Peter Ashworth BA (Hons), CQSW, MSc, FHEA

Peter has worked for a number of years as a local authority social worker with a wide range of casework experience including work with Looked After Children, Emergency assessments under S47 of the Children Act and permanency planning including adoption work. 

Peter has worked in the voluntary sector with children and adults with physical disabilities. Peter has a wide range of support work experience including representation at SEN tribunal, being part of the organisations audit team and training volunteers. 

Peter has worked as a Case manager in Youth Offending Service with young people at risk of custody. 

Teaching including work on the Departments Skills Days preparing students for practice. Individual academic adviser, placement support for social work and our joint award degree and Admissions Tutor for our Foundation Degree in Working with Children, Young People and Families.

Social Work

Journal articles

Ashworth, P.D. (2017). Interiority, exteriority and the realm of intentionality. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 48 (1), 39-62. http://doi.org/10.1163/15691624-12341321

Ashworth, P.D. (2016). The lifeworld – enriching qualitative evidence. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 13 (1), 20-32. http://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2015.1076917

Ashworth, P.D. (2013). The gift relationship. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 44 (1), 1-36. http://doi.org/10.1163/15691624-12341243

Ashworth, P. (2010). Editorial. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 5 (4). http://doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5535

Ashworth, P., & Greasley, K. (2009). The phenomenology of ‘approach to studying’: the idiographic turn. Studies in Higher Education, 34 (5), 561-576. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075070802597184

Ashworth, P. (2009). William James's “psychologist's fallacy” and contemporary human science research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 4 (4). http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/5016

Dahlberg, K., & Ashworth, P.D. (2009). Editoral. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 4 (3), 130-132. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482620903220230

Gerrish, K., Ashworth, P., Lacey, A., & Bailey, J. (2008). Developing evidence-based practice: experiences of senior and junior clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62 (1), 62-73. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04579.x

King, N., Finlay, L., Ashworth, P., Smith, J.A., Langdridge, D., & Butt, T. (2008). “Can't Really Trust That, So What Can I Trust?”: A Polyvocal, Qualitative Analysis of the Psychology of Mistrust. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 5 (2), 80-102. http://doi.org/10.1080/14780880802070559

Greasley, K., & Ashworth, P.D. (2007). The phenomenology of 'approach to studying': the university student's studies within the lifeworld. British educational research journal, 33 (6), 819-843. http://doi.org/10.1080/01411920701656977

Gerrish, K., Ashworth, P.D., Lacey, A., Bailey, J., Cooke, J., Kendall, S., & McNeilly, E. (2007). Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice: a research tool. Journal of advanced nursing, 57 (3), 328-338. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04112.x

Ashworth, P. (2006). Seeing oneself as a carer in the activity of caring: Attending to the lifeworld of a person with Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 1 (4), 212-225. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482620600967786

Ashworth, P. (2003). An Approach to Phenomenological Psychology: The Contingencies of the Lifeworld. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 34 (2), 145-156. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916203322847119

Ashworth, A., & Ashworth, P. (2003). The Lifeworld as Phenomenon and as Research Heuristic, Exemplified by a Study of the Lifeworld of a Person Suffering Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 34 (2), 179-205. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916203322847137

Ashworth, P.D., Freewood, M., & Macdonald, R. (2003). The student lifeworld and the meanings of plagiarism. Journal of phenomenological psychology, 34 (2), 257-278. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916203322847164

Gerrish, K., Mcmanus, M., & Ashworth, P.D. (2003). Creating what sort of professional? Master's level nurse education as a professionalising strategy. Nursing inquiry, 10 (2), 103-112. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00168.x

Ashworth, P.D., Gerrish, K., & McManus, M. (2001). Whither nursing? Discourses underlying the attribution of master's level performance in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34 (5), 621-628. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01791.x

Ashworth, P.D. (2000). Quali tati ve research methods. Estudios Pedagogicos, (26), 91-106.

Gerrish, K., Ashworth, P.D., & McManus, M. (2000). Some dilemmas of master's level nurse education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32 (4), 834-841. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.t01-1-01547.x

Ashworth, P., & Lucas, U. (2000). Achieving Empathy and Engagement: A practical approach to the design, conduct and reporting of phenomenographic research. Studies in Higher Education, 25 (3), 295-308. http://doi.org/10.1080/713696153

Ashworth, P.D. (2000). The descriptive adequacy of qualitative findings. Humanistic Psychologist, 28 (1-3), 138-152. http://doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2000.9976987

Ashworth, P.D., Gerrish, K., Hargreaves, J., & McManus, M. (1999). 'Levels' of attainment in nursing practice: Reality or illusion? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30 (1), 159-168. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01060.x

Ashworth, P. (1999). “Bracketing” in phenomenology: Renouncing assumptions in hearing about student cheating. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12 (6), 707-721. http://doi.org/10.1080/095183999235845

Davis, L.G., Ashworth, P.D., & Spriggs, L.S. (1998). Psychological effects of aesthetic dental treatment. Journal of Dentistry, 26 (7), 547-554. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0300-5712(97)00031-6

