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Dr Alison Tarrant
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Alison Tarrant
Lecturer in Law
Overview
My primary areas of research are social care, disability and human rights, focusing on how the law works in ‘real world’ situations, directly impacting on people’s lives. My work on social care extends across all nations of the UK and covers multiple aspects including the experiences of those who draw on care, matters relating to the workforce, and regulation. I have a particular interest in social care in relation to working-age disabled people and the operation of international disability human rights. I am a socio-legal and interdisciplinary researcher, with a particular interest in how language, law and policy shape identities. I use both doctrinal and qualitative research methods, including textual analysis and interviews. I am an academic member of the Wales Governance Centre and the Centre for Adult Social Care Research.
I obtained my PhD in 2019. My thesis examined how the concept of independent living devised by the disabled people’s movement has been absorbed and deployed in Welsh policy and social care law. I am a former solicitor and worked in the regulatory and insurance fields before leaving practice to undertake my PhD. I have also worked in management roles for large non-governmental organisations.
I am the module leader for the LLB module Tort Law and teach on the LLB module Law and Poverty. I have also taught on the LLB modules Equity & Trusts and Legal Foundations and the LLM modules Themes in Socio-Legal Research, Social Care Rights and the Law and International Human Rights Disability Law.
Publication
2024
- Tarrant, A. 2024. Disability, care and family law by Beverley Clough and Jonathan Herring [Book Review]. British Journal of Learning Disabilities 52 (1), pp.177-178. (10.1111/bld.12560)
- Tarrant, A. 2024. The progressive potential of the Care Act 2014: wellbeing, autonomy and rights. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 46 (3), pp.472-475. (10.1080/09649069.2024.2381994)
2023
- Tarrant, A. 2023. Devolution and the difficulty of divergence: The development of adult social care policy in Wales. Critical Social Policy 43 (4), pp.676-696. (10.1177/02610183221145404)
2022
- Tarrant, A. and Goodall, C. 2022. Welcome break? Holidays and recreation as eligible needs under the care act 2014. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 44 , pp.544-546. (10.1080/09649069.2022.2136707)
- Tarrant, A. 2022. Independent living as a counter-narrative: a work of resistance and repair. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice 2 (1), pp.48-73.
2021
- Tarrant, A. 2021. Adult social care reform in Wales.
- Tarrant, A. 2021. Reforming social care in Wales. [Online].IWA Wales Website: Institute of Welsh Affairs. Available at: https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2021/06/reforming-social-care-in-wales/.
- Tarrant, A. 2021. The enigma of section 16. [Online].Rhydian: Social Welfare Law in Wales.: Available at: https://www.lukeclements.co.uk/the-enigma-of-section-16/.
- Tarrant, A. and Hayes, L. 2021. Exposure to coronavirus in adult social care settings: A matter of safety or safeguarding?. Public Law April , pp.223-232.
2020
- Hayes, L. , Johnson, E. and Tarrant, A. 2020. Professionalisation at work in adult social care.
- Tarrant, A. and Hayes, L. 2020. The suspension of routine inspections renders care homes invisible to scrutiny and costs lives. [Online].British Politics and Policy at LSE: London School of Economics. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/care-home-inspections-covid19/.
- Hayes, L. , Tarrant, A. and Walters, H. 2020. Care and support workers' perceptions of health and safety issues in social care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial findings.
- Tarrant, A. 2020. Personal budgets in adult social care: the fact and the fiction of the Care Act 2014. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 42 (3), pp.281-298. (10.1080/09649069.2020.1796224)
2019
- Tarrant, A. 2019. When resistance meets law and policy: disabled people and the independent living counter-narrative in Wales. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2018
- Tarrant, A. 2018. Action on disability: the right to independent living: A critical analysis. [Online].Rhydian: Wales Social Welfare Law Online. Available at: http://www.lukeclements.co.uk/action-on-disability-the-right-to-independent-living/.
2017
- Kakoullis, E. , Series, L. and Tarrant, A. 2017. Comments on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Draft General Comment No. 5 (2017) Article 19 CRPD: Living independently and being included in the community. Documentation. United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/WSArticle19.aspx.
