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Kate Philip
Senior Research Fellow
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 272733
k.l.philip@abdn.ac.uk
Overview of Research | Publications | Other Activities | Journals and Editorships | External Examining
Overview of Research
Kate is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education and an an associate of CRFR. Kate has a professional background in community development and health promotion in addition to her academic research experience. Her current research interests lie in the fields of young people, families, health and wellbeing and youth mentoring. She holds an honours degree in sociology and an MEd from the University of Aberdeen. Her doctoral study was an examination of informal mentoring which explored the perspectives of young people and adults on mentoring processes. She then took up a post to develop a joint health promotion strategy for a local authority and a health board and, as part of this work, secured funding to undertake a participatory study of health needs in a rural area. Following this she was awarded a user fellowship by the ESRC Health Variations Programme, the focus of which was to explore innovative approaches to improving the take up of new research on children and inequalities in health. More recently she was principal investigator of a two-year study of planned mentoring programmes that targeted vulnerable young people. She has also undertaken a study of the health needs of minority ethnic groups living in the North East of Scotland. She was a member of a multi disciplinary team commissioned by the Chief Scientist Office to carry out the external evaluation of the Scottish Demonstration Project aiming to improve teenage sexual health: Healthy Respect. Kate has undertaken and collaborated on a considerable number of externally funded studies.
Kate and her co-authors of a paper on work emerging from her ESRC user fellowship were awarded the 2004 Douglas Leather Award by the board of the international journal, Health Education Research. The paper, entitled “Practising what we preach?” was published in 18 (5) of Health Education Research. The journal offers this award yearly to authors who have produced a high quality paper which '... reflects the values that the founding editor strove to achieve.' The paper was based on work undertaken in collaboration with Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Kathryn Backett-Milburn and John Davis of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and explored innovative approaches to linking research, policy and practice on children and health inequalities.
Kate is currently co-ordinating a collaborative seminar series, funded by the ESRC on Researching Youth Mentoring- Building theory and building evidence. The seminar series will bring together international researchers, policy makers and practitioners involved in the field of youth mentoring. Overall the seminars aim to contribute to a sounder theoretical framework for the concept and its practice. She is also involved in externally funded collaborative research studies for NHS Scotland.
Research Publications
Shucksmith J, Philip K, Tucker J.S, van Teijlingen E, Imamura M (2006) Joined up working: improving young people's sexual health and enhancing social inclusion? Journal of Youth Studies, 9, 5 (November) ISSN: 1367-6261.
Philip K, Shucksmith J, Tucker J, van Teijlingen E, Penney G, Immamura M (forthcoming) Young People, sexual health and social inclusion: what are the links? Chapter in Colley H and Hoskyns B(Eds) Social Inclusion and Young People: European Perspectives. Brussels: Council of Europe and European Commission.
Tucker J, Fitzmaurice A, Immamura M, Penfold S, Penney G, va Teijlingen, Shucksmith J, Philip K (forthcoming) The effect of the national demonstration project Healthy Respect on teenage sexual health behaviour, European Journal of Public Health.
Tucker J, van Teijlingen E, Philip K, Shucksmith J, Penney G (forthcoming) Health Demonstration Projects: evaluating a community based health intervention programme to improve young people’s health, Critical Public Health.
Spratt J, Shucksmith J, Philip K and Watson C (in press) Part of Who We are as a school should include responsibility for well being: Links between school environment, mental health and behaviour. Pastoral Care in Education
Philip K (2004) R.F. Mackenzie: an educator for the 21st Century? Ch 11 in Gilchrist R, Jeffs T and Spence J (eds) Architects of Change: studies in the history of community and youth work. Leicester: National Youth Agency.
Philip K (2003) Youth Mentoring: the American Dream comes to the UK? British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 31, 1:101-112.
Philip K, Backett-Milburn K, Cunningham-Burley S, and Davis JB (2003) Practising What We Preach: a practical approach to bringing research, policy and practice together in relation to children. Health Education Research, 18, 5, 1-12.
Philip K (2001)Young people’s health needs in a rural area: lessons from a participatory rapid appraisal study, Youth and Policy, 71: 5-15. ISBN 0262-9798.
Philip K (2001) Youth Mentoring: promise or threat? Informal Education homepage (http://www.infed.prg/hp-cont.htm)
Philip K (2000) Mentoring; pitfalls and potential for young people? Youth and Policy, 67, 1-16.
Philip K and Hendry LB (2000) Making sense of mentoring or mentoring making sense? Reflections on the mentoring process by adult mentors with young people. Journal of Applied and Community Social Psychology, 10: 211-223.Reports and Monographs
Shucksmith J, Philip K, Spratt J, Watson C (2005) Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools. Final Report to SEED Pupil Support Division.(http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/76169/0019851.pdf)
Shucksmith J, Spratt J, Philip K, Watson C (2005) Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools: promoting links between evidence and practice. Final Report to National Programme on Mental Health and Wellbeing/SEED. Edinburgh.
Tucker J, Shucksmith J, van Teijlingen E, Philip K, Penney G, Immamura M (2005) External Evaluation of Healthy Respect: a national health demonstration project. Final Report to the Chief Scientist Office.
Philip K, Shucksmith J and King C (2004) Sharing a Laugh: A qualitative study of mentoring interventions with vulnerable young people. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Philip K, Shucksmith J and King C (2004) Supporting Vulnerable Young People: exploring planned mentoring relationships. Research Briefing 19. Edinburgh: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.
Philip K, Shucksmith J and King C (2004) Mentoring for Vulnerable Young People. Findings. Briefing for Joseph Rowntree Foundation. York: JRF.
Eastwood D, Philip K and Shucksmith J (2004) Evaluation of the Aberdeenshire Life Education Centre. Final Report to Aberdeenshire Council. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen.
