Description
Episode 5: Professor Eunice LumsdenRationale:
‘An individual life, and the role it plays in the larger community, is best understood through story. Telling our story enables us to be heard, recognised, and acknowledged by others. Story makes the implicit explicit, the hidden seen, the unformed formed and the confusing clear’.
Atkinson, R. (1998) ‘The Life Story Interview’. A Sage University Paper. UK.
The Golden Threads: “It’s about the changes that make a difference and are amazing for people, no matter how big or small”
Professor of Child Advocacy Eunice Lumsden has been a social worker and, latterly, a childhood, youth and families professional for several decades. Squeezing in all of her knowledge and experiences was always going to be a tall order for a single podcast episode!
Tune in to hear about Eunice’s fascinating, varied careers, including leading University of Northampton’s Childhood, Youth and Families (CY&F) subjects areas, part of our Golden Threads series of podcasts with Dr Helen Simmons and Robin Sturman-Coombs exploring the themes that run throughout the CY&F sector.
The trio also discuss how our courses help shape the development of the CY&F workforce and what our students get out of studying and how getting a degree helped Eunice to influence and shape national policy.
| Period | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|
| Held at | Childhood, Youth and Families |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Child
- Advocacy
- Social Work
- Childhood
- Youth
- Families