Tracy Cowle

Biography

Programme Leader for the Graduate Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma in Youth & Community Work. Lecturer on the Youth and Community Work Undergraduate Programme and the Working with Children and Families Programme

Qualifications and memberships

Registered doctoral student; PgC Youth and Community Work (JNC); PgC Academic Practice; BA (Hons) Geography and Youth and Community Work; Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy; member of the Institute for Youth Work

 

Academic and research interests

• Youth Work as a profession
• Youth Work practice in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Youth work skills and development
• Management and Leadership
• Developing professional practice
• Community Development

Current Projects

PhD - Has Youth Work ‘had its day’ or can Youth Work survive in a contemporary multi-agency environment?

Publications

• Joint Strength: Partnership Working (voluntary and statutory sector), Article in UK Youth Magazine, Winter 2000
• Stepping Stones - Youth Participation Projects - Governance and Citizenship, Article in UK Youth Magazine, Winter 2004
• Local Choices - Accredited Learning Options, Autumn 2005

Recent external roles

25 years working in the Youth and Community Sector. Roles and responsibilities included:

• Youth and Community Worker with the NHS
• Youth Worker with a Lancashire wide Voluntary Sector Organisation
• Training Development Manager with a Lancashire wide Voluntary Sector Organisation
• Project manager in East Lancashire - Community Cohesion
• Service Manager for Youth Services in a Local Authority

External bodies

• Certified member of the Institute of Youth Work
• Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
• Member of TAG - Training Agency Group - The Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work

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