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Vicary, Sarah and Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Social Work Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: A Methodological Approach for Practice and Research. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.

Wareing, Mark Philip and Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Learning environments. In: Wareing, Mark Philip ed. Practice Supervision and Assessment in Nursing, Health and Social Care. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 27–39.

Ferguson, Gillian and Sicat, Sherwyn (2024). Practice education in social work. In: Wareing, Mark Philip ed. Practice Supervision and Assessment in Nursing, Health and Social Care. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 116–126.

Page, Sarah; Ferguson, Gillian; Shanley, Kirsty and Horton Ifekoya, Ayana (2024). Learning in non-assessed, virtual and alternate environments. In: Wareing, Mark Philip ed. Practice Supervision and Assessment in Nursing, Health and Social Care. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 194–203.

Rai, Lucy; Ferguson, Gillian and Giddings, Lindsay (2025). Writing as Social Work: Thematic Review of the Literature. British Journal of Social Work, 55(1) pp. 25–44.

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Dennis, Carol Azumah; Aubrey-Smith, Fiona; Álvarez, Inma; Waterhouse, Philippa and Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Professional doctorates reconciling academic and professional knowledge: towards a diffractive re-reading. Higher Education Research & Development, 43(7) pp. 1525–1539.

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McCulloch, Trish; Grant, Scott; Daly, Maura; Sen, Robin and Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Embedding Learning as a Practice of Value: Learning from the Experiences of Early Career Social Workers in Scotland. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(7) pp. 2977–2995.

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Ferguson, Gillian (2023). "When David Bowie created Ziggy Stardust" Reconceptualising workplace learning for social workers. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning: Papers from the International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work, 20(1) pp. 67–87.

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Ferguson, Gillian (2023). [Book Review] Out of the shadows: the role of social workers in disasters edited by Angie Bartoli, Maris Stratulis and Rebekah Pierre. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 42(1) pp. 161–162.

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 3

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 2

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 1

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Ferguson, Gillian and Vicary, Sarah (2024). Introducing a holistic model for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in social work practice and research. In: Authentic Care in Health and Social Care, and Education Conference, 28 Jun 2024, University of Greenwich: Institute of Life Course Development, London, UK.

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Ferguson, Gillian and Giddings, Lindsay (2024). Social work education, regulation and the climate emergency – responsibility and action. In: BASW Conference 2024: A Sustainable Future for Social Work, 18-19 Jun 2024, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.

Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Learning in an extraordinary job – professional development matters in social work. In: Newly Qualified Social Worker Conference 2024, 12 Sep 2024, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Ziggy Stardust, a complex web, and extraordinary work: reconceptualising professional learning for social workers. In: BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting, 8-12 Sep 2024, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Ferguson, Gillian (2024). The power of IPA: Ziggy Stardust, extraordinary jobs and a professional learning ecosystem. In: Social Work IPA Research Network (SWIPA Inaugural Symposium), 11 Oct 2024, The Open University, Online.

Flynn, Ann; Giddings, Lindsay; Ferguson, Gillian and Rai, Lucy Writing your life – reflections on working together to support social work writing. In: ECSWR25 - 14th European Conference for Social Work Research, 12-14 Mar 2025, Munich, Germany.

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Ferguson, Gillian (2021). “When David Bowie created Ziggy Stardust” The Lived Experiences of Social Workers Learning Through Work. Doctor of Education (EdD) thesis The Open University.

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Ferguson, Gillian and Vicary, Sarah (2024). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), social work education, continuing professional learning and development (CPLD). Social Work and IPA (SWIPA) Research Network, The Open University.

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Ferguson, Gillian (2022). The importance of workplace learning for social workers. Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Glasgow, Scotland.

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