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Andy Rixon

Profile summary

  • Central Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer, CYP
  • Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
  • School of Health, Wellbeing & Social Care
  • Health & Social Care
  • andy.rixon

Professional biography

I am currently a lecturer teaching primarily in the children, young people and families area. My background is in child and family social work and staff development in social services.

Research interests

My main research interest has continued to be teaching and learning in social work.

Teaching interests

I have been involved in the development and teaching of a variety of modules at the Open University including:

Working with children, young people and families (K218)

  • Author  - 'Well-being and the ecology of children's lives' in O'Dell L & Leverett S (2011) Working with children, young people and families: co-constructing practice. Palgrave/OU

Working together for children (KE312)

  • Co- editor - 'Changing children's services: working and learning together' Foley P & Rixon A (2014). Policy Press/OU
  • Author  - 'Positive practice relationships' in Foley P & Leverett S (2008) Connecting with children: developing working relationships. Policy Press/OU

Research groups

NameTypeParent Unit
Children and Young People Research GroupGroupFaculty of Health and Social Care
FHSC Teaching and Learning Research GroupResearch GroupFaculty of Health and Social Care

Publications

Student and teacher experiences of online synchronous learning (2023)
Mallon, Sharon; Richards, Chris and Rixon, Andy
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 15(5) (pp. 1688-1705)

Views and Experiences of Sex, Sexuality and Relationships Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Qualitative Literature (2020-12)
Earle, Sarah; O'Dell, Lindsay; Davies, Alison and Rixon, Andrew
Sexuality and Disability, 38(4) (pp. 567-595)

Role of peer support for people with a spinal cord injury (2019-03-27)
O'Dell, Lindsay; Earle, Sarah; Rixon, Andrew and Davies, Alison
Nursing Standard, 34(4) (pp. 69-75)

Childhoods past and present: anxiety and idyll in reminiscences of childhood outdoor play and contemporary parenting practices (2019)
Rixon, Andy; Lomax, Helen and O'Dell, Lindsay
Children's Geographies, 17(5) (pp. 618-629)

Social workers writing for publication: The story of a practice and academic partnership (2017)
Gordon, Jean; Rixon, Andrew and Cooper, Barry
Practice: Social Work in Action, 29(3) (pp. 219-235)

What difference does it make? Social work practice and post-qualifying awards (2012)
Rixon, Andy and Ward, Rebecca
Practice: Social Work in Action, 24(3) (pp. 147-159)

Integrating Post-Qualification Study into the Workplace: The Candidates’ Experience (2001)
Cooper, Barry and Rixon, Andy
Social Work Education, 20(6) (pp. 701-716)

Telling Stories: a journey into narratives of practice (2015)
Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andrew
In: Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andrew eds. Best Practice With Children and Families: Critical Social Work Stories (pp. 16-30)
ISBN : 9781137003010 | Publisher : Palgrave | Published : Basingstoke

Relationships. (2015)
Rixon, Andy
In: Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andy eds. Best practice with children and families: critical social work stories (pp. 31-40)
ISBN : 9781137003010 | Publisher : Palgrave

Managing Relationships (2015)
Waite, Michael and Rixon, Andy
In: Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andy eds. Best Practice with Children and Families: Critical Social Work Stories (pp. 64-74)
ISBN : 978-1-137-00301-0 | Publisher : Palgrave | Published : London

Relationships in intensive short term work (2014-12-12)
Casserley, Niall and Rixon, Andrew
In: Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andrew eds. Best Practice with Children and Families: Critical Social Work Stories (pp. 41-51)
ISBN : 9781137003010 | Publisher : Palgrave | Published : London

Relationships in a therapeutic context (2014-12-12)
Hyams-Ssekasi, Michelle and Rixon, Andrew
In: Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andrew eds. Best Practice with Children and Families: Critical Social Work Stories (pp. 52-63)
ISBN : 9781137003010 | Publisher : Palgrave | Published : London

Childcare social work: perspectives on the professional (2010-07)
Rixon, Andy
In: Robb, Martin and Thomson, Rachel eds. Critical Practice with Children and Young People (pp. 157-173)
ISBN : 9781847426826 | Publisher : Policy Press | Published : Bristol

Best Practice with Children and Families: Critical Social Work Stories (2015)
Cooper, Barry; Gordon, Jean and Rixon, Andrew eds.
ISBN : 978-1-137-00301-0 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke