January research round-up

Rob MacDonald and Tracy Shildrick, with Colin Webster and Kayleigh Garthwaite, launched their Joseph Rowntree Report Low Pay, No Pay: Understanding Recurrent Poverty.

Rob and Tracy were also invited as consultants and presenters to an Institute for Local Governance sponsored workshop, Research to Reality, held at Sunderland Glass Centre in October, and they were subsequently invited to present the same workshop to Stockton Borough Council in December. They have also been invited to present: >a research seminar at the University of Huddersfield, in January, Critical Reflections on the ‘problem’ of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) >a research seminar run by the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion, at the LSE and in conjunction with the Dept for Work and Pensions, on their research on the ‘low pay no pay cycle’ >a paper in the new ESRC research seminar series on Young precarious workers at the University of Warwick in September 2011.

Rob and Tracy have also had an article, Understanding Youth Sub-Cultures published in the magazine Sociology Review. They have also each had a paper proposal shortlisted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Sociology, Youth: Identities, Transitions, Cultures, forthcoming July 2011.

Paul van Schaik has had an article, Using interactive 3-D visualisation for public consultation, published in the journal Interacting with Computers 22(6), 556-558.

Ewan Ingleby has had an article, Asclepius or Hippocrates? Differing interpretations of post –compulsory initial teacher training mentorin, accepted for publication by the Journal of Vocational Education and Training.

He has also been invited onto the editorial board of the journal Research in Post Compulsory Education, invited by colleagues at Bristol Univeristy to be a research project advisor for the HE Academy ESCalate education research projects, and also invited to apply for extended funding for his own current ESCalate project grant.

Ewan has presented a research paper at the International Professional Development Association conference in December 2010, and has submitted a paper based on this for publication.

Matt Weston has had two papers accepted for publication. With W.Gregson, C.Castagna, S.Breivik, F.Impellizzeri and R.Lovell, Changes in a top-level soccer referee’s training, match activities and physiology over an 8 year period: a case study in the International Journal of Sports Performance and Physiology.

And with B.Drust and W.Gregson, Intensities of exercise during matchplay in FA Premier League referees and players in the Journal of Sports Sciences.

Joan Heggie has had an article, ‘Viva Talbot’ in Multiples in the Journal of the Society of Wood Engravers No 8 (Nov) 15-18.

In addition there has also been a review of the Viva Talbot Exhibition in mima, which Joan curated, published by C.Daunt in the Journal of the Society of Wood Engravers No 8.

John Craig has had an article, Higher skills and the knowledge economy: the challenge of offshoring published in the journal Higher Education Management and Policy 22:3, 107-123, published by OECD.

Lucy Grimshaw contributed to a research report The role of Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements in promoting equalities published by The Equality and Human Rights Commission (research report no 63). Her joint article accepted by Urban Studies (previously reported) has now been published on line and will be published in hard copy later this year.

Cath Crosby has had two further case notes published in the Journal of Criminal Law: Privilege, Waiver and Recent Fabrication – ‘Wilmot’ clarified. And Dangerous Dogs and Destruction Orders – Barking up the Right Tree.

Philip Whitehead and Ray Arthur have had the following article accepted for publication by the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy – Let no one despise your youth: a sociological analysis of youth justice under New Labour 1997-2010.

Jonathan Tummons has had an article, it sort of feels uncomfortable: problematising the assessment of reflective practice published in Studies in Higher Education. Available now on line, print copy due August Vol.45 no.3.

Jonathan Scott, Mike McCauley, Susan Peake and Paul Crawshaw have made a successful bid to the Institute of Local Governance, worth £25,000, to run the Tyne Gateway project. This is in collaboration with North and South Tyneside Councils, and in collaboration with Sunderland, Huddersfield and Newcastle universities.

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