New study examines impact of directly elected mayor
What impact will a directly elected mayor have on the way Bristol is governed? A team of experts from Bristol’s two universities are conducting a unique study to examine the difference a directly...
View ArticleCentre research informs new website launched to raise awareness of rape
Professor David Berridge, of the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, spoke on BBC Radio Bristol’s morning show (36.10 onwards) today about the launch of a new website: www.rapeaware.org
View ArticleNew €675,000 study will examine online abuse in teenage relationships
The role of online technology in instigating and maintaining control and violence in young people’s intimate relationships will be examined in a new study led by researchers at the University of Bristol.
View ArticleImportant findings on the educational and social experiences of Gypsies, Roma...
Dr Andrew Ryder, of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, has published further conference and paper information arising from his ESRC funded Fellowship grant which focuses on the...
View ArticleBristol to be part of international research team
It has been announced that funding has been granted by the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) for a health promotion/sustainability science project involving Professor Dave Gordon, Centre for the...
View ArticleBristol PhD students host the South West and Wales DTC annual Social Work...
University of Bristol’s School for Policy Studies hosted the annual Social Work Doctoral Conference this week, giving student researchers from across the South West and Wales the opportunity to share...
View ArticleNew project will help parents with learning difficulties get better support
The University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre has been awarded £200,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for a new project that aims to help parents with learning disabilities obtain better...
View ArticleNorah Fry Research Centre on BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth
Michael Rosen met with Norah Fry’s Dr Val Williams this week, to interview her and two of her colleagues with learning disabilities for the BBC Radio Four programme Word of Mouth. This episode was...
View ArticleNew project to develop Evaluation of European Perpetrator Programmes
Professor Marianne Hester, member of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, is part of a new Europe-wide research project that will investigate the effectiveness of programmes for male...
View Article2013 Jerry Morris Memorial Lecture a great success
The 2013 Jerry Morris Memorial Lecture, entitled “Standing on the Shoulders of the Two Headed Hedgehog” was just half of a great evening hosted by the Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences.
View ArticleMaking progress on child poverty: policies and best practice in measurement
The Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice will be strongly represented at the 2013 International Society for Child Indicators Conference (ISCI) to be held May 29-31, 2013 at Seoul National...
View ArticleThe Confidential Inquiry Into Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities -...
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...
View ArticleNew Lease of life for the Working Together with Parent Network in England
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...
View ArticleLetting the future in: helping children and young people overcome the effects...
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...
View ArticleStudy finds people with learning disabilities are more likely to have a...
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...
View ArticleLargest study into poverty reveals extent of deprivation of the UK
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...
View ArticleKinship carers 'unable to afford basic necessities'
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 —...
View ArticleResearchers awarded grant to conduct research into whether after-school dance...
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...
View ArticleEmeritus Professor Lesley Doyal announces acclaimed new publication
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...
View ArticleBristol hosts seminar to help improve children's rights
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...
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