MA (Sociology), PGC-AP, BA (hons) Combined Honours, TESOL certificate
I am currently the Deputy Programme Leader in the Sociology department. My role includes managing options information, exceptional factors and coordinating documentation required for external examination purposes.
I am also the joint coordinator for Q-Step in the Community, part of the Q-Step project
I am the unit leader for 'Volunteering and Community Networking' (2nd year) and am also joint unit leader for 'Contemporary British Society' (1st year).
I am also the joint unit leader for 'Exploring Crime and Its Contexts', part of the BA in Community Justice within the Probation Qualification Framework.
External examiner for Cardiff Metropolitan University (Social Sciences Foundation Year) 2008-2013
I am currently working with Wendy Laverick and the British Association for Women in Policing (BAWP) on a project which looks at the impact of recent austerity measures and policing reforms on female police officers and staff.
L. Cain, J. Goldring, A. Westall Seeing behind the curtain: Reverse Mentoring within the Higher Education landscape. Teaching in Higher Education. pp.1-16.
L. Cain, I. Pople (2011). The Dialect of the Tribe. Journal of Academic Writing. 1(1), pp.46-53.
I. Pople, L. Cain (2010). Manchester life and language: British cultural ethnography for international students. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. 4(2), pp.93-99.
W. Laverick, EC. Cain (2014). Policing Reform: Consequences for the Gender Agenda and the Female Police Workforce. , BAWP.
BAWP (British Association for Women in Policing): collaborative project with Wendy Laverick, examining the impact of austerity measures and policing reforms on the female police workforce
I am the joint coordinator of Q-Step in the Community coordinator, part of the Q-Step project. This, along with unit leadership of Volunteering and Communtiy Networking has given me the opportunity to make a number of links with voluntary organisations and community groups across Greater Manchester.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Voluntary Sector Studies Network