Inequalities, Health and Wellbeing

A MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing Student

The Inequalities, Health and Wellbeing theme focuses on reducing disparities that affect individuals’ ability to thrive across educational, social, and health settings. Our work explores how factors such as poverty, marginalisation, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and intersectionality shape experiences of wellbeing and opportunity. We collaborate with learners, families, educators, communities, and health professionals to co-produce inclusive and culturally sensitive research grounded in lived experience. By developing evidence-based policies and interventions, we aim to create equitable, safe, and supportive environments that promote lifelong learning, growth, and wellbeing for all.

Recent publications

Blanco-Bayo, A. (2025). ‘There is something special between us’: reimagining assessment through CARIÑO. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1–21. Find out more here.
Wilcock, R., Monro, A., Smith, A., & O’Keeffe, H. 2025. Teachers’ experiences of school-based mental health literacy programmes: a qualitative study of Tackling the Blues. Educational Review, 1–18. Find out more here.
Wilcock, R., Monro, A., Smith, A., O’Keeffe, H., & Haycock, D. 2025. Coproducing a school-based mental health literacy programme: exploring the views and experiences of primary school children in North-West England. Educational Review, 1–21. Find out more here.
Woolhouse, C., El Zerbi, C. & McFarlane-Troy, C. 2025. Addressing a youth mental health crisis; Utilising therapeutic landscapes and creative approaches in an English School. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, (open access Springer). Find out more here.
Woolhouse C. & Kay, V. 2025. (Eds) Championing Co-production in the Design of Inclusive Practices. Positioning Children and Young People’s voices at the heart of education. Routledge, Nasen spotlight series. Find out more here.
Woolhouse, C., Fraser, L. and Dougherty, S. Forthcoming. Chapter 24: Using photo elicitation for researching disability in physical education, in Maher, A.J., Haegele, J. A. and Coates, J. (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education, Routledge.