International Photojournalist and Photographer

Avril Nichol, the editor and publisher of the informative 'Speech and Language Therapy in Practice Magazine' has decided that her Winter 2011 edition will be the final issue. The cover image and feature essay discuss the trails and 'beta testing' of the newly designed 'Makaton iPad app' with students living and learning in the Derwen College in Oswestry.

The iPad app was an instant success with the students at the college which is specifically designed to empower young people who have learni

A few years ago I worked in a large state comprehensive school in the UK: John Port School. In 1999, in unbelievably unseasonal and heavy autumnal rain, flooding of the major river close to the school around the Burton-on-Trent area occurred and transport around the school's catchment area became impossible.  The then headteacher - Michael Crane - decided that, for safety and operational reasons, he needed to close the school for three days. The outcry at this closure from parents, Governors a

Today in central London, students, retired lecturers and political activists protested against the increase in University tuition fees. The demonstrators marched from University College London to Moorgate via the central tourist and financial districts of the capital.

A strong Police presence contained the marchers - Riot Police, horses and dog teams - which ensured that the demonstration stayed on the planned route.

Minor spats with the Police blew up causing them don hard hats.

The link to the ICAN Children's Communication Charity - Secondary Talk - programme launch. Images taken by Stephen Ford Photography. ICAN is a specialist Children's Communication Charity based in London UK.

A shoot for the front cover of Speech and Language Therapy in Practice Magazine Spring edition 2011.

A second shoot for the London based UK charity ICAN at the Dormer's Wells school in West London.

A publicity and commercial photoshoot for ICAN charity "Secondary Talk" project. The shoot schedule included the need for images showing isolated students in the classroom as well as children and adults in speaking and listening communication scenarios. Nothing posed, all natural and reportage photography for use in the charity's advertising brochures. Stephen Ford has an enhanced CRB certificate for working with young people under 18 years and this was renewed in March 2011.