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Missing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

Posted on November 16, 2023December 11, 2023 by School for Policy Studies

These blogs and policy briefs were co-authored by multi-disciplinary teams of students on the MSc in Public Policy (MPP), Migration, asylum and human rights: UK, EU and global policy perspectives unit. The blogs and briefs were prepared in discussion during class and finalised by the students outside the formal teaching programme. The exercise proved to be very popular. It provided experience of team-work, collaborative research and practice in writing clear and concise text for public and policy audiences – Ann Singleton, Reader in Migration Policy.
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Time to think and write

Posted on October 24, 2023December 15, 2023 by School for Policy Studies

Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, Associate Professor in Global Childhoods and Welfare reflects on using a period of research leave to focus on thinking and writing about the dominant critiques of children’s rights in the Global South. (more…)

Independent living in private gardens – an idea to reduce the risk of youth homelessness

Posted on August 19, 2022May 3, 2023 by amy.woolford

By Dr Jon Symonds and Dr Vicky Sharley

Some young people could avoid becoming homeless if they had the opportunity to reside in an independent living unit situated in their household garden. This was the finding of a recent study by members of the Children and Families Research Centre, working in partnership with the youth homelessness organisation 1625 Independent People. (more…)

Carbohydrates, fats and type 2 diabetes – are there patterns to be found?

Posted on May 3, 2022May 2, 2023 by School for Policy Studies

By James Garbutt

When it comes to managing type 2 diabetes, there are lots of extreme diets out there with passionate advocates. Avoid carbs! Reduce fat! Restrict calories! However, researching the effects of diet on health in terms of single nutrient changes can be misleading. (more…)

Understanding ‘rough sex’

Posted on February 10, 2022May 2, 2023 by School for Policy Studies

This week, Dr Natasha Mulvihill, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and researcher at the Centre for Gender and Violence Research in the School for Policy Studies, is launching an anonymised online survey to investigate experiences of ‘rough sex’. She introduces here the context and aims of the research. (more…)