Research Centre News
The Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities undertakes research intended to enhance the lives and life chances of children and young people. The Centre is committed to building a wide range of partnerships and projects with a specific focus on ‘the politics of early childhood’ (being); ‘social inclusion’ (belonging); and ‘parents and parenting’ (becoming).
Read more about the Centre’s activities in its research fields and various communities.
10 February 2012
Dr Lioba Howatson-Jones and Esther Coren undertook a study to discover how much was known about young carers in the South East and considered if they required further support.
07 December 2011
The Centre has been commissioned to evaluate the Near Peer Mentoring Project, as part of the 'Mayor's Scholars' Programme.
15 November 2011
The Centre researched children registered as ‘gifted and talented’, to find out what they thought it meant and how it might affect their transfer to secondary school.
30 October 2011
Professor Trisha Maynard has just embarked on a three-year evaluation of the Foundation Phase for Wales.
15 October 2011
The Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities is pleased to welcome its first full time funded PhD student.
20 September 2011
An editorial co-authored by Trisha Maynard, won the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) ‘2011 Best Published Paper Award’.