New Book! Promoting Children’s Rights in Social Work and Social Care – A Guide to Participatory Practice by Margaret Bell, the 14^th book in the bestselling series Children in Charge

With thanks to Gavid Gribble for this post. LibEd Bulletin http://www.libed.org.uk  NEW ARTICLES POSTED MAY 2011  RECENT RESEARCH INTO  EDUCATION BASED ON  CHILDREN’S RIGHTS Derry Hannam  THE RAGGED UNIVERSITY Alex Dunedin The Ragged

REMINDER!!   Making children's rights real: the UN CRC as a legal instrument  02 December 2010. 17:30 to 19:00 , Nunn Hall, Institute of Education  Peter Newell.  OPEN LECTURE. 7th annual Allan

OPEN LECTURE 7th annual Allan Levy Memorial Lecture Institute of Education, University of London 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL, UK NUNN HALL Thursday, 2nd December 2010, 5:30—7pm. PETER NEWELL Making children’s rights

International Day Conference Wednesday, 14th April 2010 10:00-16:30 CLARKE HALL. Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1 0AL  Children’s Rights and War  Wars and conflict affect children in numerous ways. They are

The Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth presents a   “CHILD PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP”  DATE:  Tuesday 26th January 2010  VENUE:  ICOSS, The University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP  TIME: 10.30

In thrall to the rules. If only I was enough of a rebel to stick up for the kids next door constantly shouted at during netball  Carrie Quinlan The

By James Johnston/Daily News columnist Milford Daily News Posted Sep 30, 2009 @ 12:01 AM http://tiny.cc/nj12w Some perceptive points in this article by 65 year old James Johnston. It reminds

Childcare help 'could be illegal' Source: news.bbc.co.uk Parents in England who regularly look after friends' children and receive a "reward" for doing so must register as childminders, regulator Ofsted

Sounds like a good idea when first reading the headline. But are Children's Rights really being observed in a 'compulsory', command and control based schooling system. CPE-PEN advocates

A multimillion-pound Government computer system swamped in red tape is to be scrapped after experts said it was a danger to vulnerable children, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.   By

Unicef launches campaign to support children's rights by Staff, Brand Republic 25-Jun-09, 08:00 LONDON - Unicef is highlighting the problem of child exploitation in an integrated campaign, created by

Children’s charities today accuse the Government of failing to protect children from discrimination.  The Equality Bill, a landmark piece of legislation, due to be published on Monday, will make

CRIN - the Children's Rights Information Network -  (www.crin.org) - has kindly published a report of the open conference on Representations of Children in the News Media,

What about the Children? Participation, Provision, Protection Title: Children as Citizens? Subtitle: International Voices In store from: March 2009. RRP: $45.00. ISBN 978 1 877372-62-9 Otago University Press Dunedin New Zealand The 20th anniversary of

International Day Conference Jointly organised by IOE and The Open University CLARKE HALL, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1 Wednesday, 22nd April 2009 9:30 for 10-

Ben Ballin responds as a parent to Roland's letter to the Independent and blog piece: http://blog.personalisededucationnow.org.uk/2008/10/02/roland-meighan/ Well said!  I have been having these battles with my children's schools for

The Baumgarten children's home. Siegfried Bernfeld The Kinderheim Baumgarten was a jewish children's home set up in Vienna after the first world war. Bernfeld's  methods would still seem innovative

CRAE annual conference 20 November 2008 at The Oval Conference Centre, Kennington, London SW11 5SS. Speakers include Kamel Filali, Vice-chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the

The Conference combines critical reflection by leading international experts in children’s rights, drawing on experience from before the adoption of the UNCRC, with examination of specific issues by