As always, it was a pleasure to be conversing at CREC! I mentioned how I see my Vignettes as humanising my children’s rights narrative...

Our session today was a relaxed session where we looked at resources, since this was something the group had mentioned that they were...

While being in Belfast for personal reasons I took the opportunity to visit with Professor Lundy at QUB. I had a very informative meeting...

"The Convention can’t be underestimated, it’s a landmark in the history of childhood, it may be looked at as a highly significant event...

Presentation by Dr. Elisabetta Biffi with reflections from Helen Lyndon: Elisabetta Biffi joined us from Italy to share her research; her...

"Most readers, even academic ones, like a bit of a story. And a vignette is just a bit of a story, a condensed version. A vignette is...

The April 'Learning Circle Reflections' come from Donna Gaywood: This month's session on 26th April focused Children's Rights and was led...

The most common misconceptions: 1. Children have the right to be loved. 2. Children have the right to be happy. 3. Children have the...

It was again a very productive and positive experience, on both a personal as well as research level, in this second setting in a...

It was a very productive and positive week, on a personal as well as research level. Staff were very accommodating yet went about the day...

The western financial crisis of 2007-8 was the worst since 1931, yet its immediate repercussions were surprisingly modest. The crisis...

When I returned back to university in 2004, never did I think that I would be collaborating on a piece of work with Chris and Tony one...

Dates have been arranged for me to start the research process with what I call 'play days', getting to know the children, parents and...

Fantastic conversation over coffee at BCU North campus. We talked about both personal aspects, to get to know each other, and academic...

In preparation for the BECERA Conference on the 21st February, Faye Stanley and Alison Moore, two of CREC’s PhD students presented to the...

Great meeting with an assessor for the Rights Respecting Schools/Settings programme, talking about how the award being school focused...

Great involvement by all members present. I came away feeling so lucky to have such a great group of fantastic professionals to engage...

Introduction to BCU South campus. All sorted with id card , password and PINs

First supervision since transferring to BCU, with my new supervisor Dr Eleni Kanira. Engaging and enjoyable first dialogue. I mentioned...

At BCU City Campus for the day, meeting students and staff. A new leg of the journey begins ...