Annual Report 2012 (pdf) - Institute of Education, University of London

Teaching
Staff in both streams have been involved in
teaching for the Institute’s Doctoral School,
focusing on methodology and research project
management. We aim to communicate our
ethos of carrying out ethical multi-method social
research that incorporates rigorous quantitative
methods alongside intensive qualitative enquiry.
Key Research Outputs
Publications in 2012 within these two streams
have included: two publications from the
national evaluation of the Department for
Education’s pilot Social Work Practices
(Publications nos. 37 and 53); an article arising
from a study of the societal impact of England’s
smoke-free legislation which explores smoking
practices of young adults (Publication no. 34); a
report for the Department of Health of an
evaluation of the Healthy Start voucher scheme
(in Press) which explored the views of the
parents, professionals and small retailers
involved in the scheme; a DfE research report
and research briefing of research on the key
issues involved in successfully implementing
evidence based programmes in new settings
(Publications nos. 57 and 58).
A Summary of projects within the
Evaluations of Social Interventions
Stream
CASCADE - Maximising engagement,
motivation and long-term change in the
delivery of a structured intensive psychoeducation
programme in diabetes for
children, young people and parents
Funder National Institute for Health Research:
Health Technology Assessment Programme
SSRU Lead Mary Sawtell
Staff Sandy Oliver, Meg Wiggins, Katrina
Hargreaves, Anne Ingold
Collaborators University College London
Hospital (UCLH) (Project Leader), School of
Pharmacy, University College London (UCL);
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM)
National evaluation of social work
practice pilots
Funder Department for Education
SSRU Lead Helen Austerberry
Staff Katrina Hargreaves
Collaborators University of Central Lancashire
(Project Leader); King’s College London
Healthy Start – understanding the use of
vouchers
Funder Department of Health
SSRU Lead Meg Wiggins
Collaborators University of Bristol (Project
Leader); City University
Review of key issues in implementation of
evidence-based programmes in Children’s
Services
Funder Department for Education
SSRU Lead Meg Wiggins
Staff Helen Austerberry
Collaborators Childhood Wellbeing Research
Centre, Loughborough University
Implementation of
evidence-based
programmes in
children’s services
On behalf of the Childhood Wellbeing
Research Centre, we carried out a study for
the Department for Education which explored
the key issues for successful implementation
of evidence-based interventions in children’s
services. This work involved a synthesis of
international literature and interviews with UK
experts.
It focused on universal issues of
implementation as well as providing examples
from the international implementation of four
evidence-based children’s services
programmes: Multi-Systemic Therapy,
Functional Family Therapy, Multi-Treatment
Foster Care, and KEEP (Keeping Foster and
Kinship Parents Supported and Trained).
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