Paul is a professionally qualified (JNC) Youth and Community worker and holds a BA Hons. in Applied Youth and Community work and MA in Social Justice and Education. He has been working with young people and communities in the voluntary and statutory sectors for the past 26 years as a young volunteer and qualified youth & community worker. His experience of working with young people includes health promotion work and youth media projects. For six years, until September ’05, Paul was the national youth programme manager at the Development Education Association with a responsibility for the development of ‘global youth work’. This involved producing publications, responding to Government policy initiatives and providing training and support for youth and community organisations on how to integrate a global dimension into their work, and International NGOs on how to develop informal education programmes with young people.

Whilst working in national organisations Paul has been engaged as a consultant for a number of organisations and national Government working groups (for example a DfES youth work unit working group on sustainable development ). Other examples include:

• Consultancy to British Red Cross, British Council Turkey, Girl Guiding UK and Voluntary Service Overseas.
• Producing and editing youth work publications, curriculum materials and WebPages on youth work training and practice.
• Designing, delivering and assessing an annual Open College Network (OCN) accredited residential training course and moderating the course units.
• Membership of the board of trustees of Y Care International, an international relief and development agency, which works in partnership with YMCAs throughout the world to strengthen them to be better able to respond to the needs of the most disadvantaged young people. www.ycareinternational.org

Programme leader of the MA Youth and Community work and teaching on various related modules.

Paul has a particular interest in Global Youth Work and issues of social justice and the impact of globalisation on the lives of young people.

• MA Youth and Community Work
• Teaching on BAHons Youth and Community Work

ED1021 Introduction to Youth and Community Work

ED2500 Volunteering (UEL wide Option)

ED2060 Young People in a Global Society

ED3027 Leading and Managing Youth and Community Work

EDM701 Field Work Practice 1.

ETM723 Research Methodologies in Education and Professional Practice

Publications & articles

Adams, P.  (2001)Work with young carers in ‘A companion to work with young people’. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.

Adams, P. (2000) Guidelines for producing global youth work resources, London: Development Education Association.

Adams, P. (2000) Editor, Global Youth Work a Practice, Training and Resources Manual. (2000) London: Development Education Association (2000) (revised & reprinted 2003 & 2005).

Adams, P. (2002) Young People in a Global Society (2002) London: Development Education Association.

Adams, P. and Lashley, H. Eds (2003) Youth and Policy, Journal of Critical analysis special edition on Global Youth Work, Leicester: NYA.

Adams, P. (2003) ‘Social Exclusion and Citizenship in a Global Society’ In Youth and Policy Journal of Critical analysis special edition on Global Youth Work, Leicester: NYA.

Adams, P. Introducing a Global Dimension, article in Newscheck the Careers professionalJournal, February (2005) Richmond.

Adams, P. (2009) A History of global youth work, Available at: http://www.think-global.org.uk/

Adams, P. (2010) Mapping of Global Youth Work, Available at: http://www.think-global.org.uk/