2016
Articles
- Tarrant, A. 2024. Disability, care and family law by Beverley Clough and Jonathan Herring [Book Review]. British Journal of Learning Disabilities 52 (1), pp.177-178. (10.1111/bld.12560)
- Tarrant, A. 2024. The progressive potential of the Care Act 2014: wellbeing, autonomy and rights. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 46 (3), pp.472-475. (10.1080/09649069.2024.2381994)
- Tarrant, A. 2023. Devolution and the difficulty of divergence: The development of adult social care policy in Wales. Critical Social Policy 43 (4), pp.676-696. (10.1177/02610183221145404)
- Tarrant, A. and Goodall, C. 2022. Welcome break? Holidays and recreation as eligible needs under the care act 2014. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 44 , pp.544-546. (10.1080/09649069.2022.2136707)
- Tarrant, A. 2022. Independent living as a counter-narrative: a work of resistance and repair. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice 2 (1), pp.48-73.
- Tarrant, A. and Hayes, L. 2021. Exposure to coronavirus in adult social care settings: A matter of safety or safeguarding?. Public Law April , pp.223-232.
- Tarrant, A. 2020. Personal budgets in adult social care: the fact and the fiction of the Care Act 2014. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 42 (3), pp.281-298. (10.1080/09649069.2020.1796224)
Monographs
- Tarrant, A. 2021. Adult social care reform in Wales.
- Hayes, L. , Johnson, E. and Tarrant, A. 2020. Professionalisation at work in adult social care.
- Hayes, L. , Tarrant, A. and Walters, H. 2020. Care and support workers' perceptions of health and safety issues in social care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial findings.
- Kakoullis, E. , Series, L. and Tarrant, A. 2017. Comments on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Draft General Comment No. 5 (2017) Article 19 CRPD: Living independently and being included in the community. Documentation. United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/WSArticle19.aspx.
- Tarrant, A. 2016. Supporting people: older people's services.
Thesis
- Tarrant, A. 2019. When resistance meets law and policy: disabled people and the independent living counter-narrative in Wales. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Websites
- Tarrant, A. 2021. Reforming social care in Wales. [Online].IWA Wales Website: Institute of Welsh Affairs. Available at: https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2021/06/reforming-social-care-in-wales/.
- Tarrant, A. 2021. The enigma of section 16. [Online].Rhydian: Social Welfare Law in Wales.: Available at: https://www.lukeclements.co.uk/the-enigma-of-section-16/.
- Tarrant, A. and Hayes, L. 2020. The suspension of routine inspections renders care homes invisible to scrutiny and costs lives. [Online].British Politics and Policy at LSE: London School of Economics. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/care-home-inspections-covid19/.
- Tarrant, A. 2018. Action on disability: the right to independent living: A critical analysis. [Online].Rhydian: Wales Social Welfare Law Online. Available at: http://www.lukeclements.co.uk/action-on-disability-the-right-to-independent-living/.
Teaching
I am the co-module leader for the LLB module Tort Law. I also teach on the LLB module Law and Poverty.
In the past I have taught on the LLB modules Equity and Trusts and Legal Foundations; and the LLM module Themes in Socio-Legal Research. I have also taught and been the module leader for the LLM modules Social Care Rights and the Law and International Human Rights Disability Law.
I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Biography
Honours and awards
Awards
2007: Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize, Cardiff University (best overall results in final year examinations)
2007: Alan & Cyril Body Award, Cardiff University (highest achieving mature student)
2006: Cardiff University Undergraduate Scholarship (best performance in year 2 examinations)
2002: Plain English Campaign Award
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Academic positions
2021 - present: Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
2020 - 2021: ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiff University
2019 - 2020: Research Associate: University of Kent
2013 - 2019: Law Tutor, Cardiff University
Committees and reviewing
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law and Society
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising students with an interest in the below areas, in the UK, devolved and international contexts:
- Disability law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Adult social care: The experiences of those drawing on social care, those working in the field, and the regulation of social care.
