Thrilled to share that our research on missing children has been featured in the Welsh Parliament's Inquiry report on Children on the Margins! Proud to contribute to meaningful real-world change. Check it out here:

#ResearchResources: A useful free guide (pdf) from UKCGE about preparing for the viva. https://t.co/kEAdRyTBU0 Preparing for your viva: A guide for doctoral candidates #PhDchat

Met officers using 16,000 hours to ‘sit with children waiting for children’s services’ https://t.co/ccFomHA2sT

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Metropolitan Police officers using 16,000 hours to ‘sit with children waiting for children’s services’

A literature review is NOT a review without a critical synthesis. But some scholars struggle critically evaluating the sources! Here's my easy 5-step method ⤵ 1️⃣ Theoretical Questions: Peek into the author's mind 2️⃣ Definitional Questions: Are things explained clearly? 3️⃣

Me & @tomjvw23 are looking into violent media and its links to post-traumatic stress disorder. Please consider completing this 15-min survey. We would really appreciate your time and thoughts. Thank you! https://t.co/VQuBsMN8CI

Stop writing weak thesis chapter intros. Instead, follow this structure. How to write introduction paragraphs for each chapter of your thesis

Your results don’t matter if your discussion is weak. You can’t publish on findings alone. You have to tell us what they mean. Your discussion section is your main argument If you're stuck on the discussion section, this is for you:

3/ Interested or want to learn more? DM myself or emial: 📧 e.e.ashworth@liverpool.ac.uk (Emily) 📧 hlashaw7@liverpool.ac.uk (Amelia ) Every share helps! Please retweet to help us reach more people in care and safeguarding roles. 🙏 #CareHomes #MissingChildren

2/ Why take part? 🧠 Your experiences matter 📈 Your insights are shaping real change 🏛️ Our work is already informing policy & has featured in Welsh Government reports. Help us improve responses to missing children. #ChildrensCareHomes #Safeguarding

🧵1/ Are you a current or former children’s care home staff member? We’re conducting a research project @LivUni to understand how care home staff respond to missing children — and we need your insight. (Volunteers must be 18+ and have frontline or managerial experience.)

Are you ready for #NOTA2025? 📹 Hear from Deborah Denis, our CEO, about our work to keep children safe and why we believe prevention should be at the heart of every conversation: https://t.co/PfUs739NHA #StayTuned for updates and insights from the @NOTAevents conference.

Overjoyed to share I helped shape the Welsh Gov’s Adult Safeguarding Insights report to improve APRs! - A pivot from my usual research on missing children. https://t.co/LXAvYE3bDv #Safeguarding #Wales

Really happy to have contributed to the inquiry with our research on Missing People with our research team at @LivUni and @LJMU

📚Making Words Matter Co-authored & published 3yrs ago. Shared w. a follower over the weekend who hadn't seen it & re-sharing for similar others. A vital read if you have any dealings w. CCE/CSE victims. Children need sfguarding leads to make the change. https://t.co/ADXXggc2SQ

Children can't consent to #Countylines yet are treated as choicers, not exploited victims. Whilst adults choosing sexwork are redrawn by saviours as sexually exploited victims who don't know they're exploited...

Profs know they can't say "he/she got involved in sexwork at age 13" in CSE. Yet it plays to Safeguarders/Police/CJS tune when parents too (unknowingly) say 🗣"He/she got *involved* in #Countylines at age ..." ❌CSE nor CCE children can consent/get involved in own trafficking.

What an amazing day! So much energy, expertise and drive for change in the room. Lots to take away from the day & our Leaders Discussion panel. Huge thank you to Paul Marshall @ManCityCouncil, @saeedatcha @YouthLeadsUK, Damian Dallimore @GM_VRU and Simone Spray @42ndStreetmcr