Ashworth, P., & Lucas, U. (1998). What is the ‘world’ of phenomenography? Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 42 (4), 415-431. http://doi.org/10.1080/0031383980420407

Ashworth, P.D. (1997). The meaning of participation. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 28 (1), 82-103. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916297X00040

Ashworth, P.D. (1997). The variety of qualitative research. Part one: Introduction to the problem. Nurse Education Today, 17 (3), 215-218. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0260-6917(97)80136-0

Ashworth, P.D. (1997). The variety of qualitative research. Part two: Non-positivist approaches. Nurse Education Today, 17 (3), 219-224. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0260-6917(97)80137-2

Ashworth, P., Bannister, P., & Thorne, P. (1997). Guilty in Whose Eyes? University students' perceptions of cheating and plagiarism in academic work and assessment. Studies in Higher Education, 22 (2), 187-203. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075079712331381034

Ashworth, P., & Milne, D. (1996). Learning from the MASTER: An instrument for measuring interactions in teaching psychology. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 3 (2), 103-108.

Ashworth, P., Davis, L.G., & Spriggs, L.S. (1996). Personal change resulting from porcelain veneer treatment to improve the appearance of the teeth. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 1 (1), 57-69. http://doi.org/10.1080/13548509608400006

Ashworth, P. (1996). Presuppose nothing! the suspension of assumptions in phenomenological psychological methodology. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 27 (1), 1-25. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916296X00014

Ashworth, P. (1996). The primacy of conversation. Humanistic Psychologist, 24 (2), 283-290. http://doi.org/10.1080/08873267.1996.9986856

Macaskill, A., & Ashworth, P. (1995). Parental participation in child protection case conferences: The social worker's view. British Journal of Social Work, 25 (5), 581-597.

Ashworth, P.D. (1995). The Meaning of “Participation” in Participant Observation. Qualitative Health Research, 5 (3), 366-387. http://doi.org/10.1177/104973239500500307

Ashworth, P.D., & Ann Longmate, M. (1993). Theory and practice: Beyond the dichotomy. Nurse Education Today, 13 (5), 321-327. http://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917(93)90071-9

Ashworth, P.D., & Hagan, M.T. (1993). The meaning of incontinence: a qualitative study of non‐geriatric urinary incontinence sufferers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18 (9), 1415-1423. http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18091415.x

Ashworth, P.D., & Hagan, M.T. (1993). Some Social Consequences of Non-compliance with Pelvic Floor Exercises. Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 79 (7), 465-471. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9406(10)60223-4

Ashworth, P. (1993). Participant Agreement in the Justification of Qualitative Findings. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 24 (1), 3-16. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916293X00017

Ashworth, P. (1992). Being competent and having “competencies’. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 16 (3), 8-17. http://doi.org/10.1080/0309877920160302

Ashworth, P.D., Longmate, M.A., & Morrison, P. (1992). Patient participation: its meaning and significance in the context of caring. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17 (12), 1430-1439. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02814.x

Ashworth, P., & Morrison, P. (1992). Ashworth and Morrison reply. Nurse Education Today, 12 (1), 70-72. http://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917(92)90016-H

Ashworth, P., & Morrison, P. (1991). Problems of competence-based nurse education. Nurse Education Today, 11 (4), 256-260. http://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917(91)90087-Q

Ashworth, P.D., & Saxton, J. (1990). On ‘Competence’. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 14 (2), 3-25. http://doi.org/10.1080/0309877900140201

Saxton, J., & Ashworth, P. (1990). Sandwich Degree Placements and the Visiting Tutor. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 14 (1), 31-50. http://doi.org/10.1080/0309877900140103

Saxton, J., & Ashworth, P. (1990). The workplace supervision of sandwich degree placement students. Management Learning, 21 (2), 88. http://doi.org/10.1177/135050769002100205

Saxton, J., & Ashworth, P. (1990). The workplace supervision of sandwich degree placement students. Management Learning, 21 (2), 133-149. http://doi.org/10.1177/135050769002100210

Ashworth, P., & Morrison, P. (1989). Some ambiguities of the student's role in Undergraduate nurse training. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 14 (12), 1009-1015. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb01511.x

Ashworth, P.D. (1987). The Descriptive Adequacy of Qualitative Findings. The Humanistic Psychologist, 15 (1), 38-49. http://doi.org/10.1080/08873267.1987.9976782

Ashworth, P.D. (1985). Phenomenologically-Based Empirical Studies of Social Attitude. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 16 (1), 69-93. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916285X00043

Ashworth, P.D. (1981). Equivocal alliances of phenomenological psychologists. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 12 (1), 1-31. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916281X00010

Ashworth, P.D. (1981). Equivocal Alliances Oof Phenomenological Psychologists. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 12 (2), 1-31. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916281X00128

Ashworth, P.D. (1980). Attitude, Action and the Concept of Structure. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 11 (1), 39-66. http://doi.org/10.1163/156916280X00101

Conference papers

Bramhall, M.D., Ashworth, P.D., Cook, M.C., Lawson, J.S., Payne, R.N., & Robinson, I.M. (1995). Use of professional development portfolios in engineering degree courses. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1, 957-963.