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Jim McDermott started the topic in the forum Education 6 months ago
Not long after I wrote my short journal article: âArmed Forces Veterans: A Nationâs Untapped Resourceâ I read a newspaper report (The Times 19 Jan 2022) which says that veterans will be fast-tracked into prison officer roles in about 50 prisons across England and Wales as part of a recruitment scheme launched by the government.
The gover…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Education Research in the forum Education 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Hi Ben,
Thank you for your interesting enquiry and apologies for the delay in responding.
I am pretty confident you are right and there has been no published research on ELCAS. You ask if it is like the GI Bill. I would say no, not really. As you may know the GI Bill actually finished in 1956 but since then different US bills have provided…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Hello From Nick Wood and Pose Your Questions in the forum Forum Takeover 1 year, 5 months ago
Hi Renata,
You raise an interesting point â how do we measure success/a successful transition? I conducted research examining the histories of 50 âsuccessfulâ veterans â success being self-applied by the veterans themselves and generally, after discharge from military service, equated to the absence of the usual and known negatives. Some or…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Q4 Transition, tribes and veteran identity in the forum Forum Takeover 1 year, 5 months ago
Great overview Nick. A return to the tribe is very much something that Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Clubs provide in often subtle ways.
I closely observed participants at a Breakfast Club over several weeks and recorded many events related to tribal behaviour, one in particular comes to mind.
Someone drops a plate in the kitchen which…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Q3 Academics in the military/veterans/families research world in the forum Forum Takeover 1 year, 5 months ago
Like what you say Nick and I echo Lauren’s remark that those with a military background can more easily develop a rapport with veteran interviewees – because the interviewer (appearing as a civilian) DOES understand. I experienced this when trying to find participants for my research thesis. Initially I described myself as a post Grad student at…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Q1 Starting to research within the veterans and families sphere in the forum Forum Takeover 1 year, 5 months ago
To build a solid foundation for any research there is a clear need for a good grasp of research principles and theoretical themes and perspectives. The themes and principles being those appropriate to the discipline involved, sociological, medical, psychological and so on. My own discipline is Sociology and as an army veteran I am familiar with…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Education Research in the forum Education 1 year, 8 months ago
Hi Claire,
First of all congratulations on finishing your PhD, I trust you found time to celebrate appropriately!
I look forward to being able to read your work once the link is published. I have a particular interest
not just in veterans issues generally but also your study sparked my attention because all three of my children
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic New History Book Suggestion Available Online in the forum Book Corner 1 year, 8 months ago
‘An Equal Burden’ looks interesting and open access makes it even more so. On my list for a lockdown read.
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Forces.net Reading Suggestions in the forum Book Corner 2 years, 2 months ago
Some interesting titles here; clearly matters military are keeping a lot of writers busy. I am reading a couple of of tomes at the moment – applying my own doctrine of only recommending book I have actually read and Lockdown certainly helps!
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Jim McDermott's profile was updated 2 years, 3 months ago
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Education Research in the forum Education 2 years, 10 months ago
Hi Claire, your work sounds interesting and any papers you subsequently publish, including your finished Ph.D. will certainly be a useful contribution to this hub’s research collection. We don’t know what stage you are at with your research (and good luck with that, by the way) but if you are still seeking research participants then you could…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the forum Physical Health 2 years, 11 months ago
Hi Renata,
In case you thought you were being ignored here is some info. you probably already know of these sources but here goes anyway:
1. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – research.va.gov
http://www.research.va.gov/topics/tbi.cfm
Ongoing large-scale initiatives designed to improve the health of Veterans with TBI include the Traumatic Brain Injury…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Publicise your research project in the forum Site Matters/Other 2 years, 11 months ago
Hi Kristina,thanks. Waiting for the peer review process to be completed and then for the editor’s final decision to be made has taken ages and is very frustrating. I hope to hear very soon.
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Publicise your research project in the forum Site Matters/Other 3 years ago
Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Clubs.
I completed a qualitative research project in 2018 and wrote a journal paper on the incredible increase in the number of Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC) in all parts of the UK and a few in other parts of the world. The paper, in its second revision, is being peer-reviewed and I hope soon…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Snapshot Military Families in the forum Snapshot Feedback 3 years ago
Just read the new Snapshot on Military Families. Very interesting; there is certainly a lot going on and the Snapshot is a great way to keep up to speed with developments in his area.
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic Wellbeing and transition in the forum Well-being 3 years, 3 months ago
Factsheet âWishes and needs of veteransâ in the Netherlands
[Reference: Veteraneninstituut, 2014. Wishes and needs of veterans. Fact Sheet.]This excellent factsheet is dated Dec 2014 but it has clearly been well researched and is equally as relevant, to the well being of Veterans, today in 2019 as it was 5 years ago.
It begins by asking: âWh…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott started the topic A Good Read – 'RECOVERY- by army veteran Russell Wright in the forum Mental Health 3 years, 3 months ago
The key and important message from this interesting and moving book is neatly captured in its sub title:
âThere is help for Veterans and their families. You just have to be ready to take it. PTSD is not the end.
Russellâs story reads in places like a Victorian melodrama as he describes his fall from positions of trust and importance to near des…[Read more] -
Jim McDermott replied to the topic Wellbeing and transition in the forum Well-being 3 years, 5 months ago
Both Matt and Mary Beth make excellent points in opening a discussion on Veteran well-being. Matt is so right when he says that veteran well-being should be more than just the binary of in or out of employment. Of interest perhaps is that the US the Department of Labor tracks veteransâ performance outcomes and has done for many years. The E…[Read more]
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Jim McDermott replied to the topic RESEARCH – GETTING VETERANS TO TALK in the forum Training 3 years, 5 months ago
Hi Alex,
To avoid a nil return – Your info on the IWM talks noted. Sounds interesting and I will pass it on. -
Jim McDermott started the topic RESEARCH – GETTING VETERANS TO TALK in the forum Training 3 years, 6 months ago
VETERANS RESEARCH
When I completed my doctoral thesis in 2007 I was able to write that, whilst there was considerable research into the plight of US veterans, very little work had been published up until then on the lives and stories of British armed forces veterans. Since 2007 there has been a considerable increase in British armed forces…[Read more] - Load More