Qualifications

2001 Ph.D. Social Policy (ESRC funded), University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland.
Title “A Comparative Exploration of Social Policy Relating to Teenage Pregnancy in Finland and Scotland”.
M.Sc. Courses followed in Comparative Analysis and Policy Analysis.
Completed Scottish-Nordic School on Qualitative Social Research: Gender, Welfare and Health, Tampere, Finland, 3rd-10th May 1998.

1996 M.Sc. Medical Sociology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20.
Courses followed: Health Care Organisation, Sociology of Health and Illness, Research Methods and Statistics.
Dissertation: A Comprehensive AIDS education in School – Rhetoric or Reality?

1995 B.A. Social Policy (2:1), University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland.
Dissertation: The Aetiology of AIDS – have we reached a premature consensus?