https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32831 Known as College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences until 2024/25 2026-08-21T09:24:19Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33720 Title: School Briefing. Food poverty and primary schools: key principles and recommendations for support Authors: Wainwright, Emma; McHugh, Ellen Abstract: Summary: UK-wide research by the food bank charity Trussell (2025) found that: Deepening poverty across the UK is evidenced by the proportion of people who struggle to access enough nutritious and varied food. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the number of people in the UK who are food insecure has increased by 2.8 million between 2021/22 and 2023/24, which amounts to a 60% increase in two years. Description: The full report: Wainwright, E. and McHugh, E. (2026) Food poverty and primary schools: New understandings of the literature and evidence. Brunel University of London. doi: 10.17633/rd.brunel.32688648 is available in Brunel figshare at https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.32688648. 2026-08-07T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33708 Title: Beyond the Machine: Risk, Fear, Optimism and the Foundations of Public Trust in AI Authors: Pickering, Steven; Hansen, Martin Ejnar; Sunahara, Yosuke Abstract: ... Description: ... 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33705 Title: From Network Structure to Network Evolution in Cross-Border Cooperation: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Polish-German Cross-Border Region Authors: Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, Katja Abstract: ... Description: ... 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33704 Title: ‘A bit of a halfway house’: Practice tutor assessors, professional identity and practitioner socialisation Authors: Tidmarsh, Matt; Cracknell, Matt Abstract: This article explores professional identity among Practice Tutor Assessors (PTAs), including how they seek to socialise new recruits into the profession. PTAs are an under-researched group who play a key role in assessing the vocational component of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) in England and Wales, completion of which is a prerequisite for qualifying as a Probation Officer. Drawing on focus group data from a wider study exploring staff experiences of the PQiP, the paper analyses how PTAs understand their role, values, and contributions to probation training. The findings show that PTAs occupy a ‘halfway house’ between frontline practice and organisational structures, which enables them to remain connected to probation practice while being insulated from the pressures of case management. Participants emphasised their commitment to longstanding probation values while also highlighting tensions between these values and organisational challenges, such as risk assessment and staffing shortages. The study demonstrates that PTAs act as important agents of practitioner socialisation; they are ‘guardians’ of a professional identity who, in a demanding environment, are crucial to the transmission and reproduction of knowledge, skills, and values to new recruits. 2026-07-27T00:00:00Z