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Rai, Lucy (2021). Writing for Social Work. Transforming Social Work. London: SAGE.

Rai, Lucy (2014). Effective writing for social work: Making a difference. Social work in practice. Bristol: Policy Press.

Morris, Sean Michael; Rai, Lucy and Littleton, Karen eds. (2021). Voices of Practice: Narrative Scholarship from the Margins. Washington DC, USA: Hybrid Pedagogy Inc.

Rai, Lucy (2010). Reflections on writing in social work education and practice. In: Seden, Janet; Matthews, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds. Professional development in social work: complex issues in practice. Post-qualifying social work. Abingdon, UK and New York, NY, USA: Routledge, pp. 163–170.

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Rai, Lucy (2020). [Editorial] The shifting landscape of open and distance learning. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 35(1) pp. 1–3.

Rai, Lucy (2020). Reflecting on open and distance educational practices based on insights from educational practitioners and learners. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 35(2) pp. 103–104.

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Rai, Lucy and Simpson, Jenny (2020). Listening to stories of study: Identity and the awarding gap experienced by Ethnic Minority students in the context of distance education. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 38(2) pp. 149–164.

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Rai, Lucy (2019). [Book Review] Academic Writing and Referencing for your Social Work Degree: Jane Bottomley, Patricia Cartney and Steven Pryjmachuk. The British Journal of Social Work, 49(6) pp. 1696–1698.

Rai, Lucy (2018). How to Get Published in a Peer Reviewed Journal: Reflections on Panel Discussion at the International Council for Open and Distance Education: World Conference on Online Learning 16–19th October 2017, Toronto, Canada. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 33(1) pp. 70–74.

Rai, Lucy and Lillis, Theresa (2013). ‘Getting it Write’ in social work: exploring the value of writing in academia to writing for professional practice. Teaching in Higher Education, 18(4) pp. 352–364.

Rai, Lucy (2012). Responding to emotion in practice-based writing. Higher Education, 64(2) pp. 267–284.

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Lillis, Theresa and Rai, Lucy (2012). Quelle relation entre l’écrit académique et l’écrit professionnel? Une étude de cas dans le domaine du travail social [What is the relationship between academic writing and professional writing? A case study in the field of social work]. Pratiques(153/4) pp. 51–70.

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Rai, Lucy and Lillis, Theresa (2011). A case study of a research-based collaboration around writing in social work. Across the disciplines, 8(3)

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Rai, Lucy (2006). Owning (up to) reflective writing in social work education. Social Work Education, 25(8) 785 -797.

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Rai, Lucy (2004). Exploring literacy in social work education: a social practices approach to student writing. Social Work Education, 23(2) pp. 149–162.

Rai, Lucy (2008). Student writing in social work education. PhD thesis The Open University.

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