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Helen Kara has been an independent researcher since 1999 and specialises in research methods and ethics. She is the author of Creative Research Methods and Research Ethics in the Real World. Helen is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Peter Beresford, author of Participatory Ideology, is Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives. He has a longstanding track record of work in the field of participation and citizen involvement as academic, service user, researcher, educator and activist.
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Kalwant Bhopal, author of White Privilege, is Professorial Research Fellow and Professor of Education and Social Justice in the Centre for Research on Race and Education at the University of Birmingham. Her areas of interest and expertise focus on the educational experiences of black and minority ethnic groups as well as Gypsies and Travellers. Her research specifically explores how processes of racism, exclusion and marginalisation operate in predominantly white spaces with a focus on social justice and inclusion.
Author of The Shame Game, Mary O'Hara is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in social policy and social justice. She was inspired to write about social issues in part because of her experience of childhood poverty growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
See moreAn accessible analysis by Kirstein Rummery, Craig McAngus and Alcuin Edwards of what #genderequality means and how we can achieve it by adapting best practices in care policies from other countries. #OpenAccess via @OAPENbooks
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With conversations around #charity becoming increasingly negative over recent decades, @jesscmiles talks with Stephen Cook and @TaniaMason to rebalance the debate and explore the huge contribution #charities make
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#Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. In this book Ruth Lupton and Debra Hayes identify crucial policy alternatives to make education both better and fairer.
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