ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF A NEW CENTRE FOR RESEARCH TO STUDY SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE SERVICES
As Government policy stresses the importance of joined-up action, inter-agency working and community empowerment, a new Research Centre is being established in Edinburgh to provide a national centre of expertise on issues of social inclusion in local private and public services. The School of Planning and Housing in Edinburgh College of Art, in association with the School of Management in Heriot Watt University, has been awarded a Research Development Grant of nearly £0.5m by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) to establish the Centre for Research into Socially Inclusive Services (CRSIS). This will create an interdisciplinary centre to stimulate, support, undertake and disseminate research into the provision and use of local private and public services in deprived areas. Key themes of the Centre include the analysis of financial exclusion, retailing and social exclusion and local public service provision. The Centre aims to raise understanding of the issues!
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To mark the designation of the Centre a launch event will take place on Tuesday 8 May 2001. This event will be held in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh and will involve key note speakers addressing key research and policy questions surrounding service inclusion and social justice, including Margaret Curran, Deputy Minister for Social Justice in the Scottish Executive, and Professor Glen Bramley, among others.
Attendance is by invitation only but if you or your organisation would like to attend, or would like further information regarding the Centre's activities, please contact the CRSIS Director, Professor Glen Bramley at the address below, or visit our web site: http://www.crsis.eca.ac.uk
Prof. Glen Bramley
CRSIS Director,
School of Planning and Housing
Edinburgh College of Art / Heriot Watt University
79 Grassmarket
Edinburgh
EH1 2HJ
Tel: 0131 221 6174
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