The Student Thesis Conference as a model for authentic and inclusive student research dissemination

Caroline Douglas in Sports Health & Exercise Science has co-authored:

Caroline Douglas, James Yearsley, Graham W. Scott b and Katharine E. Hubbard (2018) The Student Thesis Conference as a model for authentic and inclusive student research dissemination  VOL. 3, NO. 1, 331–353

Sixty seconds on . . . tokophobia

Catriona Jones and Julie Jomeen published:

Sixty seconds on . . . tokophobia BMJ doi:10.1136/bmj.k3933

News from SPARC

We are pleased to have been successful in the recent PhD scholarships scheme competition. Prof Liz Walker, supported by the team, pitched for three scholarships which will focus on the experience of living with multiple health conditions. The research cluster will prioritise the collection of voices of people living with multimorboidity and their families and carers, through drawing on the collaborative and collective practice, diverse expertise and research experience of the team in gathering and understanding people’s stories and narratives around illness, long-term conditions and, crucially, their intersection.

We will be recruiting from what we hope will be a wide field of possible candidates in the next few weeks, so please keep an eye out for communications from SPARC and the Graduate School and distribute to your networks as you feel appropriate.

Service Provider Difficulties in Operationalizing Coercive Control

Vicky Burton has co-authored:

Iain R. Brennan, Victoria Burton, Sinéad Gormally, Nicola O’Leary (2018) Service Provider Difficulties in Operationalizing Coercive Control Violence against Women
doi: 10.1177/1077801218797478

Global Challenges Research Fund Project – ‘Trauma and Community Based Social Work in East Africa’

Dr Karin Cooper writes: 

This three-phased international project, which commenced in Dar es Salam, has been selected as representing an ‘excellent case study’ for the QR – GCRF. The project involved networking in Tanzania between Bienvenu Munyerere (NGO - Burundi), Mubakilay Yannick (NGO - Democratic Republic of the Congo), Dr Karin Cooper (University of Hull) and Madam Leah Omari an academic colleague from the Tanzanian ‘Institute of Social Work’ who joined us on the first networking day.

As part of this project our Congolese and Burundian partners engaged in extensive networking within East Africa. This involved consultation with various NGOs from a range of backgrounds including social work, health, education and the legal profession. UK partners Dr Amanda Lee (pictured), Amina Adan and Dr Karin Cooper, in partnership with Bienvenu Munyerere and Mubakilay Yannick, finalised key areas of mutual interest for future research funding centred upon rights, risk and protection in an East African context.

This three-phased international project, which commenced in Dar es Salam, has been selected as representing an ‘excellent case study’ for the QR – GCRF.The project involved networking in Tanzania between Bienvenu Munyerere (NGO - Burundi), Mubakilay Yannick (NGO - Democratic Republic of the Congo), Dr Karin Cooper (University of Hull) and Madam Leah Omari an academic colleague from the Tanzanian ‘Institute of Social Work’ who joined us on the first networking day.

As part of this project our Congolese and Burundian partners engaged in extensive networking within East Africa. This involved consultation with various NGOs from a range of backgrounds including social work, health, education and the legal profession. UK partners Dr Amanda Lee (pictured), Amina Adan and Dr Karin Cooper, in partnership with Bienvenu Munyerere and Mubakilay Yannick, finalised key areas of mutual interest for future research funding centred upon rights, risk and protection in an East African context.

Forum Theatre Project – International Dissemination

Dr Karin Cooper carried out a workshop with NGOs from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the use of participatory theatre techniques.  This event was the result of a Ferens Education Trust funded project which took place at the University of Hull.

The workshop included the use of a photographic journey, discussion, and demonstration of participatory theatre techniques through use of a digital resource. This was made possible thanks to students from the MA and BA Social Work and BSc Mental Health Nursing programmes at the University of Hull who participated in the development of this digital recording!

During the Tanzanian visit Dr Karin Cooper visited academic colleagues at the Institute of Social Work and shared her experience of using Forum Theatre as a tool for working with students on professional training programmes.

What are the patterns of compliance with Early Warning Track and Trigger Tools: A narrative review

Nicki Credland, Judith Dyson and Miriam Johnson have co-authored:

Credland N, Dyson J, Johnson M (2018) What are the patterns of compliance with Early Warning Track and Trigger Tools: A narrative review Applied Nursing Research doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2018.09.002

Why we’re looking for cancer clues in urine

Barbara Guinn published her work in The Conversation

More British Science Festival presentations by Barbara Guinn and Steve Archibald

Difference, Diversity, Diffraction: Confronting Hegemonies and Dispossessions

Roselyn Masamha presented at the 10th European Feminist Research Conference "Difference, Diversity, Diffraction: Confronting Hegemonies and Dispossessions" which took place from the 12th - 15th of September 2018 in Göttingen, Germany. Roselyn jointly with the editors and other authors also launched the recently published and latest Teaching with gender book.

