“Don’t walk home alone at night.”

Dr Nicola Roberts Lauren Doyle and Mark Roberts look at the advice given to students on university websites which explains why we still blame crime victims, rather than the perpetrators.

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Our first guests, Paul Willis and Gerry Nosowska are joining us virtually this morning to discuss their research - Social Work with Older People. I'm very much looking forward to the conversation and learning more about the work they have been doing.

Excited to begin recording new 'Portal Podcast: Linking research & practice for social work' series which will focus on social work w/ older people. Series will be published later this year - stay tuned for more info! portalpodcast.org CASS University of Sunderland UoS Research & Knowledge Exchange

February's Public Lecture:
Care and compassion in hospital social work: Initial findings from a PhD study
Speaker: Carrie Phillips
Date and time: 28 February, 1-3pm
Location: Sir Tom Cowie Campus (RV416, Reg Vardy Centre) and on MS Teams - see sunderland.ac.uk/more/research/…

I am happy to announce that my recent paper has now been published. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New publication by CASS member @sarahlonbay with European colleagues explores the potential role of social workers in supporting older people's transitions into care homes SunUniSW UoS Research & Knowledge Exchange

Some amazing work being created today reflecting people's views about recovery in mental health and what it means to them. A big shared piece being co-created this afternoon and I can't wait to see the finished piece! #VisionOfRecovery CASS University of Sunderland

Read our new article by Dr Nicola Roberts, Dr Carla Reeves, University of Huddersfield and Louise Jackson about the resetttlement of child sex offenders from Approved Premises published in the Probation Journal: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Our next public lecture will take place next Weds from 1-3pm. Dr. Sarah Lonbay will be joined by her co-researchers from an arts based project exploring mental health and safety. The lecture will be online and in person, details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cass-public-…

Our December Public Lecture is tomorrow - 20/12 at 1 pm:
Bringing humanising influences into critical care through the power of natural environment: The Hospital Garden Project by Dr Sheila Quaid.
See the link: sunderland.ac.uk/more/research/…

Our (Dr Nicola Roberts, Lauren Doyle, Mark Roberts) new article published in the Journal of GBV will help UK universities re-frame their personal safety advice to students to avoid victim-blaming: doi.org/10.1332/239868…

A great resource for social workers (& other professionals) now available! You can listen to 'The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work' via the website: portalpodcast.org or via your usual podcast platform (search the full podcast title to find it).

On 25 October at 1 pm, as part of our Public Lectures, we have speakers - Alison Ni Charraighe (Northumbria University) and Andie Reynolds (University of Edinburgh) presenting on Youth Work and Initial Mental Health - see the link for further details: sunderland.ac.uk/more/research/…

Read our (Dr Nicola Roberts, Catherine Donovan, Matthew Durey) new article: ‘Students’ help-seeking for experiences of interpersonal violence: How can universities respond?’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… Timely given the recent OfS consultation: officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-gui…

'Making a difference for the future' paper about how educators by experience feel about involvement in social work education is now available to read & highlights benefits that EbE bring & experience in these roles. Access here
tandfonline.com/eprint/I63UHHQ… UoS Research & Knowledge Exchange Toby Brandon

Friday 15th September Anniversary celebration of the ICU garden! Dr Sheila Quaid will feedback from UKRI participatory research funded evaluation.ICUsteps UK Research and Innovation UoS Research & Knowledge Exchange Dr. Caroline Mitchell Paul L Chazot Laura Johnston - Healing Spaces Uni Of Sun Comms Dr. Sarah Lonbay Tim Pain South Tees Hospitals

Dr William Webster, Dr Helen Williams and Dr Nicola Roberts are inviting transgender and non-binary students to take-part in their research on perceptions and experiences of sexual harm. Access this link for more information: sunduni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4G…

As promised, we are sharing our #VisionOfSafety exhibition online. Use the link to see what we created & to join in with our dynamic dialogue about safety and what it means to us #ParticipatoryResearch UoS Research & Knowledge Exchange ReCoCo sunderland.ac.uk/more/research/…

Congratultions Amy Pearson

a lovely addition to week 2 of my a/l - my research blog for British Criminology discussing one of the key findings of my PhD research: the normalisation of online hate in social media communities!