http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/ School for Policy Studies News en-gb Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sps-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk sps-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/news-results.html /sps/news/ /sps/sps-images/sps-rss.gif http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/275.html We were a group of five ladies from the University of Cairo doing a diploma in public policy and child rights staying in the city of Bristol. For some of us it was their first time outside of their homeland, Egypt. For others, it was their first time in the UK. Excited as we were, we were received by both a warm welcome and a busy schedule. Our schedule included a three-day intense course on research methodologies with Masters and PhD students, more than 10 lectures tackling all aspects of child development and welfare with undergraduate students, and a number of meetings with the university staff members and with schools, care centres and NGOs working in the city of Bristol. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:18:50 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/275.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/274.html Our BSc (Hons) Social Policy degree has retained its place at the top of the Guardian University subject league table 2014 for another year. Our BSc (Hons) Childhood Studies degree, which is categorised as Social Work for the purposes of the subject tables, was placed sixth, one place higher than last year. The Guardian uses a combination of NSS data and other statistics to create league tables for most degree courses in the UK. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:44:18 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/274.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/268.html Yedith Guillén Fernández has been awarded an Alumni Foundation grant to present her research at the ISCI 2013 International Conference ‘Child Indicators in a Globalized World: Implications for Research, Practice and Policy’, hosted at Seoul National University in South Korea from the 29th to the 31st  May 2013, which is organized by the International Society for Child Indicators. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:05:30 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/268.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/267.html A lunch cooked by visiting Egyptian students on their penultimate day in the UK was enjoyed by staff in the School for Policy Studies today (7 May). The Diploma in Public Policy and Child Rights students, Manar, Nadia, Ramy, Emam, Ahmed, Marwa and Aya, were presented with certificates to commemorate their two week stay in the UK. Tue, 07 May 2013 15:34:53 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/267.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/266.html On the 8 May 2013, from 13.00-15.00, Ann Singleton, Senior Research Fellow in School for Policy Studies and Chris Bertram, Professor in Social and Political Philosophy will be convening a workshop, discussing the cartography of as yet to be established boundaries. This event is part of the IAS Borders Research Workshop Series Thu, 02 May 2013 20:13:49 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/266.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/265.html The University of Bristol has hosted a two-day seminar to discuss the challenges of implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child across the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) and Europe. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:34:07 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/265.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/271.html The Tara Project (a longitudinal study of the needs of homeless women) held two events recently to celebrate the project and as part of the dissemination of the findings. The first event, for study participants and advisors, was held at the Wild Goose café on the 19 April, was held at the University and was attended by over 90 delegates including service providers, front line workers, commissioners and researchers from Bristol and beyond. The research followed homeless women over an 18 month period to examine the impact of homelessness over time with a specific focus on the issue of homeless women’s complex needs. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/271.html Gender and Violence Research http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/264.html Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS – Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic, the acclaimed new book by Lesley Doyal, will be released in May 2013. The book explores the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:05:31 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/264.html Health and Social Care http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/262.html Researchers led by Principal Investigator, Professor Russ Jago in the University of Bristol’s School for Policy Studies have been awarded £743,000 of funding from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to conduct a large evaluation of the potential of an after-school dance programme to increase the physical activity of Year 7 girls. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/262.html Exercise, Nutrition and Health http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/263.html A major study published today [15 April] by the University of Bristol and leading children’s grant-giving charity, Buttle UK provides the most comprehensive picture to date of informal kinship care — children cared for informally by relatives and friends because their parents are no longer able to look after them Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:50:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/263.html Family Policy and Child Welfare http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/261.html Today 33 per cent of the UK population suffers from multiple deprivation - it was 14 per cent in 1983, and over 30 million people (almost half the population) are suffering some degree of financial insecurity. These are just some of the stark findings from the largest and most authoritative study of poverty and deprivation ever conducted in the UK. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/261.html Poverty and Social Justice http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/260.html A three-year study into the extent of premature death in people with learning disabilities has found that those with learning disabilities are more likely to have a premature death compared with individuals in the general population. The findings, published in a Department of Health report, have made a series of recommendations aimed at improving the quality of healthcare that people with learning disabilities receive. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:07:46 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/260.html Norah Fry http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/259.html Sexual abuse has an often devastating and long-term impact on the lives of many children and young people — for these children the future can be very dark indeed. A new study will evaluate the effectiveness of a therapeutic service designed to help children and young people who have been affected by sexual abuse. The research includes one of the largest randomised trials of this type of therapy to have been undertaken in the world. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/259.html Health and Social Care http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/258.html Forty five professionals committed to improving the support available to parents with learning difficulties met on 28 February 2013. Participants on this networking day for the English WTPN network learnt about new initiatives such as the parenting toolkit developed by the London Network. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:11:53 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/258.html Norah Fry http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/257.html The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities is holding a two-day conference on 20 and 231 March 2013 to present the findings. The two Department of Health funded projects were set up in response to recommendation in Healthcare for All, the report of the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:26:44 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/news/2013/257.html Norah Fry