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News

  • Stand Up For Siblings

    The Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP has announced that there are plans to make improvements to the law for brothers and sisters who are in the care system. The law is to be strengthened in relation to keeping brothers and sisters together when they are placed in local authority care when it is in their interest to do so.

  • Nordic Welfare Research Conference

    Chris Deeming and Johannes Kananen, University of Helsinki, have had a Panel accepted for the forthcoming Nordic Welfare Research Conference “Towards Resilient Nordic Welfare States: Challenges, Responses and Consequences” 14-15 March 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Siblings, contact and the law : an overlooked relationship

    On Friday 25 January 2019, the Children, Young People and Families Research Cluster in School of Social Work & Social Policy along with Stand up for Siblings will be hosting a seminar delivered by Daniel Monk, Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London. 

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Events

  • Wednesday
    March
    27th

    Research Seminar Series

    Find out more about our exciting research seminar schedule for this semester. We have a wide range of interesting topics by staff and visiting scholars!

  • Friday
    October
    25th

    Upcoming launch of ‘The Inner Level’

    Glasgow Life, Strathclyde Centre for Health Policy and the Mental Health Foundation are partnering to bring you the Scotland launch of The Inner Level.

  • Tuesday
    November
    13th

    Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research 2018 Annual Lecture 

    You are invited to the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research 2018 Annual Lecture which will take place at the University of Strathclyde on Tuesday 13 November, 17:00.

     

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Equally Safe in Higher Education

This Scottish Government funded programme aims to eradicate gender-based violence in Higher Education. The research team works on generating new data on attitudes to and the extent of gender-based violence with Scottish Higher Education institutions. Find out more about the programme.

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Research Seminar Series

Find out more about our exciting research seminar schedule for this semester. We have a wide range of interesting topics by staff and visiting scholars so please come along!

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Study with us

Thinking of joining us at Strathclyde? We can help with any questions.

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CELCIS

Find out more about the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, where children, young people and their families are at the heart of their services.

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Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ)

We're home to CYCJ - Scotland's national youth justice centre. It's funded by the Scottish Government and supports improvement in youth justice, contributing to the realisation of better lives for individuals and communities.

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Kilbrandon Lectures

The lecture series was set up to commemorate the Kilbrandon Report of 1964, which led to the establishment of the Children's Hearings System.

Take a look at our links to previous lectures.