Dr Anne Stafford

Centre Director

 

Phone no: 0131 651 6378
Email: A.Stafford@ed.ac.uk

 

Work experience

Dr Anne Stafford is Director of The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection (CLiCP). Previously, Anne was Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity (CREID), also at the University of Edinburgh. She was Deputy Director of the Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society at the University of Glasgow from 2001 – 2004. Before that, for more than 10 years, she was Head of Policy and Research for the children’s organisation, CHILDREN 1ST.

Her research focus is: child abuse and child protection, children’s rights and children and young people on the margins. She has worked on several studies in the area of children and domestic abuse, including 'The Support Needs of Children and Young People who have to Move Home as a Result of Domestic Abuse’. She has also been involved in joint research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looking at the resilience of children in disadvantaged communities.

With Centre staff she is developing and conducting research on the experiences of children who have experienced abuse in sport settings; mapping specialist therapeutic services to children and young people who have been sexually abused; monitoring developments in child protection policy throughout the UK.

 

She has experience of managing and conducting research involving quantitative and qualitative methods and direct experience of conducting direct interviews with and alongside vulnerable children on sensitive topics.

 

 

Current Research:

• The Experiences of Children and Young People in Sport Settings in the UK
• Evaluation of the Women's Aid Children Services Fund for The Scottish Government
• Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Young People  

 

 

Selected Publications

Books

Seaman, P., Turner, K., Hill, M., Stafford, A., & Walker, M., (2006) Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities London: National Children’s Bureau

 

Chapters in Books

Hill, M., Turner, K., Walker, M., Stafford, A., and Seaman, P., (2006) ‘Children’s perspectives on social exclusion and resilience in disadvantaged urban communities’ in Participation for what? Children, Young People and Social Inclusion, edited by K. Tisdall, J. Davis, A. Prout and M. Hill, Policy Press, Bristol

 

Journal Articles

Riddell, S., Tett, L., Ducklin, A., Stafford, A., Winterton, M, Burns, C. and Ferrie, J. (2006) The Gender Balance of the Teaching Workforce in Scotland: What’s the Problem? Scottish Educational Review 38, 1

Stafford, A., Laybourne, A., Walker, M., Hill, M., (2003)
Having a Say: Children and Young People Talk about Consultation Children & Society 17, 3, 361-373.

Turner, K., Hill, M., Stafford, A., Walker, M
How Children from Disadvantaged Areas Keep Safe. Health Education – Accepted – January 2007

 

Commissioned Reports

Borland, M., Stafford, A., Laybourn, A. and Hill, M., (2001)
Improving Consultation with Children and Young People in Relevant Aspects of Policy Making and Legislation in Scotland, Report to the Scottish Parliament: Education, Culture and Sport Committee

 

Hill, M., Stafford, A., Seaman, P., Ross, N. and Daniel, B., (2004) Report of a Literature Review on Parenting and Resilience Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

 

Riddell, S., and Stafford, A., (2006) The Future Delivery of Advice and Information Services to Children and Young People with Disabilities Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

 

Riddell, S., Stafford, A., Maguire, R., Ahlgren, L., (2005) Evaluation of Enquire, the Scottish Advice and Information Services for Additional Support for Learning Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.

Stafford, A., Stead, J., Grimes, M., (2007) The Support Needs of Children and Young People Having to Move Home Because of Domestic Abuse. Edinburgh: Women’s Aid

Vincent, S., Smith, C., Stafford, A., (2007) A Review of Child Death and Significant Child Abuse Cases in Scotland. Edinburgh: SCCYP/CLiCP

Stafford, A., (2004) Mapping Support Services to Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Abuse in Scotland Edinburgh: Scottish Executive

Stafford, A., Edson, J., Lloyd, G., Munn, P., Riddell, S., (2005) Review of Literature on Discipline and Exclusions in Scotland’s Schools (1998 – 2001) Final Report to the Scottish Executive Education Department. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh