Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Research strengths and interests within the Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children in Scotland focus on six priority areas:
- Corporate Parenting – e.g. Roles and responsibilities of corporate parents, inter-professional communications, understandings of the corporate family, corporate provision and residential care, access to services (including education, leisure, transport, housing, health);
- Family and Community Support – e.g. Family contact, family support, kinship care, children in need, children looked after at home, parental experiences of the hearings systems, parenting support and training, public perceptions of looked after children, access to and engagement with community facilities, early years support;
- Permanence, Stability and Transitions – e.g. Permanence orders, recruitment and assessment of adopters, changing demography of adopters, alternate forms of permanence, assessment and intervention, foster carer experiences, care leaver experience of further/higher education, barriers to FE/HE entry;
- Diversity and Disability – e.g. Improving data and the use of intelligence, the dimensions of diversity, ethnicity and culture, diversity and outcomes, disability and looked after children, the role of short breaks and respite, LGBT looked after children, the impact of child poverty, additional educational needs;
- Advocacy and Human Rights - Children and young people as researchers, peer mentoring, reflections on historic abuse, adult care leavers’ identities, looked after children’s use of technology, children’s experiences of the hearing system, the interests of looked after children and young people;
- Leadership and Management – e.g. Service evaluation, identification of good practice, policy impact, implementation studies, workforce development, supervision and support of staff, training and the role of feedback, working experiences of practitioners, stress and work, international comparative studies, qualifications and credentials.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Graham Connelly, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA, FRSA
- Centre For Excellence For Children'S Care And Protection - Knowledge Exchange
Person: Knowledge Exchange Only
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Nadine Fowler
- Centre For Excellence For Children'S Care And Protection - Research Fellow
Person: Research Only
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Emma Mairi Hanley
- Centre For Excellence For Children'S Care And Protection - Professional Services
Person: Professional Services
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Child Protection - COSLA
Burns, C. (Principal Investigator), Coull, A. (Co-investigator), Sills, R. (Co-investigator) & Watson, M. (Co-investigator)
COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
1/04/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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North Ayrshire Council - Fairer Futures Partnership
Burns, C. (Principal Investigator) & Ottaway, H. (Co-investigator)
17/03/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy)
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Aberdeen City Council - Fairer Futures Pathfinder - Year 1
Ottaway, H. (Principal Investigator), Anderson, C. (Co-investigator), McTier, A. (Co-investigator), Quinn, L. (Co-investigator) & Scullion, D. (Co-investigator)
Aberdeen City Council, Community Services
3/03/25 → 2/03/26
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Services/Consultancy)
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Obituary: Ruby Whitelaw
McMillan, N., 12 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. 4, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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22nd Kilbrandon Lecture: 'Who then, in law, is my parent'
Norrie, K. M., 8 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. 24, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book review: Looked after: A childhood in care by Ashley John-Baptiste
Hillan, C., 8 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. 24, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Prisons, Prison Officers and Prisoners' Families, 2021
DEACON, K. (Creator), UK Data Service , 16 Oct 2024
Dataset
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CSRR Strand 3 Example Code and Data
Soraghan, J. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 18 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.15129/2677d45d-77a4-4028-a6b6-39137611bdf3, https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/search-bank/childrens-services-reform-research-study-mapping-integration-and-outcomes-across-scotland-a-statistical-analysis
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Prizes
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Awarded the Rotary Club of Paisley Award for the best undergraduate dissertation at the UWS - 2013
McGregor, S. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Carnegie Vacation Scholarship at UWS
McGregor, S. (Recipient), Jun 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Court medal for best performing psychology student at UWS - Year 3
McGregor, S. (Recipient), Jul 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Child & Family Social Work (Journal)
Soraghan, J. (Peer reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review
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Child Protection and Practice (Journal)
Soraghan, J. (Peer reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (Journal)
Soraghan, J. (Peer reviewer)
2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Journal peer review
Impacts
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Improving outcomes in the care system
Connelly, G. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation, Professional practice, training and standards, Quality of life and safety
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