A group of students from the Division of Social Work and Social Care, after recognizing some of the main social concerns facing young people in the region, decided to look for answers by organizing Conference on 'Tackling Poverty in Bradford: Can Social Work and Social Care Influence Change?'
Presenting: Dr Martyn Housden, Dr Clare Becket, Dr Anna Barker and Dr Ala Sirriyeh will visit to the Universidad de Málaga
Over the summer of 2011, Dementia Studies lecturer Andrea Capstick visited Bay Tree Resource Centre in Moor Allerton, Leeds, in order to involve people with more severe dementia in the education we provide.
We were delighted to welcome to the University members of our ¿expert by experience¿ panel who took part in teaching and assessing students on the module Dementia training: skills and approaches on 10th and 11th May 2012.
Following the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez March 5th, Dr Julia Buxton provided comments to a range of media including BBC Breakfast News, BBC World News, BBC World Service, Sky News, Radio Five Live, Russia Today, Radio France National and Radio Austria.
The BBC has reported that an estimated 800,000 people in the UK live with dementia, a condition that can deprive people of their memories and alter their personalities. As the number of people with this condition continues to rise each year, it becomes ever more important to develop ways of dealing with it. The Belgian city of Bruges has created a dementia-friendly community, highlighting them as a pioneer in dealing with dementia.
Professor Jenny Pearce and the team at the International Centre for Participation Studies/ Programme for a Peaceful City (Graeme Chesters, Ute Kelly and Lisa Cumming) have won a one year ESRC Knowledge Exchange award with part funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Chief Economist of DFID on African growth
Julia Buxton was a guest on a half hour Newshour special on the BBC World Service on Saturday 5th January discussing the political situation in light of President Chavez's serious illness.
