Communities and Care:

Research, Policy and Practice - 23 April 2005

Westlain House, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton

Health and Social Policy Research Centre

To book a place please visit http://www.brighton.ac.uk/sass/research/conf.htm. You can call Sallie White on 01273 643480 or Chloe Beer on 01273 643497 to request a booking form.

Programme

8.45 Registration, tea and coffee

9.15 Welcome and introduction, Sir David Watson, Vice Chancellor, University of Brighton

9.25 First Plenary: A Question of Ethics

Chair: David Taylor, Head of School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton

Community cohesion and a feminist ethic of care:

Marian Barnes, University of Birmingham

Ethical dilemmas of frontline regeneration staff:

Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths College, University of London

10.25 Tea and Coffee

10.45 Workshops

12.00 Lunch

1.00 Second Plenary: New Forms of Partnership

Chair: Professor Fred Gray, Dean of Sussex Institute, University of Sussex

Civil Renewal and Social Enterprise: market versus partnership solutions: Bill Jordan, University of Exeter and Charlie Jordan, University of Sussex

Universities as Caring Institutions: the role of community based research in connecting teaching and research to community needs: Nick Cutforth, University of Denver

2.00 Workshops

3.15 Tea and Coffee

3.30 Round table chaired by Dr Angie Hart, University of Brighton

4.30 Close

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