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Centre For Social Policy Debate Issues Affecting Children in care

Unit staff members Vashti Berry and Sarah Blower present at this year's Centre for Social Policy autumn seminar, which explored two major issues affecting children in care in the UK; achieving long-term security for young children and educational success for those of school age.

December 07 2011
Returning the timeless to science?

The relevance of religious symbolism to the social sciences – and to everyday life in a "postmodern" world – is a focus for debate at the latest meeting of the Centre for Social Policy, which takes place at Dartington Hall, today and tomorrow.

November 30 2009
Debating the crux of the 'Baby P' case

Predicting risk and the role of serious case reviews – key aspects of the anxieties generated in the UK by the 'Baby P' tragedy – are being discussed at this week's Centre for Soclal Policy seminars at Dartington.

June 15 2009
About Partners

The Social Research Unit has a rich history of collaboration, with central and local government agencies, centres of academic excellence and international philanthropy.

May 04 2009
Greenberg at SRCD Conference

Mark Greenberg, Director of the Prevention Research Center at Penn State University was given a senior award at the Society for Research in Child Development at its bi-ennial conference in Denver.

April 30 2009
About Partners

The Social Research Unit has a rich history of collaboration, with central and local government agencies, centres of academic excellence and international philanthropy.
 
At the independent scientific review of the Unit’s work in 2007, it was recommended that academic partnerships are strengthened with a view to building expertise to study the impact of context on children’s development and the conditions that lead to the effective implementation of evidence based policies and programmes.

April 30 2009