Shucksmith J, Spratt J, Philip K, McGovern M, Mott J and Watson C (2004) Final Report on the evaluation of the Anti Bullying Network and Schools Ethos Network. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen.
Jones J and Philip K (2004) Editorial Community Development in Health – a Scottish Perspective, Journal of Community Work and Development, 1:3, 1-5.
McGovern M, Shucksmith J and Philip K (2004) Breaking the Circle: Exploring the links between parental involvement in adult education and young person involvement in post 16 and Higher Education. A Literature Review for the University for Children and Communities. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen Department of Sociology.
Philip K, King C and Shucksmith J (2003) Researching the Health Needs of Bangladeshi and Chinese Families living in Aberdeen. Final Report to NHS Grampian. Aberdeen: NHS Grampian.
Philip K, King J and Shucksmith J (2003) Briefing on researching the health and healthcare needs of Bangladeshi and Chinese Communities living in Aberdeen. Aberdeen: NHS Grampian.
Philip K (2001) Meeting the needs of users of research into children and inequalities in health. ESRC Health Variations Programme Newsletter.
Philip K (2000) A Literature Review on Youth Mentoring. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
External Funding
Review of Programmes and Supporting Materials for Sex and Relationship Education (2006) NHS Scotland (with E van Teijlingen, JS Tucker, A Poobalan, J Spratt, M Imamura, E Pitchforth and M Astin)
Evaluation of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Educational Resources (2006) NHS Education for Scotland (with Alice Kiger, Alyson Kettles, Jan Caldow)
Collaborative ESCR seminar series Researching Youth Mentoring – Building Theory and Practice 2006-2007 (Principal Organiser with Universities of Teesside, York and Manchester Metropolitan)
Investigating the Links between Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools (2005) SEED Pupil Support Division (with Janet Shucksmith, Jenny Spratt and Cate Watson
Dissemination of Findings from Mental Health, Wellbeing and Behaviour in Schools (2005) National Programme for Mental Health Improvement and SEED (with Janet Shucksmith, Jenny Spratt and Cate Watson)
Evaluation of Anti Bullying Network and Ethos Network (2004) SEED Pupil Support Division (With Janet Shucksmith, Jenny Spratt, Cate Watson and Jane Mott)
Researching Mentoring with Vulnerable Young People (2001-2004) Joseph Rowntree Foundation (With Janet Shucksmith and Caroline King)
Researching the Health Promotion Needs of Ethnic Minority Groups Living in Aberdeen. (2003) NHS Grampian (With Caroline King and Janet Shucksmith)
An Evaluation of Aberdeenshire Life Education Centre. (2003) (With Janet Shucksmith and David Eastwood)
ESRC Health Variations Programme User Fellowship on Children and Health Inequalities (2000-2002) In collaboration with University of Edinburgh.
Selected Presentations
Council of Europe and European Commission Youth Research Partnership: Social Inclusion and Young People: a seminar to inform policy and practice. Invited Paper entitled Social Inclusion, Young People and Sexual health: what are the links? (European Youth Centre, Budapest, November 2005).
Save the Children (Scotland) Scottish Network for Research in the Voluntary Sector Invited speaker: Issues in Researching with Vulnerable Young People. (Edinburgh, October 2005)
Cultural Aspects of Sex/Sexuality Education at the Institute of Education. Paper entitled Condom Capers or confidential, caring service? (University of London, May 2005).
ESRC International Conference Whither Social Capital. Paper entitled Youth Mentoring for Vulnerable Young People – engineering social capital in the community? (South Bank University, London, April 2005)
SEED Schools Research Conference. Paper entitled Sharing a Laugh? Questions on mentoring vulnerably young people in an educational context. (Edinburgh, January 2005)
BSA Youth Studies Seminar. Paper entitled Youth Mentoring : a case for treatment? (University of Stirling. January 2005).
Invited Speaker at Leeds Lifelong Learning Institute Seminar : Youth mentoring, planned and natural, some critical issues. (University of Leeds, October 2004)
BSA Youth Studies Conference, Youth Scenes and Subcultures. Paper entitled Planned mentoring and vulnerable young people: critical questions of risk and respect (University of Northampton, September 2003).
JRF/BSA International Conference: Youth in the 21st Century. Presentation of paper Emerging findings from a study of planned mentoring (University of Keele, 2002).
National Conference on Informal Education. Invited paper on youth mentoring, informal education and youth work. (University of Durham, June, 2002)
Theorising mentoring: for whose benefit? Invited Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of the National Mentoring Network/London Skills and Learning Council Conference (London: Institute of Education, January, 2002).
UK Public Health Forum. Children and Inequalitie: issues for research, policy and practice. Invited paper presented at the launch of the Inequalities Network. (Bournemouth, March 2001)
Other Activities
- Founding member of the Rowan Group, a focus for research on young people, health and wellbeing
- Organiser of Rowan Group Seminar Series: Researching the health, education and wellbeing of children and young people. A series aimed at dissemination of research with researchers, policymakers and practitioners. University of Aberdeen 2002
- Winner (with co-authors) of Douglas Leather Award presented by Journal of Health Education Research for collaborative article on children and health inequalities (2003).
- Research Associate with Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)
- Elected Representative for user groups on Register of Research Interests (RORI) on CRFR Advisory Group
- Member of British Sociology Association
- Member of Concept North East
Journals and Editorships
- Co-editor of Special Issue on Community Development and Health Journal of Community Work and Development, 1:3, 1-5. (with Jane Jones)
- Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Community Work and Development
- Member of Editorial Board for Education in the North
External Examining
- External examiner, University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education, 2005-2007.
- External examiner, University of Durham Community and Youth Work Studies Unit, 2001-2004.