Paul Adams

Mr Paul Adams

Principal Lecturer

Youth work, Global youth work, Voluntary sector

Department of Social Work Counselling & Social Care , School of Childhood and Social Care

Paul is a professionally qualified (JNC) Youth and Community worker and holds a BA (Hons) in Applied Youth and Community Work and an MA in Social Justice and Education. He has worked extensively with young people and communities in the voluntary and statutory sectors as a young volunteer and qualified youth and community worker. His experience of working with young people includes health promotion work and youth media projects.

Qualifications

  • JNC National Certificate in ‘Community and Youth Work’
  • BA Hons. Applied Community and Youth Studies
  • MA Social Justice and Education

Areas Of Interest

  • Youth work
  • Youth participation
  • Global perspectives in youth work
  • Voluntary sector leadership and management
Paul Adams

OVERVIEW

Paul is a principal lecturer and MA Youth and Community Work course leader in the School of Childhood and Social Care (the course offers a JNC professional youth work qualification). He has substantial professional experience working with educational charities and children and young people’s services for over 18 years both locally and in national roles before becoming a full-time academic at UEL in 2005. He has an interest and background in the development of Global Youth Work, and for six years he was a trustee of Y Care International, an international youth relief and development agency.

He has substantial experience in teaching various UG and PG modules and supporting students to achieve their JNC status, specifically leading a field work practice module. He is also experienced in HE and has been an external examiner for three different MA/MSc professional JNC courses across England and Wales

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • ‘Space to connect, challenge and change’ the use of online spaces for the creative engagement of excluded young people in programmes of non-formal education.

PUBLICATIONS

Handbooks

  • 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.

Book Chapters

  • Adams, P. (2001) Work with Young Carers in ‘A companion to work with young people’. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.
  • Adams, P (2014) ‘Young People and Development: The Role of Global Youth Work in Engagement and Learning’ in McCloskey, S (ed.) Development Education in Theory and Practice, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan

Journals

  • 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, in Newscheck the Careers professional Journal, February (2005) Richmond.
  • Adams, P. (2009) A History of global youth work, Think Global: London
  • Adams, P. (2010) Mapping of Global Youth Work, Think Global: London

TEACHING

MA Youth and Community Work

This established course opens the door for you to step straight into youth work.

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MODULES

Teaches on the following modules:

  • ED7704 MA Youth and Community work Independent Research Project
  • ED7703 Community Development principles and practice
  • ED7701 Field Work practice 1
  • SY6005 Leading and Managing in the Not-for-Profit sector

External roles

  • External Examiner for MA Youth & Community Leadership (JNC route) Northampton University January 2021 - present
  • External Examiner FdA Youth Justice, South Devon College (starting September 2023)

Publications

The last four years of publications can be viewed below. 

Full publications list

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Research repository