📣 #CallForPapers: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry special issue: Children & #YoungPeople's Involvement in #MentalHealth Services & Research 📰
Deadline for submissions 09/26.
More info (scroll down for call info): journals.sagepub.com/home/ccp
#MentalHealthResearch #PPI #Participation
The full report into our study into the use of restrictive practice on people living within dementia in hospital is now available:
www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/GJKF0714
This happened to me and I now read for a living. Be warned.
Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Next Monday (2 March) I’m presenting findings from my PhD’s year-long ethnographic research looking at four- to five-year-old children’s agential navigations of a reception class’s rules during their self-initiated play! Come along, virtually or in person 👇
📢 New publication from our team!
🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being
Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods
CFP: "Children & young people's agency: intersectional & subalternate perspectives on resistances & futurities across time & spaces of conflict."
For a special issue of the International Social Science Journal.
Abstracts are due by 6 March, 2026.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Photo of spheres in different sizes covered in neat colourful embroidery
Japanese artist Nana Akua photographed her grandmother's embroidery work - Temari, a folk art meaning ‘hand ball’ given as special gifts #WomensArt
Research Volunteers Needed for a project on the history of young people and democracy in modern Britain. We would like to hear from people who took part in a mock election at their UK school between 1983 and 2001. Write to us about your experiences here: https://forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f
Did you take part in a mock election at your UK school or college between 1983 and 2001?
Share your memories for a research project on young people and democracy in modern Britain!
Write to us about your experiences here: forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f
We held our annual Christmas party @Fulham Palace House & Garden this week. We sang, we danced, we ate food, we dressed up for the occasion. We loved spending time together, talking, giggling, reminiscing & living in the moment. Wishing you a restful Christmas break & excited for activities in 2026
We're calling all early years practitioners, researchers and students to submit their research proposals for presentation at the 16th annual BECERA Conference.
The call for papers deadline is 12pm, Monday 15th December 2025. buff.ly/2QOJZRW
#BECERA2025 #BECERA
Calling all UWL staff, students and invited guests - come to the CE student social space Tues 28 Oct and step back in time with the Reminiscence Room exhibition. This 1960s Caribbean living room's part of an event for older people living with dementia + care partners & we're opening to you for a day
We're delighted to interview our members, Aoife Daly, Pernilla Leviner, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, about their edited collection -
Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights:
www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
Amazing 3 days @ #35AEC with @giam-uwl.bsky.social colleagues. @shabanaroscoe.bsky.social shared findings from our evidence review which were co-produced together w/ people living w/ dementia, family members & care partners
@alzheimereurope.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social
That's a wrap! Two successful events, co-producing higher-level findings for our systematic review - with people living with dementia, family members & care partners
@shabanaroscoe.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social @giam-uwl.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social
White quilt with pictorial detail of a girl juming into water holding her nose and wearing a striped bathing costume
'The jump' quilt by Spanish quilter and textile artist Cristina Arcenegui Bono based on an original illustration by Ukrainian artist Sveta Dorosheva #womensart #Fridayfeeling
Excellent 1st day at the 2025 International Child and Family Conference.
Themes ranged from children's rights, migration, surrogacy & blended families to child labour, child development & children's use of time.
Looking forward to more inspirational sessions tomorrow! @icfconference.bsky.social
Painting of a dramatic golden sunset or sun rise over the wet sands of an empty beach
"Breathe it in" by Sarah Jane Brown, contemporary Welsh land and seascape painter #WomensArt
Last month, we collaborated with local charities to celebrate African heritage through the eyes of the elderly in Ealing. There were fun group chair exercises, food and drink, arts and crafts, henna, knitting, table-top games, and drumming & dance! @giam-uwl.bsky.social
“Everybody from the beginning seemed quite joyful, quite happy. We had an opportunity to talk to people we hadn’t met before.”
Another joyous and successful ACE Study celebration with our local partners!
@giam-uwl.bsky.social
‘What does it mean to be alive?’ This question came from a child and inspired a story and the animation film. #Marandon #HåkonHoffart #KINDknow #BARNkunne youtu.be/PlEgisPFVi4?...
Chart shows the effects of Sure Start on academic achievements by age, SEN support by age, probability of hospitalisation by age and criminal behaviour up to age 16.
NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND.
Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.
THREAD on our new @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded report:
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A poster with details of the new project. Click on the link in the post to get more details and take part.
Do you or anybody you know have #dyscalculia? Researchers from @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social are recruiting children, young people and adults with dyscalculia in the UK to take part in an online study.
Sign up here to take part!
lnkd.in/ehPdUS_E
#dyscalculia #livedexperiences
Educators are observing significant fatigue, hunger, inadequate physical growth, and poor personal care among students affected by poverty in the classroom. Read more: buff.ly/ND5kgHS
#ChildPoverty
University access matters - but it’s often out of reach for people seeking sanctuary.
Our new video and comic explain the barriers, and show how universities can be part of the solution.
Watch here: bit.ly/44IWoL1
#HigherEducation
🔔 Hybrid seminar and book launch (24 June): 'Children's Agency in the National Curriculum: The Promise of Structured Freedom'. Join the speakers at this event to discuss how children's voices and choices shape their learning.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
📣 Calling all Early Years settings! 👶
CREC are running a survey to learn where families find Early Years activities in their area. If they fill out the survey, they can nominate YOU to win fantastic equipment vouchers from Cosy!
Find out more: buff.ly/GL6zeC7
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Also presenting at the 'Forging New Connections' event was ACE Study's Principal Investigator Dr Shadreck Mwale - talking about previous events held in collaboration with local community partners + explaining why the research is important and timely #dementia #alzheimers #African #Caribbean #London
7 days left to register for the International Child and Family Conference on June 17-19 @uob-policystudies.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social. We are expecting about 200 participants from all over the world🌍. Register here: cfrc.bristol.ac.uk/cfrc-confere...
