Prof. Richard Pugh

Title: Emeritus Professor
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Role: Academic lead for Keele Making Research Count
Convener of Social Work Research Group
Contacting me: By email preferably.
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Richards first degree in sociology was followed by a Master's in criminology. His Doctorate focused upon the role of language in human services with a particular focus upon the policy and practice responses of welfare services to speakers of minority languages. He is a qualified social worker and has worked as a residential and field worker in the UK and the USA.

Richard has extensive links with academics and practitioners in other countries. He has been a visiting lecturer and researcher at the University of South Australia, at Toronto and York Universities in Canada, at the University of Kuopio in Finland, and at the University of Arizona in Phoenix. He is an Editorial Advisory Committee member for the international journal Rural Social and Community Practice, an international advisor to the Spanish social work journal, Portularia, and is also a reviewer and advisor to several British publishers and has acted in these capacities for both the Home Office and the Department of Health.

Since joining Keele in 2000 Richard’s research includes:

  • an evaluation of a family group conferencing pilot scheme
  • a national study for the Wales Office of Research and Development into patterns of variation in registration upon local authority child protection registers
  • a feasibility study looking at training asylum seekers and refugees to become professional interpreters
  • a qualitative exploration of the experience of black and ethnic minority social services staff of racism in their work.

Richard is extensively involved with Making Research Count (MRC), an national organisation directed to the dissemination of research and the development of research capacity among practitioners. He was the Chair of the National Committee in 2006/7 and is the local chair of Making Research Count at Keele.. He has published extensively on a range of issues, including: child protection; minority language policy and provision; general social theory (e.g. globalisation, citizenship); and rural social work.

  • Pugh, R. (2007) Dual relationships: professional and personal boundaries in rural communities, British Journal of Social Work, 37, pp. 1405 - 1423.
  • Pugh, R.  (2007) Variations in registration on child protection registers, British Journal of Social Work, 37, 1, pp. 5-21.
  • Pugh, R, Scharf, T and Williams, C (2007) Obstacles to Using and Providing Rural Social Care, Research Briefing 22, Social Care Institute for Excellence, London.
  • Greene, R., Pugh, R. and Roberts, D. (2008) Black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children, Research Briefing 29, Social Care Institute for Excellence, London.
  • Ray, M., Pugh, R. with Roberts, D. and Beech, B (2008) Mental health and Social Work, Research Briefing 26, Social care Institute of Excellence, London.

See a full list of Richard Pugh Publications.

Selected Publications

  • Pugh R and Cheers B. 2010. Rural Social Work: International Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.
  • Greene RPRARD. 2008. Black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children. link>
  • Ray MPRWRDABB. 2008. Mental health and Social Work. link>
  • Pugh RSTAWC. 2007. Obstacles to Using and Providing Rural Social Care. link>
  • Pugh R. 2007. Rurality and the Probation Service. Probation Service Journal, vol. 54(2), 145-159.

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Books

  • Pugh R and Cheers B. 2010. Rural Social Work: International Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.

Journal Articles

  • Pugh R. 2007. Rurality and the Probation Service. Probation Service Journal, vol. 54(2), 145-159.
  • PUGH RG. 2007. Variations in registration on child protection registers. British Journal of Social Work, vol. 37(1), 5-21. doi>
  • PUGH RG and Williams D. 2006. Language policy and provision in social service organizations. British Journal of Social Work, vol. 36(7), 1227-1244. link> doi>
  • Pugh R. 2007. Dual relationships: professional and personal boundaries in rural communities. British Journal of Social Work, 1405-1423.
  • Pugh R. 2005. The professionalisation of social work in the UK: independence, prescription and regulation,. Portularia, vol. 1(V), 77-94.
  • Pugh R. 2004. Difference and discrimination in rural areas. Rural Social Work, vol. 1(9), 255-264.
  • Pugh R and Jones P. 2004. Survival analysis in social work research. British Journal of Social Work.
  • PUGH RG. 2003. Considering the Countryside: Is There a Case for Rural Social Work?. British Journal of Social Work, vol. 33(1), 67-85. doi>
  • Pugh R. 2003. Research into practice. Community Care.
  • Pugh R. 2002. A family group conference pilot project: Evaluation and discussion. Practice, vol. 14(2), 45-58.
  • Pugh R. 2001. Globalisation, fragmentation and the analysis of difference in rural social work. Rural Social Work, vol. 6(3), 41-53.

