Prof Imogen Taylor

Biography

Imogen came to Sussex from the University of Bristol School for Policy Studies where until 2001 she was most recently a Senior Lecturer and where she obtained her PhD. Imogen undertook her social work training in Toronto where she also worked for fifteen years as a social work practitioner. Prior to returning to the UK in 2000, Imogen was a Social Work Practice Professor at the University of Toronto

Research Assesment Exercise

Imogen was successfully nominated to the RAE Panel for Social Policy and Social Work (UoA 40). Her particular area of expertise is pedagogic research.

National Teaching Fellowship

In 2003, Professor Imogen Taylor was one of 20 university teachers nationally to receive the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Award. The winners were selected from nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England and Northern Ireland. The criteria used for selection included the ability to influence and inspire students, to inspire their colleagues in teaching and to influence the teaching profession as a whole. Imogen is using the £50,000 award money to develop interprofessional learning for social work at Sussex.

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre.

From 2000-5 Imogen was Co-Director of the Higher Education Academy , Learning and Teaching Support Network Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (www.swap.ac.uk).

The focus of the Subject Centre is to improve learning and teaching in social work and social policy. In her role as Co-Director, Imogen led a range of national and regional social work education initiatives including chairing the planning committee for the Annual Joint Social Work Education Conference. Imogen is now a member of the Steering Group for the Subject Centre.

International links

Since 2003, Imogen has been working closely with social work education departments at 5 universities in Hong Kong. In particular she has been consultant to the 'Learning to Practise, Learning in Practice' project, jointly led by City University and Baptist University. Her current project is to edit an edition of Social Work Education: The international journal, based on social work education in Hong Kong, Macau,Taiwan and Mainland China.

Keynote Speaker: in December 2006, Imogen was one of 5 international speakers invited to present on the topic of teaching excellence at a national conference held at Soochow University, Taiwan, sponsored by the Taiwan government.

Editorial Boards

Imogen is a long-standing member of the Editorial Board of Social Work Education: the international journal, and guest edits the themed issue based on the annual international Joint Social Work Education Conference.

Imogen has joined the Board for Learning in Health and Welfare.

Imogen's research interests are in the field of pedagogic research in higher education, with a particular interest in research into learning for professional practice in social work and related professions. Most recently in 2005 she has led an interdisciplinary Sussex team undertaking a Research Review and Practice Survey as part of a Knowledge Review of the Learning, Teaching and Asssessment of Partnership, commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Imogen's particular research interests include:

• learning for professional and interprofessional practice at pre and post qualifying levels
• the implications of gender for the development of knowledge and practice
• the development of the learning organisation
• the management of change
• ethical issues in education and practice
• user and carer participation in education and practice

Taylor, Imogen and Bogo, Marion (2013) Perfect opportunity~perfect storm? Raising the standards of social work education in England. British Journal of Social Work. ISSN 0045-3102

Taylor, Imogen and Finch, Johanna (2012) Failure to fail? Practice educators' emotional experiences of assessing failing social work students. Social Work Education, 32 (2). pp. 244-258. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen (2012) Interprofessional Practice. In: The Sage Handbook of Social Work. Sage Publications Ltd, London, pp. 660-677. ISBN 9781849207515

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2012) Editorial. Social Work Education, 31 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Marrable, Tish (2011) SCIE Guide 43: Improving access to social care for adults with autism. Project Report. Social Care Institute of Excellence, London.

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2011) Editorial. Social Work Education, 30 (5). pp. 477-479. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2011) Editorial. Social Work Education, 30 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2011) Editorial. Social Work Education, 30 (7). pp. 721-722. ISSN 0261-5479

Marrable, Tish, Cheng, Andy, Braye, Suzy and Taylor, Imogen (2010) Consultation of Carers for the College of Social Work. Project Report. The College of Social Work, London.

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2010) Editorial. Social Work Education, 29 (4). pp. 337-339. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2010) Editorial. Social Work Education, 29 (3). pp. 227-229. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2010) Editorial. Social Work Education, 29 (2). pp. 117-119. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2010) Editorial. Social Work Education, 29 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen and Lefevre, Michelle (2010) Editorial. Social Work Education, 29 (7). pp. 701-703. ISSN 0261-5479

Braye, Suzy, Taylor, Imogen and Cheng, Andy (2009) Carers as partners in social work education. Project Report. Social Care Institute for Excellence, London.

Taylor, Imogen, Sharland, Elaine and Whiting, Russell (2008) Building capacity for the children's workforce: findings from the knowledge review of the higher education response. Learning in Health and Social Care, 7 (4). pp. 184-197. ISSN 1473-6853

Holmstrom, Cath and Taylor, Imogen (2008) Mapping the terrain of selection for social work: a critical analysis of policy, theory and research. Social Work Education, 27 (5). pp. 519-535. ISSN 0261-5479

Taylor, Imogen, Whiting, Russell Lewis and Sharland, Elaine (2008) Integrated Children's Services in Higher Education (ICS-HE)- Preparing Tomorrow's Professionals, Knowledge Review. Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP), Southampton. ISBN 9780854328888

Taylor, Imogen and Hutchings, Anna (2008) Correcting misconceptions about the development of social work in China: a response to Cunfu Jia. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17 (1). pp. 102-104. ISSN 1468-2397 (online)

Holmstrom, Cath and Taylor, Imogen (2008) Researching admissions: what can we learn about selection of applicants from findings about students in difficulty on a social work programme? Social Work Education, 27 (8). pp. 819-836. ISSN 0261-5479

Hutchings, Anna and Taylor, Imogen (2007) Defining the profession: exploring an international definition of social work in the China context. Journal of International Social Welfare, 16 (4). pp. 382-390. ISSN 1369-6866

Taylor, Imogen (2007) Pursued by excellence: rewards and the performance culture in higher education. Social Work Education, 26 (5). pp. 504-519. ISSN 0261-5479

Sharland, Elaine and Taylor, Imogen (2006) Social care research: a suitable case for systematic review? Evidence and Policy, 2 (4). pp. 503-523. ISSN 1744-2648

Taylor, Imogen, Sharland, Elaine, Sebba, Judy, Le Riche, Patricia, Keep, Elaine and Orr, David, eds. (2006) The Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Partnership Work in Social Work Education. SCIE Knowledge Reviews . Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). ISBN 9781904812340

Taylor, Imogen, Sharland, Elaine, Sebba, Judy, Le Riche, Patricia, Keep, Elaine and Orr, David (2006) Knowledge Review: Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Partnership Work. Social Care Institute for Excellence. ISBN 978-1-904812-34-0

Taylor, Imogen (2004) Developing the university as a learning organisation. In: Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Policy and Social Work. Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education . Routledge, pp. 184-196. ISBN 9780415334952

Taylor, Prof Imogen and Burgess, H, eds. (2004) Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Work and Social Policy. ILT & Kogan Page. ISBN 978-0-415-33496-9

Lyons, Karen and Taylor, Imogen (2004) Gender and Knowledge in Social Work. In: Reflecting on Social Work: Discipline and Profession. Ashgate, pp. 72-95. ISBN 978-0-7546-1905-5

Taylor, Imogen (2004) Multiprofessional teams, reflection and the learning organisation. In: Social Work, Critical Reflection and the Learning Organisation. Ashgate, pp. 75-87. ISBN 9780754631675

Taylor, Imogen and Rafferty, Jackie (2003) Integrating research and teaching in social work: building a strong partnership. Social Work Education, 22 (6). pp. 589-602. ISSN 0261-5479