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Call for Papers
Children and Young People in a Changing World: Action, Agency and Participation
23rd and 24th June 2016 - Liverpool Hope University
Keynote Speakers include:
Mary Jane Kehily - Professor of Gender and Education in the Centre for Childhood and Youth Studies, Open University.
Jens Qvortrup – Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hasina Ebrahim - Professor of Early Childhood and Foundation Phase Education at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Papers are invited that explore
children and young people’s voices or challenge current policy and practice
with regard to the following themes:
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Educational policy and practice
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Social exclusion and marginalisation |
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Childhood and youth in crisis |
Youth work policy and practice
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Social work policy and practice
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Political action and social change |
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Children and young People in the home and family |
Young people, risk and leisure |
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Dave Merryweather at [log in to unmask]
Closing date for abstracts is 28th February 2016.
Full conference and registration details can be found at https://www.hope.ac.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/
Liverpool Hope University has:
· 92.8% of students in employment or further study six months after graduation in 2013 (www.hesa.ac.uk/pis, July 2014, Table E1a)
· Over £50 million invested in buildings and equipment over the period 2007 to 2013 (University Financial Statements,www.hope.ac.uk/aboutus/finance)
· Beaten the benchmark for projected completion of degrees for past seven years (www.hesa.ac.uk/pis, March 2015, Table T5)
· More than a third of research produced at Liverpool Hope University rated as world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) by the national 2014 Research Excellence Framework (www.hope.ac.uk/ref)
Visit the University on our Open Days - Wednesday 24th June 2015 or Saturday 27th June 2015 (www.hope.ac.uk/opendays)