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Children’s Rights Alliance Draws on Five School Research Studies in its Report Card 2012
Children’s Rights Alliance represents 90 organisations with a stake in children’s policy in Ireland. For the past four years it has published an annual Report Card rating government performance in providing adequately for children in different areas of public policy. Report Card 2012 has just been published and using up to date evidence, it assesses government performance against the Irish government’s own published commitments. Five research studies by School staff are cited in Report Card 2012 in relation to the issues of the Ryan Report Implementation Plan, Youth Homelessness and Migrant Children. Read more...
26 January 2012
Self-Injury Conference 2012:'Everybody Hurts Sometimes....'
The School of Social Work and Social Policy are pleased to announce the 'Everybody Hurts Sometimes.....' Self-Injury Conference 2012. This one-day conference will take place on Friday, 2 March 2012. Research shows that one in five people may experience self-injury during their life time (UNICEF Ireland, 2011; Gollust et.al., 2008) and that it spans the entire population: young and old, male and female, socially disadvantaged and privileged alike. This conference explores self-injury across the spectrum of contexts, the range of interventions that are helpful and the challenges to them. Read more...
25 January 2012
'Women and Homelessness in Ireland'
The School of Social Work and Social Policy and the Children's Research Centre are pleased to annouce a public seminar entitled 'Women and Homelessness in Ireland' which will take place on Thursday, 23 February 2011. The seminar, to be chaired by Ms Susan McKay, National Women's Council of Ireland, will be introduced by Associate Professor Eoin O'Sullivan, Head of School, will feature talks from Assistant Professor Paula Mayock and Ms Sarah Sheridan, Trinity College Dublin, and Mr Nicholas Pleace, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York. Read more...
24 January 2012
New Report on Dementia in Ireland Lays Foundation for Ireland’s National Strategy for Dementia
A report that will lay the foundation for Ireland’s first National Strategy for Dementia was launched by the Minister for Health, James Reilly, in Trinity College Dublin yesterday. 'Creating Excellence in Dementia Care: A Research Review for Ireland’s National Dementia Strategy' is the result of a joint collaboration between researchers at the Dementia Services Information and Development Centre, St James's Hospital, the Living with Dementia research programme, Trinity College Dublin (Associate Professor Suzanne Cahill and Dr Maria Pierce) and the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, at NUI Galway (Professor Eamon O’Shea). Read more...
Press Coverage: Irish Times (18/01/12), Irish Times (19/01/12), RTE TV News, RTE News, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner
19 January 2012
Children’s Research Centre hosts seminar on young people, food and alternative education and care
On 23 November 2011, the Children’s Research Centre (CRC) hosted a seminar entitled ‘Young people, food and alternative education and care’. The seminar aimed to initiate wider debate on this issue, which has received little attention within the broader context of young people, food and eating. The seminar showcased Irish and UK research that considers food and nutrition issues for young people in alternative education and care settings. It provided an occasion to network, to progress debate and to inform policy and practice by bringing together individuals and organisations from a range of disciplines and sectors. Read more...
19 January 2012
Professor Robbie Gilligan Delivers Invited Plenary Presentation at UK Conference
Professor Robbie Gilligan was an invited plenary speaker at the annual Church of England / Methodist Church National Safeguarding Conference ‘Surviving and Thriving – safeguarding challenges for the Church’ held in Tewkesbury, England from January 11th to 13th. The conference brings together Safeguarding Officers from England and Wales who provide professional monitoring, advice and consultation on child and vulnerable adult protection matters at diocesan and district levels. Robbie’s presentation was entitled ‘Resilience – from belonging and support’.
18 January 2012
School Academic Publishes Paper in the Irish Journal of Family Law
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Stephanie Holt, Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) and Course Director, Master in Social Work, whose article entitled ‘A Case of Laying Down the Law: Post-Separation Child Contact and Domestic Abuse' has been pubished in the Irish Journal of Family Law.
18 January 2012
Launch of Growing Up in Ireland - Influences on 9-Year-Olds' Learning: Home, School and Community
The Growing Up in Ireland study team cordially invites you to the launch of its latest report, Growing Up in Ireland- Influences on 9-Year-Olds' Learning: Home, School and Community.
The report will be launched jointly by Ms. Frances Fitzgerald T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and Mr. Ruairi Quinn T.D., Minister for Education and Skills, on Thursday 26th January at Pearse Street Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2. Read more...
13 January 2012
The School of Social Work and Social Policy are pleased to welcome Brían Merriman, Research Assistant, Children's Research Centre. Brían is working with Dr Lorraine Swords on Family Well-being in Difficult Times, a project to develop a model of factors influencing the well-being of families on limited incomes in Ireland. The study is funded by the Family Support Agency through the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. It will use secondary analysis of data from Wave 1 of the Growing Up in Ireland Child Cohort to test a theoretical model of family well-being. Read more...
13 January 2012