Chapters

  • Pugh R. 2007. Social services in the Welsh countryside. In New Directions in Social Policy: Social Work and Social Welfare in a Devolved Wales. Williams C (Ed.). Birmingham: BASW/Venture Press.
  • Pugh R. 2004. Working together in rural contexts. In Effective practice in health and social care. Carnwell R and Buchanan J (Eds.). Open Univ Pr.
  • PUGH RG. 2004. Responding to racism: Delivering local services. In Rural Racism. Chakrabarti N and Garland J (Eds.). Willan Publishing.
  • Butler I and Pugh R. 2004. The politics of social work research. In Reflecting on Social Work: Discipline and Profession. Lovelock R, Lyon K, Powell J (Eds.). Ashgate, Aldershot.
  • Pugh R. 2003. Preparing for linguistically sensitive practice. In Communication, Relationships and Care: A reader. Barrett S, Komaromy C, Martin R, Rogers A (Eds.). Routledge, London.
  • Pugh R. 2003. Understanding language practice, policy and provision in social work. In Language Teaching in the Social Work Curriculum. Kornbeck J (Ed.). Logophon, Mainz, Germany.
  • John M and Pugh R. 2003. Welsh language training in social work. In Language Teaching in the Social Work Curriculum. Kornbeck J (Ed.). Logophon, Mainz, Germany.

Other

  • Greene RPRARD. 2008. Black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children. link>
  • Ray MPRWRDABB. 2008. Mental health and Social Work. link>
  • Pugh RSTAWC. 2007. Obstacles to Using and Providing Rural Social Care. link>
  • Hughes CAPR. 2004. A Survey of Family Participants’ Perceptions and Experience of Family Group Conferencing.
  • Pugh R. 2003. Difference and discrimination in rural areas. Human Services in Rural Communities: Beyond Geographical and Disciplinary Boundaries Conference.
  • Pugh R. 2003. Patterns of Child Protection Registration in Wales.
  • Andrew JFSFTMJPRASD. 2002. A Feasibility Study Assessing the Viability of a Refugee and Asylum Seeker Translation and Interpreting Enterprise Project in North Staffordshire.
  • Pugh R. Black and Ethnic Minority Staff Experiences of Racism.
  • Pugh R. Developing good practice: moving from reactive to proactive conceptions of citizenship.
  • Pugh R. Keynote address to Rural Social Work conference.
  • Pugh R. Language Issues and Access to Services,.
  • Pugh R. New Migrant and Minorities: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Difference and Discrimination in Rural Areas.
  • Pugh R. New Migrants and Minorities: Difference and Discrimination in Rural Areas.
  • Pugh R. Patterns of Variation in Child Protection Registers in Wales.
  • Pugh R. Rural Research and its Relevance to the Probation Service.
  • Pugh R. Rurality and Children's Services.
  • Pugh R. Social work and the construction of citizenship,.
  • Pugh R. Theorising Rural Social Work: Social Theory and Rural Practice .
  • Pugh R. Variations in child protection registrations – practical research and its implications for education.
  • Pugh R. What happened to our ideas and understandings of community? Thinking and theorising local context and practice.
  • Pugh R. Whose Children? The State and Children’s Welfare,.
  • BA Social Work Year 2 – Theory and Methods
  • BA Social Work Year 3 – Applying Social Work Knowledge and Research
  • MA Social Work Year 1-  Power and Discrimination
  • MA Social Work Year 1 - Theory and Methods (I)
  • MA Social Work Year 2 – Theory and Methods (II)