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Centre for Social Policy Fellows Meeting

This spring's fellows meeting will host David Gordon, Professor of Social Policy, University of...

Informing investment decisions for children's services: An economic model for central and local government

What if commissioners of social services could have their own version of "Which?"...

Communities that Care: Better outcomes for young people and the communities they live in

In a time of unprecedented austerity, government is asking the public and voluntary sectors to...

The Social Research Unit Annual Lecture invites you!

This year's annual lecture will host Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Professor of Child Health and...

The Unit invites you to hear Christina Salmivalli speak about reducing bullying

The Social Research Unit invites you to a seminar with Christina Salmivalli, Professor of...

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Grasp more of the nettles others avoid

Social Research Unit director Michael Little urges the Michael Sieff Foundation to new depths of reflection as an infomed interdisciplinary critic of UK children and families policy.

The early years were the focus of the last week's annual Sieff Conference in Windsor. A Foundation trustee for six years, Michael Little returned to summarize discussions that ranged widely across policy, practice and public health issues. His notes are attached here as a .pdf to download

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