Forthcoming events

• SPRU seminars -
• Informal care, social research and social policy: real influence or wishful thinking?, Gillian Parker, Director, Social Policy Research Unit - link to further information - Tuesday 6 March 2012 - ARRC Auditorium, 1.15-2.15pm (A5 on this map of Alcuin College)


• Further seminars in the series



• Outcomes of adoption: findings from research in England, keynote presentation by Nina Biehal at What Influences the Wellbeing of Adopted Children?, Zurich, Switzerland, 1 March 2012.


• Home care re-ablement. Who benefits and how? Evidence from research and practice, presentation by Caroline Glendinning at Re-ablement Roadshow, Birmingham, 1 March 2012.


• Children's experiences and perspectives on being in foster care, presentation by Nina Biehal at How is it Working for Children? Developments in Fostering, London, 14 March 2012.


• Implementing Multi-dimensional Treatment Foster Care in England, presentation by Nina Biehal, Belfast, 21 March 2012.


• Prevalence and detection of parental mental health disorders, presentation by Gillian Parker at Parental Mental Health, Leeds, 11 May 2012.


• Ablement/reablement and its possible impact/use in dementia care, presentation by Gillian Parker in the 'Therapeutic application(s) of life stories' theme at the Annual Admiral Nurse Forum, Leeds, 12-13 June 2012.