Staff
Iain McPhee
M.Sc Alcohol and Drugs Studies; BA (Hons) Psychology &
Sociology; Pg Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Pg Cert Research; member of the Higher
Education Academy (HEA).
Lecturer in Alcohol and Drugs Studies
iain.mcphee@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 848 3524
Fax: 0141 848 3891
Room: L104
Current Staff role
Organise, implement & evaluate teaching & learning material on Alcohol and Drug use as part of Postgraduate teaching and learning in Drug & Alcohol Studies. Contribute to writing level 11 distance learning materials.
Organise student learning through web based learning platform Blackboard. Write and deliver core teaching & learning materials for B.Sc Health Studies Tutors. Provide learning and administration support to B. Sc. Health Studies part time teaching staff.
I have worked within the Drugs and Alcohol field since 1991. I have experience of working in a variety of drugs projects and therapeutic institutions and with a range of drug using types. I have been delivering specialist lectures in for Alcohol & Drugs Studies since 1996 to a wide variety of students.
PhD research
‘The hidden social worlds of non treatment seeking drug users in Scotland’.
My methodology is qualitative, I'm exploring the social worlds of drug users not in contact with treatment services. As service users are an already much studied population, I'm interested in how a climate of moral and legal censure shapes the boundaries of risk of hidden populations of non treatment seeking drug users in Scotland.
Commissioned Research and Projects:
McMahon J Barrie K McPhee I and Zia W (2005) Evaluation of Renfrewshire’s Drug Services for Young People. Commmisioned by Renfrewshire Council
McMahon J Barrie K and McPhee I (2005) An Evaluation of Alcohol Problem Measures for Inverclyde; Commissioned Inverclyde Council.
Publications
McPhee, I. (2008) 'Use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) to support learning in online and on campus postgraduate students: observations from 2002 to 2005'. Journal of Interactive Learning Environments:
McPhee, I; Duffy T. Martin C.R. (2009) ‘The perspectives of drug users within the social context of drug prohibition’, Drugs and Alcohol today, Vol. 9 issue 2, Pavilion Journals, Brighton.
Research
I completed an evaluation of specialist training to "Connexions" for Harrow Drug Action Team in London in 2005.
I recently conducted research titled: An exploration of West of Scotland drug market changes: a factor in assessing the impact of drugs enforcement policy and practices, completed in May 2006.
I also completed a research paper on "blended learning" in the addictions field in 2008, and a paper on using enhanced audio feedback as formative assessment on postgraduate modules in alcohol and drugs studies in 2006.
Qualifications
I have a Masters degree in Alcohol and Drugs Studies from The University of The West Of Scotland. I have an Honours Degree in Psychology and Sociology from Glasgow Caledonian University. I have a counseling skills qualification from Langside College. I have a full post-graduate teaching qualification from University of The West Of Scotlands' Centre for Learning and Teaching (Pg Cert. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education), and I am a full professional member of The Higher Education Academy (HEA). I have a postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods from the University of the West of Scotland Business School (Pg Cert. in Research Methods).
Conferences
July 2009 Inspiring people series Lecure presented at Dumfries Campus of UWS titled: Scotlands hidden population of drugs users'.
June 2009 School of Nursing and Midwifery 'Geting it right for Scotland's young people - promoting health and well being', UWS. Conference paper titled 'young people, drugs use and prohibition'.
June 2009 Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow. 'Scotland ten Years On' Conference paper: Issues of policy in Scotland related to drug users'.
May 2009: Stirling graduate School. Conference presentation titled 'Risk and identity, non treatment seeking drug users in Scotland'.
July 2007 Heraklion, Crete: Conference paper titled: Use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) to support learning in online and on campus postgraduate students: observations from 2002 to 2005.
Sept 2006 paper Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2001-2005, presented in an on line format.
April 2006 Paisley University Ayr campus - research conference paper Conference presentation - title: An exploration of West of Scotland drug market changes: a factor in assessing the impact of drugs enforcement policy and practices on market users.
Dec 2005 Paisley University Ayr campus - research conference paper Conference presentation - title: Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2000-2004.
Dec 2005 Durham University -research conference paper Conference presentation - title: Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2000-2004.
September 2005 consultant at Effective Interventions Unit (EIU) as part of case study research on impact of policing on communities (published in December 2005) presentation link
June 2005 Keele University Conference presentation - title: Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2000-2004.
May 2005 QAA Conference presentation at Grosvernor Hotel Glasgow- title: Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2000-2004.
March 2005 North East Wales Institute of Higher Education Conference presentation: title: Evaluating the impact of ‘blended’ or ‘flexible learning’ in a Masters level module in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Paisley from 2000-2004. http://www.newi.ac.uk/elearninghealth/files/presentations/
McPhee, I. (2004) The impact of drugs enforcement on preventing harms in drugs use. Presented at “The Appliance of Science; The application of evidence based interventions. Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies: University of Paisley September 2004.
http://www.paisley.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/socialsciences/cads/conference/
External Activities
2001 – present
Consultant Expert witness for defence legal teams in illicit drugs cases in Scotland for the Nationwide Expert Witness Service.
1996-2000 and from 2002 - present
Provide training on a (term time) basis to serving Police Officers at Scottish Police College, Tulliallan, Tulliallan Castle Kincardine, Alloa, FK10 4BE.
Present
Full member of Scottish Drugs Forum, Member of UK Harm Reduction Alliance, Full member of Higher Education Academy.
Part of the Publications committee for ICICTE, for the University of Forth Valley, Vancouver, CA.
http://www.icicte.org/ICICTE08_Pubs&PromCom.htm
Have acted as consultant for various media platforms including BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3030568.stm
Previous experience relevant to the field
1990-96. Over six years experience of working with homeless residents. Many of whom were drugs users while working on a part time basis with Blue Triangle Housing Association homeless unit in Glasgow City Centre. I also worked part time for Phoenix House in Glasgow in their residential rehabilitation Unit, and Blackhill Provanmill Drugs Project as a sessional drugs worker.
In 1996-1998 I was Project Leader of National Drugs Helpline (NDH) and National AIDS Helpline.
1998-2000, As Drugs Development Officer for Paisley Social Work area Team I examined the nature and extent of drugs misuse in the Renfrewshire area, compiling reports for the Argyll and Clyde ADAT.
I continue to deliver specialist training to serving Drugs Squad Police Officers at SPC in Tulliallan and have done so since 1996.
1998-2000, I worked in conjunction with Strathclyde Police K Division Community Involvement Branch (CIB) delivering specialist training to Police Officers to deliver drugs awareness training (demand reduction) to young people in the Renfrewshire area. I have written & published 2 specialist drugs education magazines, and have written one specialist booklet on working with drug misusers for telephone counseling specialists for NDH.
I am presently a PhD student at University of Stirling, and work as a full time Lecturer in postgraduate Alcohol and Drugs Studies working from Paisley, Ayr, and Dumfries Campuses of the University of the West of Scotland.
Currently
I specialise in preparing expert witness reports in alcohol and drugs criminal cases in Scotland.