The prevalence of many health conditions is higher amongst people under probation supervision than in the general population. Probation staff work in partnership with healthcare organisations to identify health needs and improve the health of people under supervision. During the pandemic, probation adopted an Exceptional Delivery Model, replacing most face-to-face supervision with remote supervision. Using…Continue Reading Covid-19 and Probation’s Health Related Practice
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Impact at the University of Lincoln; celebrating CoSS impact and looking to the future
To ask questions, and have full functionality and engagement with this presentation, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1XwMk01PN4 The University of Lincoln has a proud history and ongoing commitment to purposeful research, and research which makes a difference regionally, nationally and internationally. Impact – or the provable benefits of research in the ‘real world’ – is central to…Continue Reading Impact at the University of Lincoln; celebrating CoSS impact and looking to the future
Navigating global collaborative research projects in times of Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is presenting researchers with a range of challenges. One of these is how to successfully execute larger collaborative global research projects, such as an edited book, involving numerous researchers from various countries. During this brief talk, we will discuss some of these challenges that are likely to arise in such a context,…Continue Reading Navigating global collaborative research projects in times of Covid-19
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
Improving the Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of Lincolnshire Police
In 2017, Lincolnshire Police approached the School of Sport and Exercise Science, with a view to identifying how expertise in the School might assist in improving the wellbeing of the force’s employees. The Health Advancement Research Team (HART) suggested that a multifaceted and collaborative approach could be adopted, targeting both physical and psychological wellbeing. Working…Continue Reading Improving the Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of Lincolnshire Police
Climate Change
Welcome to the College of Social Science Climate Change Panel. In this panel our colleagues discuss work being undertaken in the University of Lincoln, which is relevant to tackling the Climate Crisis. Our panelists are Dr Rico Isaacs, Professor Louis Kotzé, Dr Adele Langlois, Dr Mark Schuerch and an introduction to the panel is provided…Continue Reading Climate Change