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PhD Social Policy, University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, 2020

MA Social Work, University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, 2007

BA (Hons) Politics, University of Leicester, 2002

Before qualifying as a social worker, Andy worked in residential care for ex-offenders and drug rehabilitation. He trained as a social worker at the University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and worked as a hospital social worker before managing a project working with migrant children and families who had No Recourse to Public Funds. 

After taking part in the IRiS Community Practitioner Research Programme as a practitioner researcher, he undertook a PhD which explored the experiences of household food security in households with an irregular migration status in Birmingham. 

Prior to working at the University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ he was a researcher at the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton, and lectured in Social Work at the University of Plymouth.

 

His subsequent research has explored early action approaches with refugees and migrants, the health and wellbeing of undocumented migrant children in London and the impact of law and policy on children’s experiences of neglect.

Andy welcomes proposals for doctoral and post-doctoral research in the following areas:

• Household Food Security in the UK
• Bordering Practices in Social Work and Social Care
• Child Poverty
• Social Work with Refugee and Migrant Populations
• Participatory and community research methods

Stand for Change Participatory Evaluation (Trussell Trust) 

No Recourse Early Action Model (What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care) 

LA Response to People with NRPF during the pandemic (Paul Hamlyn Foundation) 

Children and Young People who are not British Citizens (Greater London Authority) 

Early Action Charter Programme (Refugee Action)