The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work

In this episode Sarah and Lesley speak to Dr Angie Wilcock and Dr Sheila Quaid about their paper ‘Exploring the Dynamics of Situated Emotionality in Feminist Standpoint Epistemology’ ( click here to read the paper ). Angie and Sheila’s paper (and this podcast episode) focuses on emotions in research and practice. We talked about how, as researchers and practitioners, we can respond genuinely and s...

In this episode Dr Donna Peaock stepped in to co-host with Sarah so that we could speak to Lesley about her paper, ‘A neoliberalist solution for a neoliberalist problem: The neoliberal normalisation of psychosocial support for parent-carers’, co-authored with Philip Nicholson and Kim Allen ( click here to read the paper ).   Lesley’s paper (and this podcast episode) focuses on the impact...

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with  Dr Donna Peacock  about her paper, co-authored with Dr Faye Cosgrove, titled ‘Supporting “vulnerable” detainees through a student volunteering service’ ( click here to read the paper ). Donna is the team lead for Social Studies at the University of Sunderland which includes BSc Health and Social Care, BSc Policing Studies, BSc Professional Po...

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with Dr Rick Bowler about his paper ‘Whiteness, Britishness and the Racist Reality of Brexit’ ( read Rick’s paper here ). Rick has retired since we recorded this interview, but at the time of the conversation Rick was working at the University of Sunderland as a Senior Lecturer. Rick has a background in a range of professional fields, including mental health...

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with Mr Neil Evans about his paper ‘Raising Aspirations and Impartiality: A Paradoxical Position for Career Guidance Practitioners?’ ( read Neil’s paper here ). Neil was previously a career guidance practitioner and in this conversation he draws on that experience to speak with us about professional responsibility and multi-agency working, professional...

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley introduce the podcast and the upcoming episodes. This series focuses on the Working Papers from the Centre for Applied Social Sciences at University of Sunderland ( click here to access the Working Papers ). In each episode we speak to a different researcher about their work and how their findings relate to social work practice. Transcripts are available on t...