Family and Community

  • Primary school children with Special Guardianship Orders.

    Educational needs of primary school children with Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) This blog is written by Lorna Stabler and Daisy Chaudhuri. Lorna is a research fellow at CASCADE (Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre) and is leading a new study focusing on Special Guardianship. Daisy is a consultant on this new study. She brings… Read More
  • What helps care experienced students transition to higher education

    There is often an assumption that care-experienced young people do not go to university. However, whilst it is true that care-experienced young people are under-represented in higher education, many do go to university and succeed in their degree studies. My research, funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education and published in the British… Read More
  • The RESPECT billboard: envisaging a future without racism for children

    The RESPECT Project (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children & Trust) has been funded by both UKRI and UWE, Bristol, and responds to calls to understand children’s racialised experiences and the impact this has on their mental health and wellbeing. Working with children, we co-produced a children’s picture book called If Racism Vanished for a Day…… Read More
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    Removing the “Reasonable Punishment” Defence in Wales

    A paper written by Professor Sally Holland, former Children’s Commissioner for Wales traces the history of attempted legislation around corporal punishment of children from the A v UK (Council of Europe 1998) case to the present day. The paper reflects on the challenges of getting said Act passed, outlining how Julie Morgan MP for Cardiff… Read More
  • “My adventures in the Innowalk”: an illustrated storybook

    By Dawn Pickering This illustrated storybook was created from a research study that explored the well-being effects from disabled children using the Innowalk. The Innowalk (Made for Movement, 2023) is a robotic device that supports non ambulant people to stand upright and move, by passively cycling their legs. The Innowalk is reported to have health… Read More
  • ‘Child Conflict with Caregivers’

    There is virtually no research in Wales. My project aims to add to this gap by gaining an insight into parents and carers experiences of child to parent violence and abuse. My research has been strongly influenced by professionals supporting these families, and parents and carers experiencing this form of family violence. I have found… Read More
  • Leaving Care – My Journey

    Institution to independence I started university at the age of 23 after spending 10 years in care homes and psychiatric hospitals. Throughout those years one of the things that kept me hopeful was my dream to go to university. Since I was young, I imagined going to university as a way out of my life,… Read More
  • ‘Everyday Parenting with Care Experience’

    ‘Everyday Parenting with Care Experience’ a new study exploring the everyday parenting practices of parents with a background of care. By Dr Shirley Lewis and Dr Katie Ellis This study aims to understand the everyday parenting practices and experiences of parents with a background of care. Previous research with care experienced university students found that… Read More
  • Child Protection Practice in England: working with non-resident fathers

    Research studies have consistently found a lack of engagement between social workers and fathers in child protection practice, which has often resulted in missed opportunities for fathers to be assessed as either a risk to, or a resource for their children. One reason that fathers are not considered is because mothers are often constructed as… Read More
  • If Racism Vanished for a Day…

    By Luci Gorell Barnes A newly published paper from the study presents an overview of our research methodology. In it we discuss how we developed our relational and ethical arts-based approach, which aimed to foreground the children’s voices, and support their explorations of the nuanced and complex relationships between their external worlds and internal feelings.… Read More