Watch me talking about “Big Society? Disabled people with learning disabilities and civil society, ESRC funded project & #disability,#socialpolicy #impact to @ESRC here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZZPnUrrG8o …

Read my piece in The Conversation on disability and The Archers here and in The Independent  here 

You can hear me talk about my presentation:

Runswick-Cole, K. (2016) The dis/appearance of disability in The Archers … or why Bethany had to leave Ambridge, The Archers in Fact and Fiction Conference, The University of Liverpool, Finsbury Park Campus, London, 17th February, 2016 on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme here

Slides available here: Archers slides

Do we need “Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies?”  Education Research Seminar Series, The University of Lancaster, 3rd February, 2016 View here.

Quoted in The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/16/families-long-stay-units-learning-disabilities‘Families doubt plans to close long stay units’, 16th December, 2015.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2015) What does the comprehensive spending review mean for people with learning disabilities? Pure FM 107.8, 1st December, 2015

Runswick-Cole, K. (2014) Resilience, Today’s Schools, Melbourne Australia, July, 2014

Runswick-Cole, K. (2014) Approaching Disability, Today’s Schools, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2014.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2014) Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies, Today’s Schools, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2014.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2014) What great schools do, Today’s Schools, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2014.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2014) How can learning disability research make an impact? Manchester Partnership Steering Group, The University of Manchester, July, 2014

Big Society Research Partners (2014) Big Society? Disabled people with learning disabilities & civil society, April, 2014

Runswick-Cole, K. (2012) Inclusion: square pegs and round holes, Cheshire East Parent Carer Forum, 18^th September, 2012 Online at:

Runswick-Cole, K. (2012) BBC Radio 4 The Today Programme interview with John Humphrys, 26^th October, 2012.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2012) Radio 5 live Victoria Derbyshire with Chris Warburton, 26^th October, 2012.

Runswick-Cole, K. (2012) BBC Radio Scotland Drivetime, 26^th October, 2012.

Bennett, R. (2012) A solution to the adoption crisis? The Times newspaper (26^th October, 2012).

Runswick-Cole, K. (January – December, 2013) monthly columnist on ‘inclusion’ for Nursery World Magazine.