Portrait of  James Reid James Reid

j.reid@hud.ac.uk | 01484 478211

Biography

Qualifications: MA, PG Cert, Dip HE, FHEA

Jim Reid joined the University in September 2008 and is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies in the Department of Education and Community Studies.

Subsequent to social work practice with children and their families and as a social work manager he spent four years as a staff development officer with a local authority children’s department. He then took up a post with the University of Teesside where he taught social work before managing the social work programmes at that University.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Centre of Applied Childhood Studies, and a member of the Teachers and Professionalism Research  group.

Jim is currently editing a book on Safeguarding in the Early Years.

Research & Scholarship

Current Research Interests

Jim’s doctoral research is an ethnographic study of teachers experiences in a small urban primary school during a ‘notice to improve’.
  • Practice with Father’s

  • Teachers and Professionalism’ Research Cluster member

  • ‘Early Years, Childhood, Youth & Community’ Research Cluster member

Publications and Other Research Outputs

2012

Reid, J (2012) ‘Making the Private Public: Reflections on Ethics and Analysis of Self from an Ethnography in a Primary School in the North of England’. In: Public Ethnography Conference: Connecting New Genres, New Media, New Audiences , 1st and 2nd June 2012, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Reid, J. and Oko, J. (2012) Study Skills for Health and Social Care Students . Achieving a Health and Social Care Foundation Degree. Exeter: Sage/Learning Matters . ISBN 9780857258052

Reid, J (2012) ‘Teacher's Work and Dad's’. In: Teacher's and Professionalism Research , 25 April 2012, University of Huddersfield

Reid, J (2012) ‘Challenges and Dilemmas Regarding Non-Resident Fathers in Public Law’. In: The Sovereignty of Children in Law. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 157-177. ISBN 9781443836357

Reid, J (2012) ‘Lost identities: denying children their family identity’. In: Vulnerable Children and the Law: International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. . ISBN 9781849058681

2011

Reid, J (2011) ‘The reflexive ethnographer and analysis of subjectivities using the 'voice centred relational model'’. In: Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, 19 - 21 September 2011, New College, University of Oxford , pp. 1-26

Reid, J (2011) ‘Using Photo Story 3 (and Similar Free Downloadable Tools) in Assessment’. In: University of Huddersfield Teaching and Learning Conference 2011: Assessment and Feedback from strength to strength, 9th September 2011, University of Huddersfield

Reid, J (2011) ‘Childhood Defined by Lost or Denied Opportunities: The Impact of Utility in Child Welfare and Primary Education Practice’. In: Mapping the Landscapes of Childhood, 5th - 7th May 2011, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Reid, J (2011) ‘Childhood defined by utility: the impact of agency in primary education practice’. In: SEPD Research Conference, 29 March 2011, University of Huddersfield

2010

Reid, J (2010) ‘Inquiry based practice learning in teams - sowing the seeds of research and enterprise with our students and their pupils’. In: The 5th University Teaching and Learning Conference, Monday 13 September 2010, University of Huddersfield

Reid, J (2010) ‘Children, Non resident Fathers and the Public Law: Dilemmas and Challenges’. In: International Conference on Children In Law, September 16-17th 2010, Örebro University, Sweden

2009

Reid, J. and Murphy, T. (2009) ‘Lost identities and the need for a framework for intervention’. In: Children and the Law: International approaches to children and their vulnerabilities, 7-10 September 2009, Prato, Tuscany, Italy

2007

Reid, J (2007) ‘To Register or Not—the Relevance of the Social Work Codes of Practice for the Social Work Lecturer Ethics and Social Welfare , 1 (3), pp. 336-341. ISSN 1749-6543

Hamilton, R., Howard, D. and Reid, J. (2007) ‘Skills for studying’. In: Foundations of Health and Social Care. : Palgrave Macmillan. . ISBN 9781403998866

Reid, J., Hamilton, R. and Howard, D. (2007) ‘Managing Yourself and Your Learning’. In: Foundations for Health and Social Care. : Palgrave Macmillan. . ISBN 9781403998866

Reid, J. and Littlechild, B. (2007) ‘Children and Families – Assessment and Planning’. In: The Post Qualifying Handbook for Social Workers. : Jessica Kingsley. pp. 95-105. ISBN 9781843104285

Reid, J (2007) ‘Developing Inclusive Practice with Children and their Families’ ’. In: The Post Qualifying Handbook for Social Workers. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley. . ISBN 978 1 84310 428 5

Esteem

Memberships

National:

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • General Social Care Council

Local:

  • Chancellor, Kirklees Children’s University from September 2011
  • Registered Social Worker

External Examiner Experience:

  • PQ Social Work Awards – University of Northumbria 2009-13
  • PQ Social Work Awards – University of Bedfordshire 2007-11

Invited Keynote Lectures/Presentations

Safeguarding and the Post Compulsory Education Sector. Presentation to HUDDCETT Consortium February 2011

International Experience

International work:

  • UNICEF Tajikistan   - establishing a curriculum and School of Social Work
  • UNICEF Uzbekistan - establishing a curriculum and School of Social Work

Enterprise Activities

Current grants include:

Developing a variety of approaches to work placement to enhance knowledge and skills for employability, Higher Education Academy, York.

Teaching and Professional Activities

  

BA (Hons) Childhood Studies

BA (Hons) Early Years

 

MA Dissertation Supervision  

Modules:

  • Self Society and Welfare
  • Protecting Vulnerable Children
  • Reflective Childhood Practitioner
  • Practice Learning in Teams
  • Working with Families
  • Major Study supervision 

Roles:

  • Admissions Tutor
  • Placement Co-ordinator
  • Personal Tutor
  • Yr 1 BA (Hons) Childhood StudiesTutor
  • Safeguarding Lead
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