SPRU News Items - May 2012
- Praise for research on abused and neglected children
- Gillian Parker - Specialty Group Chair for the Dementias & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN)
- SPRU's Annual Report 2011 is available!
- Children leaving care with only a bin bag - Professor Mike Stein writes in The Guardian
- SPRU experts' submission to DWP consultation on changes to Bereavement Benefits
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2012
2011
- Bryony Beresford is awarded a chair in children and young people’s health and social care
- Listen to our Queen's Anniversary Prize lecture 'Reflections on ethnicity, religion and social policy' by Professor Waqar Ahmad
- SPRU is selected as centre of excellence for ageing research
- Workshop for professionals interested in doing research
- New research on the link to early death for bereaved parents
- Children and Families Team Young People's Consultation Group annual visit to the University
- Adults, Older People and Carers Team Consultation Group meeting
- ONS National Well-being debate report
- Jonathan Bradshaw receives honorary degree from University of Turku
- Measuring National Well-being - What matters to you? Join the National Well-being Debate at York
- Methods for accessing ‘voice’ of people with dementia in research - studentship
- SPRU research recommends targeted approach to home care
- Public services and older people studentship
- Visiting scholar: Ben Baumberg
2010
- Personal Choice in Public Services: Illusion or Solution? - Prof. Julian Le Grand gives the Queen's Anniversary Prize lecture at SPRU
- What do we do? - video about some of SPRU's research topics and methods
- New SPRU seminar theme is announced: Social Policy in Context: Comparisons across countries and cultures
- Personalization in practice: New Horizons in Adult Social Care Research - Making Research Count Conference, Friday 26th November 2010
- Jonathan Bradshaw elected as Fellow of the British Academy
- New research highlights child protection needs of older children
- Public spending to rise if youth projects are cut, says research
- Expert workshop on the issues surrounding different methods of interviewing research participants - telephone versus face-to-face communication
- Visiting researcher from Finland exploring changing family forms and their influence on social policy
- Australian expert on social care for adults visits York to renew academic links and collaborate on new research
- Experts gather to discuss researching the lives of disabled children and young people from their perspective
- Royal award for SPRU - ceremony
- Children's Society report, 'Understanding children's wellbeing'
2009
- Caroline Glendinning giving evidence to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Social Care
- Dr. Michael O'Higgins, Chairman of the Audit Commmission, guest speaker of SPRU and CHE
- Royal recognition for SPRU's research - Unit wins the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
- Visiting Scholars - Ingrid and Staffan Hojer from Sweden
- Roy Sainsbury appointed as specialist advisor to House of Commons Inquiry into Decision making and Appeals
- Visit of Jane Woodruff, CEO of UnitingCare Children, Young People, and Families, New South Wales, Australia
- Reforming care and support in England - what can we learn from other countries?
- Sandra Hutton - a tribute
- York wins recognition for care leaver support
- Visit of Professor Dorothy Scott to SPRU
- York project inspires nationwide care leaver plan
- Quality Matters in Children's Services: Messages from research
- SPRU is founding member of the new School for Social Care Research - launched 1st May 2009
- First local index of child well-being created by SPRU experts
- Professor Su-Hwa Pong - Visiting Scholar from Taiwan
- SPRU expert for EU peer reviews
- SPRU contributes to another successful result in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008
- IBSEN Conference - The Evaluation of the Individual Budgets: Messages for policy and practice. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3rd February 2009
2008
- Individual budgets ‘can provide better care’
- SPRU's Director visits academic colleagues in Australia and Canada
- Minimum living standards: public consultation shows what people find acceptable (link to BBC news story)
- SPRU Conference - Children, Families and Well-being: researching the future
- Caroline Glendinning takes over as the chair of the Social Policy Association
- SPRU is to undertake a major piece of research for the new Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services (C4EO).
- Changing attitudes towards mental health
- SPRU - founding member of new School for Social Care Research
- Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green is honoured by the University of York for services to children
- 16 countries combine knowledge on transitions to improve the outcomes for young people leaving care
- Hilary Arksey is appointed as a specialist advisor to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Government's Carers' Strategy
- Conference Children’s Rights and Participation: What Preconditions? What Rights? What Outcomes? What Next? Tuesday 1st July 2008, Alcuin Research Resource Centre, University of York
- Welfare reform fact-finding trip to New Zealand - Roy Sainsbury
- Evidence from SPRU informs the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign for better housing for disabled children
- Jonathan Bradshaw is appointed as a special advisor to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Child Poverty
2007
- Joint launch of the 'European Parliament Interest Group on Carers' and 'Eurocarers'
- House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Benefit Simplification - SPRU specialist adviser appointed
- SPRU and SWRDU are merging - combining mutual research strengths in children's research
- SPRU Directors honoured by the Social Policy Association
- Supportive relationships are the answer to long-term unemployment - SPRU's contribution to the debate
- UNICEF Child Well-being Report - written by SPRU's experts
- Report criticises UK for ‘failing children’
- House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Benefit Simplification recommends radical reform to cut "dysfunctional complexity" of the current system
- Enrico Reuter - visiting scholar
- Plan to radically simplify the benefits system is outlined by Roy Sainsbury and Kate Stanley
- Children and Families Team Young People's Consultation Group visit the University
- Predicting the future of benefits delivery - SPRU's contribution to policymakers' blueskies forum
- Developing a key worker service for families with a disabled child - new resource pack available
2006
- BMJ editorial on disabled children and their families
- SPRU at the Labour Party Conference
- Cash & Care: policy challenges in the welfare state - new book
- Every Child Matters outcomes: what do they mean for disabled children? 2nd Conference
- Experts set to examine major new welfare challenges
- Sick Societies? - new book
- FISS Conference - Social Protection in an Ageing World
- York academics investigate new funding regime for social care
- Social Policy, Employment and Family Change in Comparative Perspective - new book
- Every Child Matters outcomes: what do they mean for disabled children?
- ESRC PhD studentship award at SPRU with Martin House Chidlren's Hospice
- Promoting and Sharing Good Practice in Children, Young People's and their Parent's Participation in a Health Setting - PWNE-PALS Conference 2006
- Peter Kemp leaves SPRU
- Well-being of children in the UK - 2nd ed.
- Sally Baldwin studentship award at SPRU
- SPRU input to DfES indicators of child well-being
- Developments in direct payments
- Henna Isoniemi - visiting scholar
2005
- Dan Meyer - visiting scholar
- Informal Family Care on EU Policy Agenda
- SPRU and the UK's Presidency of the EU
- Government backing for University of York research into greater care choice
- Patricia Thornton joins VSO
- New research programme for the Department of Health
- Jonathan Bradshaw receives CBE
- Key workers' crucial role in the lives of disabled children
- Research Council UK Academic Fellowship
- Conference will honour memory of York Professor
- Heart problem: York academics study cardiac rehab shortfall
