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Katie Ellis
@drkatieellis.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Researching and advocating for children in care and care leavers.
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Everyday Parenting with Care Experience – ExChange
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November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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 — and a request for help in completing a short survey.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Pleased to present my latest paper, sharing the parenting ambitions of university students with care experience.

Imagining a future family: students with care experience
July 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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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!
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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...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Read this: it really captures the reality of mass redundancies in the university sector, which will only snowball from here.
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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…
voice.cymru
February 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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 🙏
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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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
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I wrote about government plans for the deprivation of liberty of looked after children (Clause 10 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill):
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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.
thebarristergroup.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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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...
Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
YouTube video by Bristol University Press
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November 15, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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Coming out in paperback in March!
January 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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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

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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
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January 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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 🌟
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December 25, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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Sharing this because it needs to be shared. Again. And again.

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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
www.gov.uk
December 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Very glad to be part of it and looking forward to working on reducing maternal inequalities
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Hello! It’s nice to see the old Twitter crowd slowly reconnecting over here. I’ve missed the positive input and the knowledge sharing 💚
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November 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM