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Katie Ellis

@drkatieellis

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

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@timeshighered.bsky.social @drzoebaker.bsky.social @chrishoyle.bsky.social

25.11.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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 β€˜Pathways to University from Care...

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...

25.11.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Everyday Parenting with Care Experience – ExChange

To find out more: www.exchangewales.org/everyday-par...

04.11.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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 β€” and a request for help in completing a short survey.

04.11.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

23.10.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyday Parenting with Care Experience This study explores the perspectives of parents bound by the common thread of a care background but who are otherwise "ordinary" parents.

You can find out more about our project here: sheffield.ac.uk/ahpnm/resear...

23.10.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

23.10.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Students reported that despite stigma often levelled against them due to their own care backgrounds, they felt that they were well equipped to be brilliant parents.

25.07.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

25.07.2025 12:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pleased to present my latest paper, sharing the parenting ambitions of university students with care experience.

Imagining a future family: students with care experience

25.07.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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....

30.01.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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…

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...

21.02.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 18

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 πŸ™

14.02.2025 10:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.02.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Hello πŸ‘‹ Please can you add me too? Thanks πŸ™

13.02.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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-...

21.01.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives YouTube video by Bristol University Press

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...

15.11.2024 13:42 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Coming out in paperback in March!

24.01.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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

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-...

07.01.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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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 🌟

25.12.2024 00:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

Sharing this because it needs to be shared. Again. And again.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

07.12.2024 21:04 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Very glad to be part of it and looking forward to working on reducing maternal inequalities

03.12.2024 10:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello! It’s nice to see the old Twitter crowd slowly reconnecting over here. I’ve missed the positive input and the knowledge sharing πŸ’š

30.11.2024 16:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0