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Katie Ellis

@drkatieellis.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Researching and advocating for children in care and care leavers.

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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New Pathways report, released with the Care Leaver Covenant, sharing the views of 106 care experienced students transitioning from care to university. We reflect upon the impact of changes in higher education policy since 2019 and highlight gaps in support: doi.org/10.15131/she...
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Pathways to University from Care: Five years on
This report explores new research conducted in 2025 and seeks to further understand the needs of care-experienced students. It builds upon recommendations made in the ‘Pathways to University from Care...
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Family and Community Wales @familywales.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
To find out more: www.exchangewales.org/everyday-par...
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Everyday Parenting with Care Experience – ExChange
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Family and Community Wales @familywales.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
How does being care-experienced shape everyday parenting? In this insightful blog by @drkatieellis.bsky.social and colleagues, parents share their experiences of raising children while reflecting on their own time in care — and a request for help in completing a short survey.
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We are looking for care experienced parents to complete our survey to share some of their positive parenting moments. Our project aims to challenge stigma and promote positive outcomes. Please help if you can. All rts appreciated. Access the survey through the link or QR code: lnkd.in/eZ_wWUgZ
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We are looking for care experienced parents to complete our survey to share some of their positive parenting moments. Our project aims to challenge stigma and promote positive outcomes. Please help if you can. All rts appreciated. Access the survey through the link or QR code: lnkd.in/eZ_wWUgZ
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Pleased to present my latest paper, sharing the parenting ambitions of university students with care experience. Imagining a future family: students with care experience
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Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I've just had my first sole-authored journal article published, in @youthstudies.bsky.social It's based on my PhD work, and about the experiences of young adults doing paid care work in NE England. Please have a read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Young adults as paid care workers: gendered and classed transitions, trajectories, and experiences
This article brings a youth lens to the study of care by empirically examining the accounts of young adults who pursue paid adult social care employment. The youth lens includes drawing on youth st...
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Read this: it really captures the reality of mass redundancies in the university sector, which will only snowball from here. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/kellis Our project is featured in the @leverhulme.bsky.social media collection. As ever we are very grateful to the trust for funding our project 🙏
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 13/02/2025
The Trust is thrilled to share our new media collection showcasing the research we fund across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Check it out now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk @annavignoles.bsky.social
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Carolyne Willow @carolynewillow.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I wrote about government plans for the deprivation of liberty of looked after children (Clause 10 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill): thebarristergroup.co.uk/blog/clause-...
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Locking up children under the Children Act 1989 – some thoughts on Clause 10 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Pupil barrister Carolyne Willow explores the implications of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on safeguarding and liberty deprivation for vulnerable children in care.
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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here I am talking about my book Thinking Through Family. Narratives of Care Experienced Lives. Three chapters #openaccess via @brisunipress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61P...
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Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Coming out in paperback in March!
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Dr Anne-Marie Day @anne-marieday.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
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Harmful, Expensive and Criminogenic: The Case for Abolishing Detention and Training Orders in England and Wales
Abstract. Children who offend generally receive community sentences, to help them overcome difficulties whilst naturally addressing offending behaviour; ho
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Father Christmas has been at last and so I can retire for the night… 10 yr olds are brutal at Santa watch. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🌟
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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Sharing this because it needs to be shared. Again. And again. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Baroness Hollins' final report: My heart breaks - solitary confinement in hospital has no therapeutic benefit for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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Professor Parveen Ali @parveenali.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Very glad to be part of it and looking forward to working on reducing maternal inequalities
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Katie Ellis @drkatieellis.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Hello! It’s nice to see the old Twitter crowd slowly reconnecting over here. I’ve missed the positive input and the knowledge sharing 💚
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