Professor Mel Hughes
- Professor of Social Work
- Bournemouth Gateway Building BG501, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
Biography
Mel Hughes is Professor of Social Work at Bournemouth University (BU) and Director of the National Centre for Cross-Disciplinary Social Work. Mel champions lived experience expertise through her roles as Academic Lead for the PIER (Public Involvement in Education and Research) partnership and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Seldom Heard Voices. Mel is committed to ensuring that those who are most affected by social, economic and health inequalities have a voice in shaping and informing research, education and practice. She has a track record for developing inclusive, arts based, co-created and community led research and co-designed and co-delivered education, training and coaching. She is editor and co-author of the textbooks: ‘A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions: The lived experience’ and Social Exclusion in the UK: The lived experience. Chapters are co-authored with people with first-hand experience of statutory interventions including having a child removed; being detained under the Mental Health Act; and going through the adoption process; and of social exclusion including being a refugee, being in prison, and having HIV... She is Guest Editor of the BJSW special issue on the Voice and Influence of People with lived Experience. Mel is an editorial board member of the British Journal of Social Work (BJSW) and an Advance HE National Teaching Fellow.
moreResearch
Principal investigator: Parents Story Project: Gaining insight into parental substance use
Principal investigator: evidencing the impact of service user involvement in professional health and social work programmes
The impact of service user and carer involvement on students' subsequent social work practice: a follow up study
Principal Investigator. Gaining insight into the lived experience of older male carers (over the age of 85)
Principal Investigator. Exploring the relationship between rough sleepers and primary care services
Democratising Public Involvement in Research (ESRC bid)
Experiences of separated families (tender bid)
Proper Jobs (funding bid)
Narrative insights for seldom heard voices at risk of digital exclusion in access to healthcare
Research into Inclusive Ageing (ESRC call)
Favourites
- Hughes, M., Mohan, V. and jury, R., 2023. involving people with lived experience in physiotherapy education - Research report one: Reflecting together to enhance teaching outcomes. Openphysio.
- Hughes, M., Collins, K., Easterbrook, T. and blackman, E., 2023. Involving people with lived experience in physiotherapy education – Research report two: Harnessing the expertise of people with lived experience. PyhsioOpen.
- Hughes, M., Fazakarley, L. and Buckley, S., 2023. Involving people with lived experience in physiotherapy education – Research report three: Developing equal partnerships. PhysioOpen.
- Hughes, M., 2022. Social Exclusion in the UK The lived experience. Critical Publishing.
- Hughes, M., Curbin-Clarke, S. and Greensmith, P., 2022. Insights into patient voices on digital access to health care. Journal of Community Nursing, 36 (4), 64-66.
- Hughes, M., 2019. A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions The Lived Experience. Palgrave.
- Hughes, M. and Duffy, C., 2018. Public involvement in health and social sciences research: A concept analysis. Health Expectations, 21 (6), 1183-1190.
- Warren, A., Hughes, M., Fry, J. and Cescutti-Butler, L., 2017. Involvement in midwifery education: Experiences from a service user and carer partnership. British Journal of Midwifery, 25 (8), 524-530.
- Hughes, M., McKay, J., Atkins, P., Warren, A. and Ryden, J., 2017. Chief cook and bottle washer: Life as an older male carer. Journal of Community Nursing, 31 (4), 63-66.
- Hughes, M., 2017. What difference does it make? Findings of an impact study of service user and carer involvement on social work students’ subsequent practice. Social Work Education, 36 (2), 203-216.
- Hughes, M., 2012. Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI): A new approach for researching social work education and practice. British Journal of Social Work, 42 (7), 1388-1405.
