This exciting new text helps researchers to successfully understand and achieve impact in their research, and to demonstrate this impact in order to secure funding and to show excellence in REF

This book is a complete guide for those practitioners who facilitate action learning and who can, in turn, develop the reflective practice and critical thinking skills now demanded of Newly Qualified Social Workers.

By examining how young children develop and learn from conception through to the age of eight, this book explores ways to enhance professional practice in the early years. For further discussion and engagement with current issues and hot topics in Early Childhood subscribe to Sheila Nutkin's author blog.

A fully revised and updated edition of this widely adopted textbook. The First Edition was published in 2003 by Hodder.

This unique handbook synthesizes a vibrant and progressive field, cutting across cognitive, forensic and experimental psychology, with world-leading scholars at the helm. This is the first handbook of its kind to focus on applied memory.

An introduction to conducting educational research for trainee teachers or anyone undertaking classroom-based research.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to commissioning, managing and undertaking research in development work. Perfect for both students and practitioners.

Policy Analysis for Social Workers, is a comprehensive guide to help students understand the process of policy development and analysis so they can become effective advocates.

The first book in the market to look at innovation/entrepreneurship from an international perspective.

Containing original chapters written by experts and scholars in the field, this text will highlight the current debates about criminal justice policy and discuss the implications for the system and society at large.