunglasses. Our results showed that people…Continue Reading Face Masks and Face Recognition
Navigating the Doctoral Journey During a Pandemic
The doctoral journey can be a winding road, throwing up challenges at every twist and turn but the arrival of Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions, created a host of challenges that could never have been predicted and rapidly changed the way we live. For doctoral researchers this meant the closure of university facilities, services at…Continue Reading Navigating the Doctoral Journey During a Pandemic
Caregiving Dads, Breadwinning Mums: Transforming Gender in Work and Childcare?
Despite a gradual increase in fathers’ time with children and its positive effects on families, mothers continue to bear main responsibility for childcare, and fathers for breadwinning. This mixed-methods project seeks to identify routes and barriers to greater gender equality in the home. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, it investigates opposite-sex couples who share childcare…Continue Reading Caregiving Dads, Breadwinning Mums: Transforming Gender in Work and Childcare?