Projects (7)

Assessing the role of boom and bust economies on professional education: a British-Australian comparison Aug 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020
This is a seedcorn application that will permit networking with a colleague in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. Together, we will conduct some initial research and planning in order to put together a bigger funding bid. The large... Read More about Assessing the role of boom and bust economies on professional education: a British-Australian comparison.

Facing 21st century challenges in social work Feb 3, 2020 - Nov 30, 2023
This funding is for two two-day workshops that will address how social work education can prepare future social workers to cope with 21st century challenges. One workshop is to be held in Scotland and the other is to be held in Japan. One Japanese a... Read More about Facing 21st century challenges in social work.

The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland Feb 14, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have led to a significant rise in gender-based violence (GBV) throughout the world as a result of restrictions on movement and an increase in social isolation.

Respect has reported an 97% increase in... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland.

Evaluation of Children First Border's FGDM project Jan 27, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
The evaluation will seek to explore and evaluate the implementation of the FGDM process with families offered early intervention by Borders Council who, at the time of commencement in FGDM, are at the beginning of their Child Protection journey.

Improving Access to Service Charities for Female Veterans Apr 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
There has been research carried out to discover the barriers to veterans accessing specific specialist services, however, these studies have comprised mainly male participants. It has become apparent recently that there are gender differences involve... Read More about Improving Access to Service Charities for Female Veterans.

A comparative study of associations between time to first antenatal appointment and preterm births in rural Georgia and rural Scotland Jul 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2023
A study to compare the prevalence of preterm births between rural Georgia and rural Scotland followed by a comparative analysis of the two health systems.

Resilience and responses to interconnecting crises in informal settings (ISPF) Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Over 1 billion people – including close to 500 million children – live in so-called slums and informal settlements, mostly in cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Residents in poor urban informal neighbourhoods face many challenges and everyday... Read More about Resilience and responses to interconnecting crises in informal settings (ISPF).