This international conference takes place every three years since 1991, each time hosted at a different European University. It is one of the major opportunities for feminist, gender studies scholars, activists, artists and policy makers from all over Europe and across disciplinary boundaries to gather and exchange experiences. This year it attracted the highest number of participants since its inception making it the largest feminist conference thus far, with keynote speakers from Canada, Switzerland,India and Poland.

The conference addressed fundamental issues of gender and diversity studies: social inequality, difference and equal opportunities. The subtitle "confronting" included the appeal to reflect social exclusion and discrimination and to find affirmative ways of dealing with diversity in respect of European and global dimensions.

Newly discovered protein could drastically improve ovarian cancer survival rates

·       Research from the University of Hull targets ovarian cancer survival rates.  Early detection in stage 1 of ovarian cancer could see survival rates increase from 20% to around 90%.

·       The protein can be detected in early disease stage, leading to earlier diagnosis, and was revealed as part of the British Science Festival this week.

Barbara was interviewed on BBC World Service on 12 September 2018

Early detection and diagnosis can greatly increase the chances of survival when it comes to cancer, but some forms of the disease are more difficult to identify during the early stages. Dr Barbara Guinn, a researcher at the University of Hull, has led a research programme that has identified a biomarker that has the potential to make such a diagnosis much easier in one specific form of cancer.

Dr Guinn’s work researching biomarkers able to be used to diagnose ovarian cancer is yet to be published but has yielded positive results.

Barbara said: “The majority of diagnoses for ovarian cancer come during stage three, when the cancer has spread to other areas of the body, which has a direct impact on the chances of patients’ surviving.”

It has previously been found that proteins can act as biomarkers, which help diagnose diseases earlier, but this has not previously been a focus of research in detecting ovarian cancer. Barbara’s research has found such a marker, which is elevated in patients with stage one and stage two ovarian cancer, allowing for much earlier detection, diagnosis and treatment.

Early detection and diagnosis in cancer cases can have a huge impact on survival rates. Barbara continued: “A stage three diagnosis can mean survival rates as low as 20%, but with early detection, that can be increased dramatically to around 90%.”

The next stage of Barbara’s research is to examine whether this marker is secreted into urine. If so, this would make a simple test, similar to a pregnancy test, a possibility.

Barbara’s talk as part of the British Science Festival will look at the developments in cancer treatment in recent years and her work to develop a vaccine to prevent people from relapsing with cancer, and ultimately saving lives.

Barbara was interviewed on BBC World Service on 12 September 2018 and the following articles appeared in the press:

The Daily Telegraph

The Shropshire Star

Evening Express (Aberdeen)

Yahoo News

iNews

The Argus

The Scottish Farmer

The Herald (Scotland)

News Achives UK

Express & Star

County Times (Powys)

World First

Pressreader

Breaking news

ifl Science

Daily Mail

North Wales Pioneer

Dr Tim Alexander (Clinical Psychology) has co-authored:

Lily Dixon, Chris Sanderson, Tim Alexander, and Lucy Holt (2018) A Weird but Interesting Journey: Personal Traumatic Growth for Individuals with Hallucinations Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy DOI: 10.4172/2161-0487.1000343

The article also featured in the British Psychological Society Research Digest

European Understandings of Advance Decision-making

Professor Jörg Richter (Psychology) has contributed to an ESRC funded project:

Towards a European understanding of advance decision-making: a comparative, interdisciplinary approach

which has published a booklet:

European Understandings of Advance Decision-making: Implications for Policy and Research

A seminar related to the project was held on 10 September 2018 in Leeds

Dr Tim Beuscher

Great news – our colleague Tim had his Viva recently and passed

Nicky Clark - international and professional appointments

Nicky Clark was appointed a Visiting Professor at Yangzhou University, China from April 2017 and is a member of the Midwifery Panel at the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Adolescent girls are susceptible to sexual pressure, coercion and victimisation

Yvonne Wilkinson has published this commentary:

Adolescent girls are susceptible to sexual pressure, coercion and victimisation and strategies need to be developed and aimed at males and females to prevent this Evidence-Based Nursing

Dr Jennifer Loke appointed guest professor in China

Jennifer with, on her left the Dean of School of Nursing, Prof Gong Wei Juan,
on her right is, Vice Dean of Medical School, Prof Yong Zheng.
In the background are the directors and teachers of the two schools.

Dr Jennifer Loke has been appointed as a guest professor at Yangzhou University China.

Dr Loke has been in Yangzhou conducting part of the orientation on our joint programme with the faculty. She has been giving lectures in the capacity of a director of the dual award programme.

Masters students thank to Dr Moira Graham

Moira with Jayne (L) and Lisa (R)

Lisa Jennison says:

Moira supervised both myself and Jayne Walker during our MSc dissertations and her exemplary support and dedication to us both can not be underestimated. Moira is an inspiration to us both.

At the degree ceremony in July we graduated from the stage, as we are both working as Lecturers in Nursing,working in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Jayne Walker received an MSc in Health Studies (leadership and education)

Lisa Jennison  received an MSc in Health Studies (leadership and education) - with distinction