Robin Sturman-Coombs Editor

Dr Robin Sturman-Coombs is a Senior Social Work Academic and registered Social Worker with Social Work England and the British Association of Social Workers. Before entering academia, he gained extensive experience working in Child Protection and Safeguarding, managing complex cases from referral through to initial court hearings. Robin is passionate about teaching and committed to enhancing student learning and development in higher education. His dedication to social work fuels his growing interest in how higher education institutions prepare students to apply intuitive reasoning in social work practice. He has a strong focus on attachment, bonding, and relationships, teaching a diverse range of students from foundation degree to master’s level. An advanced trainer in fostering and adoption, Robin has published widely on topics related to attachment, research, and his doctoral thesis.

Dr Helen Simmons is Course Leader for the MA in Infant and Family Mental Health and Wellbeing, and a Senior Lecturer in Education at The University of Northampton. Helen is Co-Vice Chair for Policy, Lobbying and Advocacy for the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network (ECSDN), a Trustee Board Member for The Association of Infant Mental Health (AiMH) and a Doctor of Education. Her teaching, research, and publications centre on early childhood, and infant and family mental health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on the sociology of childhood, motherhood and parenting, and the promotion of a critically reflective early childhood workforce.