Apologies for list overlaps but readers may be interested in this Child Poverty Action Group Policy Conference. JOB DONE? Can welfare reform and social mobility end child poverty? Tuesday 1 November 2011, Central London CPAG is holding the first major conference to look at the impact on childhoods and children's life chances of: * the wholesale changes in the Welfare Reform Bill, and * the Government's new strategies for social mobility and child poverty. More information on -- http://www.cpag.org.uk/events/policyconf/nov11/ ------------------------------------------------------------ From Professor John Veit-Wilson Newcastle University GPS -- Sociology Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England. Telephone: +44[0]191-222 7498 email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.veit-wilson<http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.veit-wilson>/