Audrey Mullender

Audrey Mullender
FAcSS FRSA
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Warwick
Academic work
InstitutionsRuskin College, Oxford
Main interests
Social work
Notable works
Children Living with Domestic Violence

Audrey Mullender is a British academic who was Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, from April 2004 to November 2013.

Education

Mullender was educated at the University of Sheffield, as well as the University of Bordeaux, University of Nottingham, and the University of Warwick, where she obtained a PhD and a DLitt.

Career

From 1996 to 2004, she was Professor of Social Work and chair of the School of Health and Social Studies and the Faculty of Social Studies and director of the Centre for the Study of Safety and Well-being at the University of Warwick.

She is a prolific writer, with more than 120 publications in the social work field, including 20 books. She is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was Vice-Chair of the Social Policy and Social Work Sub-Panel in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

Mullender has carried out research on domestic violence, post-adoption issues, and group work theory.

While Principal of Ruskin College, Mullender took the controversial decision to destroy parts of the college's archives. While she took significant criticism for her decision, Mullender asserted that the College was legally required to dispose of the records because they contained personally identifying information.

Publications

Books

Journal articles

References

  1. ↑ Crace, John (19 October 2013). "Audrey Mullender: healing hand at the helm". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Staff writer (30 March 2004). "Principal set to retire". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Staff". Ruskin College. Archived from the original on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Whose Archive? Whose History? Destruction of Archives at Ruskin College, Oxford". History Workshop. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ruskin College, Oxford criticised for destroying archive". BBC News. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Guardian Staff (29 October 2012). "Letters: Let the records show the destruction of Ruskin College archive". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2021.