Overview
My research fields are social care and social care regulation in the devolved and UK contexts, disability and international disability human rights. I have a particular interest in how language, law and policy shape identities. I use various qualitative methods to undertake socio-legal research including textual analysis and interviews.
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 qualified (non-practising) solicitor and worked in the regulatory and insurance fields before leaving practice to undertake my PhD. I have also worked in the policy and campaigns teams of a number of large non-governmental organisations.
I am the module leader for the LLB module Tort Law and also teach on the the LLM module Themes in Socio-Legal Research. I have also taught on the LLB modules Equity & Trusts and Legal Foundations and the LLM modules 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. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2569623/Tarrant-2021-Social-Care-Reform-in-Wales-Final.pdf
- 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. GMB. Available at: https://www.gmb.org.uk/sites/default/files/Professionalisation_at_Work_0309.pdf
- 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. University of Kent. Available at: https://media.www.kent.ac.uk/se/11148/CareworkersHealthandSafetyreport15042.pdf
- 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 (Welsh government, 2018). Rhydian: Online Journal 2, pp. 31-39.
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
- Tarrant, A. 2016. Supporting people: older people's services. Welsh Government.
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)
- Tarrant, A. 2018. Action on disability: the right to independent living (Welsh government, 2018). Rhydian: Online Journal 2, pp. 31-39.
Monographs
- Tarrant, A. 2021. Adult social care reform in Wales. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2569623/Tarrant-2021-Social-Care-Reform-in-Wales-Final.pdf
- Hayes, L., Johnson, E. and Tarrant, A. 2020. Professionalisation at work in adult social care. GMB. Available at: https://www.gmb.org.uk/sites/default/files/Professionalisation_at_Work_0309.pdf
- 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. University of Kent. Available at: https://media.www.kent.ac.uk/se/11148/CareworkersHealthandSafetyreport15042.pdf
- 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. Welsh Government.
Thesis
- Tarrant, A. 2019. When resistance meets law and policy: disabled people and the independent living counter-narrative in Wales. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Teaching
I am the co-module leader for the LLB module Tort Law and teach on the LLM module Themes in Socio-Legal Research.
In the past I have taught on the LLB modules Equity and Trusts and Legal Foundations. 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.
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
Admitted solicitor (non-practising)
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
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.