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    Arts Methods for the Self-Representation of Undergraduate Students

    This book presents research gathered among arts educators, and lecturers in the social sciences and humanities to offer practical approaches to integrating arts methods in taught programme content; also exploring how meeting points for self-representation are created in extracurricular arts practice…
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    New special edition of Thrive magazine – Money, money, money! 

    The issue tries to address some of the worries and fears that young people told us they have about money; and looks at what support is available to help them – plus there’s all our usual features, like ‘Ask Matt’ and ‘Real Life’.  We also look at the basic income pilot for care leavers in Wales and interview a Welsh Government minister to find out more. 
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    British Academy launch of Reframing Childhood: exploring the report in a Welsh context

    With the launch of ‘Reframing Childhood’, the British Academy final report of the Childhood Policy programme, over 50 childhood stakeholders meet at the CASCADE Centre at Cardiff University to discuss the report’s findings. This blog summarises and highlights key ideas that emerged during this discussion…
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    Care-experienced students in Wales: from students to graduates

    Research carried out by Dr Ceryn Evans at Swansea University is exploring the experiences of care experienced university students as they navigate through university and embark on transitions from university to post-graduation life. She is currently recruiting participants to inform her research. Find out more about the research here…
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    Mental health and care experienced young people

    Over the past few months Leicestershire Cares have been working with a group of care experienced young people to think about some of the issues that are most prevalent in their lives. Over several sessions the group identified Mental Health as the primary concern currently impacting on their lives…
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    The cost of living crisis and its impact on education

    The cost of living crisis has been making headlines for months, as prices rise and many families struggle to make their incomes stretch. But much less has so far been known about how those wider financial pressures are impacting on children in the classroom. The Sutton Trust latest research looks at that vital question…
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    Separating families: Experiences of separation and support

    A new report has been launched, which provides evidence from parents and their children about their experiences when their parents separated…
  • ‘Navigating the Storm’: A short animation about adverse childhood experiences

    Students from Wrexham Glyndŵr University have produced a short animation, ‘Navigating the Storm’ which aims to raise awareness of the impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (TrACEs) in a way which is easily understandable for all…
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    CLASS Cymru: Supporting care-experienced people into higher education in Wales

    Staff from CASCADE and the Centre for Student Life at Cardiff University launched a new website to help care-experienced young people in Wales and those who support them learn more about higher education and transitions to university…
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    Playful Childhoods – promoting a childhood ‘full’ of play

    Playful Childhoods is a Play Wales campaign that aims to help parents and community groups to provide more opportunities for children to play at home and in their neighbourhoods…