About

Iain is a full time lecturer at the Centre of Alcohol and Drugs studies at the University of the West of Scotland is about to enter his third year and begin substantive data analysis. 
 
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 prohibition shapes the identity and risk perception of hidden populations of non treatment seeking drug users in Scotland.

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 counselling skills qualification from Langside College. I have a post-graduate teaching qualification from University of The West Of Scotland’s' Centre for Learning and Teaching (Pg Cert. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education), and I am a 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).

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.